Fishies!!

We had a fun trip to The Aquarium/Academy of Science in San Francisco yesterday. Grandma is on vacation and wanted to take Myles somewhere fun, spoiled kid that he is ;) We enjoyed looking at the varieties of fish and reptiles.
There were lots of saltwater fish with pretty colors that Myles wanted to grab, fish that glow in the dark, and a HUGE giant bass (makes you want to keep your feet up when swimming in the lake).
They also had a tidepool exhibit which allowed myles to finally touch something, upon which he got excited and tried to pop a seashell in his mouth! The penguin exhibit was the highlight. One of the penguins swam up to the glass right where we were standing and pressed his beak up against the glass like he was giving Myles a kiss. It was so cute

We mostly went for the fish, but there were some other neat exhibits. They had some huge snakes, turtles, frogs, and lizards, and bugs. They also had a section of a 1700 year old redwood tree, you could see all of the rings. I think despite the "man is destroying the earth" agenda, the academy is a pretty cool place. Educational for sure. I want to go back in 2008, they are going to re-open in golden gate park and they are going to have a huge home grown coral reef.!


Ironically enough, our favorite italian restaraunt Buca Di Beppo is right next door (I never even noticed) so we had to go to lunch there. It was wonderful as always! If you havent been there, you must go!