Thursday, July 7, 2011

San Francisco, the windy city?



SF is a beautifully unique city. The hills, the artistic community, the piers, sour dough, the hills.....
I thought it was a good idea to go for a run this morning, but the hills definitely got the better of me. How do the locals do it? I did run past the bendy street, so that was a nice distraction.

I am visiting SF with family of varying ages, so we decided to go on a tourist bus to take in some major sites of the city. It was a good way to get around, and we saw many of the famous sites of the city including the painted ladies, Golden Gate bridge, Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. I enjoyed tasty sour dough from Boudin's bakery, a crab sandwich from Nick's Lighthouse at Fisherman's Wharf, a glass of Sauvingon Blanc from Ferrari-Carano winery in the Sanoma Valley and delicious tapas at Cha Cha Cha on Haight St. I especially loved the fried platanos maduros. Deliciously sweet and crispy with a black bean sauce. Yum!

Top three things so far:
1. Seeing tenderloins in the Tenderloin region
2. Being blown away while crossing the Golden Gate bridge
3. Californian Sauvingon Blanc tasting at a wine bar at Pier 39 with mum.

More SF to come tomorrow.....

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