i know, i’ve been slacking and not keeping up with my blogging; i mean i’m like a week behind in san francisco posts! anyways, here is some quick notes:

union square – this is the main “shopping area” of the town, pretty standard complete with the requisite concrete park.

pier 39 – this was supposed to be a tourist trap but i really found it more to be a place with lots of restaurants.

fisherman’s wharf – i couldn’t tell the difference between this and pier 39

united nations plaza – there was a farmer’s market when we were there (sunday)

civic centre plaza – this is where the main government buildings are, and it’s very nice. apparently i have just seen crappy city halls in the cities i’ve lived in as this looked like a pretty standard american city hall.

lombard street – the curviest street in the world i think is a little over rated. plus, how would the people that live there ever go home since there are lines of people and cars around the neighborhood.

coit tower/telegraph hill – this place was kinda neat in that it’s in the middle of the city but pretty isolated (i.e. there’s only one road up and down). the view was spoiled by the fact that the sun was too bright! why couldn’t the sun be bright when we wanted it to be.

crab house – we had dinner at the crab house on pier 39, it was known for its crab but (maybe i’m not a crab connisseur) i didn’t find it too special.

impromptu fireworks – after having some confusion about what we were doing on sunday night, we were heading back on the streetcar after midnight past the piers when we started seeing random fireworks, so we jumped off the streetcar and ran down to the pier and apparently there were a large group of asian kids setting off what seemed to be professional fireworks. that was neat.

monday was the drive back; we checked out of the hotel at like 5am, didn’t have to pay for parking because no one was there to take our money and got back to seattle by 7:30. overall the trip was very cheap; about $100 for gas and accomodations and under $200 including attractions and food.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: bayarea, travelling