California Trip Part 3: San Fran-Tastic!

We left Big Sur and headed up the coast after checking out of Treebones on Friday, July 25th. We enjoyed the scenic drive and arrived in San Francisco for a late picnic lunch at Chrissy Field. I loved that the weather was cool and breezy enough to wear a sweatshirt! After walking around the park a little and checking out the beach, we headed in town to our hotel. We stayed about a block from the Chinatown gate, at the Baldwin Hotel. Although we found driving around the financial district a pain in the ass, we liked staying right in the heart of major shopping, food, etc. We hit up a nearby sushi restaurant for dinner and then walked down to AT&T Park for the Giants-D'Backs game. The D'Backs slaughtered the Giants (yay!) pretty early on, so the game wasn't too exciting but the park was beautiful. I especially liked that the hot chocolate vendor pours you a steaming cup right at your seat, complete with a topping of whipped cream. Who needs beer? After the game we headed out for a few hours with one of Corbin's college friends.

On Saturday morning, we slept in a bit and after a filling brunch, started out on Corbin's walking tour of San Francisco. No cable cars for us! We braved the hills all day long. We walked all the way to Lombard Street and then to Fisherman's Wharf. We had great weather and although the city was crowded with summer tourists, we had a fun day. In late afternoon we had a dim sum snack (my first dim sum ever) in Chinatown as we headed back to the hotel. After a much-needed nap we went out to a very nice French restaurant for dinner and then hit up a few bars near our hotel. We thoroughly enjoyed our weekend stay in San Francisco but were looking forward to a week in the country...