Friday, February 20, 2009

San Francisco

Brian and I went to the Bay Area for Brian's after Christmas Holiday Party. We spent the first night in a really nice Bed & Breakfast in the Palo Alto area. We were spoiled with a great dinner with many courses. I thought I was going to burst yet I still found room for the chocolate molten cake with vanilla bean ice cream....mmmmmm....

The next day we headed to San Francisco. We walked through some of the different neighborhoods and then went to a matinee....it was great to enjoy some "kid free" time together. Next we checked into the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel on Nob Hill.

This is the view from our room:

The hotel has a place called Top of the Mark, were we headed for a drink and a great view of the city. Below is just a picture of me in our hotel room:
We had dinner in Cole Valley at EOS and just had a great time. The next morning we checked out and headed to Golden Gate Park. Here I am waiting for Brian to pick me up.

As a side note, we could have paid $50 to park our car at the valet in the hotel. But we are way too conservative (cheap....but really, $50 seems pretty steep for overnight parking!) and Brian made it a personal challenge to find parking on the street. And we lucked out! We found a "nectar spot" a block away.

2 comments:

Russ, Emily, Parker and Hannah said...

I'm glad you had a fun vacation in S.F. It's so pretty there.

Neal and Mary said...

Your pictures are sure nice. What a view. Brings me back memories of you standing in front of the hotel. Last time I saw you there was on your wedding day with the wind blowing your veil. I have that picture on our piano!