SF Day 1
My daughter Leah, 20 yrs old as of Tuesday, flew out last night. She’s never been to San Francisco, so we’re spending today and tomorrow as 100% pure tourists.
Today we took a cable car to Fisherman’s Wharf, went on a one-hour boat tour of the Bay, waved at the sea lions, went through Ripley’s Believe It or Not (much of which causes me to opt for the latter alternative), walked through Chinatown, had a mediocre Chinese lunch, had a fantastic, warm coconut bun, walked to and through the Cartoon Museum, and tried to calm the uppe back spasms of the more senior of us. Soon we’re off to The Stinking Rose to eat as many garllic-themed foods as possible.
Too much fun.
By the way, the concierge at our hotel thought we should get reservations for the Stinking Rose restaurant because it’s so popular around Valentine’s Day. What sort of weird, twisted romantic couple goes to a garlic restaurant for Valentine’s Day? You might as well go to The International House of Cold Sores. [Technorati tags: San Francisco]
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There’s a great restaurant I went to in 2001, David. It’s called The Stinking Rose. You should find it and go. Trust me, it’s a culinary experience you won’t forget.
Doh! Note to self – read the entire post before responding :)
I love the Stinking Rose. The food’s excellent. Diagonally across the street is a bar/trattoria called Steps of Rome. That’s an excellent hang-out spot with great ambience, and the food and coffee’s not bad either.
The Stinking Rose is good, if a bit touristy. I prefer Villa Pizza across the street, which has much the same food with less pretense.
Do not miss City Lights Books just up the street.
(And if you happen to be near Union Square, drop up to the Music/DVD floor at Borders and say hi. After my illustrious career of being one of the few people on earth who admitted to knowing Interleaf Lisp, I’m now much happier as the Classical CD Guy there.)
For a first time trip to SF, take the boat to Alcatraz.