San Francisco, October 2007

This year Doug’s annual conference is in San Francisco. We flew down on Wednesday October 3rd. We stayed at the Radisson close to the wharf. Once Doug checked in for his conference we headed out to take a walk. We walked down to the wharf and it happened that there was an airshow going on. There were a lot of people. The weather was warm. We walked down to Pier 39 where there are lots of shops and restaurants. There is a place where you can look down and see all of the sea lions on the floating docks. Later we walked back to Fisherman’s Wharf to eat dinner at Nicks. On Thursday while Doug was at his conference I took a city tour on the Hop On / Hop Off double-decker bus. I saw several areas of the city including Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown, Little Italy , Union Square, the Wharf, and Golden Gate Park. I got off at the park and visited the De Young Museum which has a sculpture exhibit outside as well as the inside exhibits. That evening we walked over to North Beach and ate at the Stinking Rose . It is a fun restaurant with a lot of character. Hope you like garlic! On Friday while Doug was at his conference during the day I went up to Union Square to check out the shops. I spent time at the hotel and down at the fisherman’s wharf. That evening we went out with several people from the conference to a great Italian restaurant Fior d’Italia with a rich history in Little Italy. After dinner we took a tour of the city and stopped at Golden Gate Bridge. On Saturday we headed home. It was a quick trip but it was a good time and great to take a break from work.

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