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The Presidio Officers’ Club

My busy period at work has ended and baby Franco is starting to sleep better. Yay! Life is good and you’ll start to see me get back into a better blogging schedule. It’s really strange but as soon as Franco hit 5 months (as of a few days ago), he’s down to 0-1 feeds in the middle of the night and we weren’t even trying to wean him. It just happened. Hallelujah!

I’m kind of a bitch on a normal basis. When I get very little sleep, WATCH OUT. The fangs come out.

Last Sunday, we went to the Presidio to check out the newly-renovated Officers’ Club. It reminds me of the Crissy Field Center–part museum, part cultural hub, part classrooms. We walked around and stumbled upon actors performing Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Then we headed to the new restaurant Arguello which is within the Officer’s Club. We ordered guacamole and several tacos which were mind-blowing. I know it’s odd to characterize mexican food that way, especially since we live in San Francisco, but I’m telling you the food at this restaurant is TOPS! The chef/owner Traci Des Jardins has several other resaurants: Jardiniere (one of our faves), Mijita (at the Ferry Building), Public House (at AT&T Park) and the newly-opened Commissary at the Presidio (need to try that as well).

It was a gorgeous afternoon to take in the Blue Angels. We are so spoiled over here!

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  1. Janine Huldie

    October 15, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    So happy Baby Franco is sleeping better and I am with you and so not a happy person if I don’t get enough sleep. That first year was truly rough and I remember just hoping to finally get some better sleep and then we had Lily. But thankfully she was a good sleeper but still was definitely about 2 sleepless years all said and told here.

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  2. AwesomelyOZ

    October 16, 2014 at 6:29 am

    I’m a B with or without sleep you just have to say the right thing to “rub me the wrong way”.. Lol. Glad you’ll be getting more sleep and everything with Franco is stabilizing! Ugh that restaurant looks soo nice!!! I’ll keep that in mind when I go to San Francisco because it’s happening at some point!! Lol 🙂 Have a great one Catherine! -Iva

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  3. Roaen

    October 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    I can’t say I was a pleasure to be around those first few months of childbirth. I honestly cannot remember when either one of the kids started sleeping through the night! Either way, I think I’m lot nicer since then… I think?

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  4. Charlotte

    October 17, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    I’m so so so jealous of your coordinates 🙂 I’m sure I’ve mentioned that on more than one occasion, but it’s so cool that you get to enjoy things like this with the family (especially live Shakespeare!). Awww, baby Franco is so stinkin cute!!! he’s getting so big already!

    Also LOVE Mexican food. Will add this restaurant to my list 🙂

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  5. Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life

    October 23, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    I’m so glad Franco is sleeping better…that lack of sleep is hard!! He is such a cutie! And now I am craving Mexican food!

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