cold / rain / steep hills / cable cars / victorians / golden gate / alcatraz / china town / clam chowder? / full house...
all expected & all true san fransisco.
the location of my hotel could not have been better - right at the chinatown gate & 3 blocks to union square & not on a devilishly steep hill.
the rain hadn't set in yet, but was forecast for the entire length of my stay = shit.... hadn't rained once for my entire journey & had totally imagined myself walking everywhere & of course leaning out the side of a cable car as it wooshed down an impossibly steep hill.
the girl at the front desk tried to bury my woes by insisting the city was more beautiful on the cloudy rainy days -really....okay?
with her words in mind i hit the soaking wet pavement everyday. waterproof coat, umbrella (hahaha battled with it turning inside out in the wind everyday!!), winter shoes & more layers than a bag lady - all finally in use.
spent the first day navigating the wet streets & loving every minute. especially the totally unexpected MASSIVE shopping district around union square (really had to control myself!!!!! ..to a certain degree..). rewarded my self control with a divinely romantic dinner in the french quarter, no french fries involved & the best company in town -mine.
all style cautions were thrown to the wind for the next couple of days -sitting on a wet seat in an open top double decker bus, in the pouring freezing rain. yeah i'd like to see nicole richie try to make that look good!
saw it all & longed for every bit to never end.
golden gate = beautiful.
alcatraz (from afar... way too cold to board a ferry) = ghostly.
cable cars = remarkable.
chinatown = favorite.
lombard st = crooked...
golden gate park = romantic.
bubba gumps = (yes i ate here!!!) classic.
fishermans wharf = packed.
russian hill = steep, walked it!
japaneze tea gardens = zen.
california academy of science museum = awesome. butterflies galore, albino crocodile & the prettiest jelly's.
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| walked the soaking streets of chinatown to find this ancient little fortune cookie factory tucked away in a tiny alley. so worth the walk |
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| lost my top lip somewhere along my 2 1/2 hour walk in the rain..... |
can't wait to come back.
san fran "peak" = the diversity. so much. so inspiring.
san fran "peak" = regretting not trying clam chowder -still have no F*ing idea what clam chowder is...?!?!
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