First of all, let me say that if you book a vacation through Travelocity & request a budget hotel...that doesn't necessarily equal 'cheap & seedy.' We stayed at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay Hotel. It was absolutely beautiful & met our budget. We felt like we were staying in a 5 star hotel.
The view from our room.
L'Occitane products in the bathroom! Woohoo!!!!!!! |
Hotel room service menu for dogs. We even saw a standard white poodle sitting at the bar! No joke. |
It was sunny & COLD in San Francisco.
A friend reminded me of this quote by Mark Twain:
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
We came prepared with our winter hats & jackets. ☺
Here is one reason I like the Instagram app. This is the photo w/o Instagram. |
Photo with Instagram! A softer look on the crow's feet!☺ |
Without Instagram..... |
With Instagram! I like it so much more! |
Matty on the cable car. |
Shot of the TransAmerica building & Coit tower from Pier 39. |
The 'painted ladies' from Full House! |
Fisherman's Wharf sea lions. These guys smelled like vomit/rotten garbage/rotten fish. |
Nap time! |
We crammed as many tourist activities as we could in the short time we were there. Omid and I both wanted to visit Alcatraz. We learned on our last visit to SFO that tickets to Alcatraz sell out weeks in advance & we purchased our tickets in June. Fun Fact: Have you ever seen the movie The Rock with Sean Connery & Nicolas Cage? Omid couldn't stop himself & said, "Welcome to the Rock" about 50 times. It was hilarious. |
The visit was interesting & creepy. It just reinforced what I already know: I never want to go to prison!! |
Robert Luke was a former Alcatraz inmate. He was in the Alcatraz bookstore on the same day we visited promoting his new autobiography. |
Robert Luke - former Alcatraz inmate. |
Million dollar shot!☺ |
Freezing our tails off!
1 comment:
I love so many things!
1. That cable car photo....wow.
2. I LOVE THE SEALS!!!!
3. Alcatraz is da bomb. We met an inmate the last time we were there and got him to autograph a book...... AWESOME!!!!!
4. Ok - bye! Love the pics!
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