Ghirardelli Square–best sundae in the world

Last night, I met up with several friends to go to Ghirardelli Square. We decided to have dinner at O’Neill’s Irish Pub which, er…wasn’t very Irish. They were playing techno music in the background. The Irish stew was good, but the menu was pretty limited, so it was more of a regular bar than anything else.

Here’s a photo of authors Deb Marlowe and Claudia Dain.

We had our dinner and then were joined by more historical romance authors: Deb Marlowe, Elizabeth (help! Can’t remember her last name!), Ammanda McCabe, Carolyn Jewel, Megan Frampton, and Sabrina Jeffries. Here are two photos of everyone with captions below.

Outside the pub, it had a great view of the harbor. Here’s a picture of the famous San Francisco fog rolling in:

And here’s a photo of Alcatraz and a gorgeous ship. Deb Marlowe and Claudia Dain highly recommended the audio tour. I’m not sure if I’ll get to go or not, but it was amazing to see where criminals like Al Capone were imprisoned. It was formerly a Civil War fort, used to keep prisoners-of-war.

And here’s another view of the harbor:

Last, I dragged everyone to Ghirardelli’s for the world famous chocolate sundae. It was a bit confusing, figuring out which entrance to use, since one section appeared to be take-out and another appeared to be the store. We ended up going through the wrong one, but no one cared because a man was passing out free samples of Ghirardelli chocolate and peanut butter squares. I casually suggested that we make a big circle and get another free sample, but they thought I was crazy. It was good chocolate, however.

Here is me, in my happy place, with the amazing Ghirardelli Hot Fudge Sundae:

All in all, a most excellent night.