Hello San Francisco!
I'm back again in the San Francisco Bay area of California. It's been two years since I was here last. Or at least two years. i don't think I have ever been so happy to see a place. It always feels like home when I visit here. Someday, I hope to really call it home. It's February and everything here is green. In Minnesota, everything is a variation of brown, while all vegetation hibernates, or white, where the snow has managed to cling to the ground.
I'm here in California on business, but I had about an hour an a half to myself today. I drove from the airport to Fisherman's Wharf. I knew if I went there I would see a lot of things all at one time. I had visited there nearly 12 years ago with my son, my friend Cathie and her son Jay. When the four of us visited, we saw the sea lions sunbathing on the docks, the double decker carousel, and ate at the Boudin sourdough bread place. This time around, Boudin was closed, so I ate fish and chips at a place on Pier 39. Even if it wasn't the best fish in chips in the world, it sorta was because I was in San Francisco. I did see - and hear - the sea lions and stopped by the carousel as we did so long ago. The pier was much more crowded than it was then, but so many things were still the same, or at least familiar. It was rather comforting.
The picture below is of the Bay Bridge as I was stopped at a traffic light along the Embarcadero. Notice the palm tree in the foreground? Don't see those in MN unless you are at the Como Park Conservatory.
Comments
Wow. Look at that blue sky!
It reached almost 50 here yesterday (the 21st). Crazy insane.
Posted by: Kate | February 22, 2007 04:34 PM
Good Gravy!
She's in SF! She's going to London!
Hey! I'm light, I easily fit in carry-on luggage (or in the overhead compartment). Take me with next time.
Posted by: Jay | February 23, 2007 03:42 AM
it's funny you mention the blue sky. after i downloaded the picture to my laptop, i thought that the sky looked a little unreal. i'm just totally amazed that the photo turned out. i grabbed my camera out of my bag and snapped it quick. it was such an amazing view of the bridge that i couldn't pass up the chance to take the picture. thankfully, i was stopped!
re: future travel...i'm planning to go to hawaii and meet the rest of the family after i return from london. hopefully the jet lag won't kill me!
Posted by: hope | February 23, 2007 05:12 AM
Aw, I wish I could be in SF with you! Have fun! You are turning into a real world-class traveler. I aspire to post travel updates like you when we are in Peru. Finding internet there may be tricky, though!
Posted by: Rebecca | February 27, 2007 12:08 AM
btw, did you know that palm trees aren't actually native to CA?
Posted by: Rebecca | February 27, 2007 12:10 AM
rebecca - i did drive by moffet field and said hello to it for you. i really wanted to stop in mountain view and eat at the thai restaurant we went to, but didn't have a chance.
i'm looking forward to a travel blog from peru, which is on my places to see list.
i actually am going at the end of march, so it's really close.
i did know that palm trees aren't native to CA. must have read it somewhere. wonder how much of the california vegitation actually is?
Posted by: hope | February 27, 2007 12:36 AM