On Sunday, Kev and Karrie came to SF for the day. Jes picked them up from the airport in the morning and then we were off to the Four Seasons. The brother of a very wealthy Las Vegas tycoon lives in one of the Penthouses there and I got to check it out.

It’s 4500 square feet of ridiculousness complete with a 270-degree view of the city (including OUR home), steam room, guest suite with separate entrance from the hallway, and MAID’S QUARTERS with an amazing view of its own.  Can you spot our building in the photo?!

This is the view from the Maid’s Quarters…crazy, right?!

For lunch, we had dim sum at Mayflower, which appearently isn’t as good as it used to be the last time Kev was in SF but Jes and I still enjoyed it.

For dinner, we went to Ozumo for the craziest omakase meal of dish after dish after dish. Everything was oh so tasty and I even tried uni (sea urchin) for the first time and enjoyed it!!

After all this indulgence and seeing what the “best of the best” looked like, I realized that I didn’t really need 4500 square feet. The view is amazing but it might not be worth the extra 8 million it would cost to live there. I went home and truly appreciated what I already had. Sure, I don’t have a million-dollar view of the city but I really like where we live and how much space we have for now. Come to think of it,  I don’t know how I maintained our 3-bedroom house in Irvine.

Anyway, it was great to see Kevin and Karrie again. I just realized that it had been about 2 years since I last saw them and I’m looking forward to our next trip to Vegas to visit them. Their twins are adorable and I can’t wait to finally meet them.