Scarlet: Photo #173

Zip and I went on a walk today for the first time in a while.  The October sun was beaming down, making everything look glowy and golden and extra boldly scarlet.

 

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People’s Meat: Photo #170

Spotted at the barbecue place where we ate lunch:

 

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Restraint: Photo # 143

Chris and I went to a yarn festival today.  I was very well behaved and refrained from purchasing anything beyond an ice cream cone.  But if this was for sale, I might have caved.

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I Want to Live Here: Photo #121

Today we attended a dinner party at Randy’s coworker, Carol’s apartment  in Hyde Park.  They don’t make them like this anymore.  The apartment had arched doorways and hardwood floors laid in an intricate pattern.  A feast for the eyes to preceed the feast of homemade, cooked-all-day Indian food.  The saag itself was to die for, and we [...]

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Therapy: Photo #69

I haven’t been shopping just to shop in a long time.  It was awesome.  Also, I’m noticing a color theme I must subconsciously gravitate toward…

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Hole: Photo #55

So there’s a hole in this street near our hotel.  We noticed the hole and did a massive double take on our first day but I didn’t remember to snap a photo of it until today.  This is actually two streets but I still can’t figure out how the top street doesn’t collapse onto the one [...]

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I Haight San Francisco: Photo #54

Today’s Itinerary:
-Take an early streetcar to Bay City Bike Tours and rent bikes for the day, included in the Go Card (regular price $28/person)
-Ride bikes along bay, through the Presidio, and on to Golden Gate Park
-Tour the Conservatory of Flowers (admission included in Go Card, regular price $5/person)
-Lunch at DeYoung Cafe in DeYoung museum
-Tour Hagiwara [...]

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Alcatraz: Photo #53

Today’s San Francisco Itenerary:
-Streetcar to the Ferry Building Market for late breakfast
-Cruise to and tour of Alcatraz begining at noon (included in Go Card, normally $41/person)
-Late lunch at Boudin’s Sourdough Bread Company
-Hour-long cruise around the bay and under the bridge (included in Go Card, normally $22/person)
-Walking tour of Chinatown
-Dinner in Chinatown
Sum total of admissions covered [...]

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Wine-o: Photo #52

As a part of our Go Card we were able to take a full day bus tour of wine country including Napa Valley and Sonoma.   The tour’s full price is $68, which is half of the cost of our Go Card.  So far we’ve done $82 worth of activities a piece (including the aquarium and tour) – [...]

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Are You Going to San Francisco? Photo #52

Details:
Flight out to San Fran left at 9:00 am., eastern time.
Arrived in San Fran at 10:30 am., pacific time.
Took the train to our hotel, ate lunch, took a nap, then hit the town for the evening.
 
Snowy mountains – who knows where.  Our pilot wasn’t chatty.

 
A view from the exterior of our hotel, Hotel Abri.  Funny [...]

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