Thursday, September 10, 2009
san francisco part 2
well after returning after yosemite-priority number was shower. no strike that priority number one was breakfast. dim sum was calling us.
once fed, watered and cleaned it was time to reattack san francisco.
golden gate bridge: fogged in. hmm.
ok fine. chocolate then. got a ice cream sundae in ghirardellis.
fisherman's warf-check. although tooooo overcroweded and too much of a touristy magnet for me.
and that was kind of it. i didnt really do the beat tourist things either.
oh lara-what was the name of the tres trendy neighbourhood you sent me to?!
once fed, watered and cleaned it was time to reattack san francisco.
golden gate bridge: fogged in. hmm.
ok fine. chocolate then. got a ice cream sundae in ghirardellis.
fisherman's warf-check. although tooooo overcroweded and too much of a touristy magnet for me.
and that was kind of it. i didnt really do the beat tourist things either.
oh lara-what was the name of the tres trendy neighbourhood you sent me to?!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
yosemite national park
well to say that my green tortoise tour was a bit crazy is putting it mildly. we travelled, ate and slept on the bus-literally!
it was a regular bus until 'the miracle' was enacted-which involved moving seats and cushions turning the entire bus into a series of beds. strange but true. and of course there was more than one crazy person on the bus which had 32 people on it. having a good nights sleep was only a fond memory but luckily the good food made up for it! so what did i do:
hung out with 2 crazy london chicks: anne and lyndsey, hiked nevada falls, scooted around the park on vintage bicycles, swam in the devil's punch bowl (cold just isnt fitting enough), saw the giant sequoias and swam at sunset in considerably warmer water!
was a great crazy laugh! see the pictures to believe!
it was a regular bus until 'the miracle' was enacted-which involved moving seats and cushions turning the entire bus into a series of beds. strange but true. and of course there was more than one crazy person on the bus which had 32 people on it. having a good nights sleep was only a fond memory but luckily the good food made up for it! so what did i do:
hung out with 2 crazy london chicks: anne and lyndsey, hiked nevada falls, scooted around the park on vintage bicycles, swam in the devil's punch bowl (cold just isnt fitting enough), saw the giant sequoias and swam at sunset in considerably warmer water!
was a great crazy laugh! see the pictures to believe!
san francisco part 1
arrive into san francisco early enough in the morning and pretty tired. stayed on broadway beside all of the strip joints which was fantastic.
i started off with a general wander around. found a gallery opening offering free wine. the exhibition was curated by danielle steel (yes that danielle steel!). title of the exhibition was WORD, all of the works involved text in some way. it was pretty good. www.asgallaery.com .
having the 2 free glasses of wine i was out for more. on my way back to the hostel i walked through the italian area. low and behold i stumbled upon snazzy italian deli doing a wine tasting. in i went! this is how it went down:
1- fog dog chardonnay 2006 (sonoma valley)
2- fog dog pinot noir 2006 (sonoma valley)
3- joseph phelps cab. sauv. 2005 92% cab., 6% petiti verdo, 2% merlot (napa valley)
4- insignia cab. sauv. 2005 92% cab., 7% petit verdo, 1% merlot (napa valley)
5- insignia cab. sauv. 2006 95% cab., 5% petit verdo (napa valley).
phew! its all new to me!
the next day, hung over, i proceeded to sfmoma. say 2 amazing exhibitions: richard avedon and ansel adams/georgia o'keefe. amazing.
spent some time hanging out in dolores park (very trendy) chomping on my bi-rite creamery ice creamery and people watching. saw a really well groomed pretty girl having a good nose picking session. pretty entertaining!
had a wander to grace catherdral and stayed on for their evensong service-all male choir plus organ, pretty stunning stuff. and had a did their meditative labyrinth, which was a really cool experience. basically it just means you walk around this flat maze. but your thoughts go quiet and your breathing evens and everything seems slower. it was really cool.
i wont lie-my legs were killing me i was determined not to be beaten by the hills but i fear they had the last laugh.
i started off with a general wander around. found a gallery opening offering free wine. the exhibition was curated by danielle steel (yes that danielle steel!). title of the exhibition was WORD, all of the works involved text in some way. it was pretty good. www.asgallaery.com .
having the 2 free glasses of wine i was out for more. on my way back to the hostel i walked through the italian area. low and behold i stumbled upon snazzy italian deli doing a wine tasting. in i went! this is how it went down:
1- fog dog chardonnay 2006 (sonoma valley)
2- fog dog pinot noir 2006 (sonoma valley)
3- joseph phelps cab. sauv. 2005 92% cab., 6% petiti verdo, 2% merlot (napa valley)
4- insignia cab. sauv. 2005 92% cab., 7% petit verdo, 1% merlot (napa valley)
5- insignia cab. sauv. 2006 95% cab., 5% petit verdo (napa valley).
phew! its all new to me!
the next day, hung over, i proceeded to sfmoma. say 2 amazing exhibitions: richard avedon and ansel adams/georgia o'keefe. amazing.
spent some time hanging out in dolores park (very trendy) chomping on my bi-rite creamery ice creamery and people watching. saw a really well groomed pretty girl having a good nose picking session. pretty entertaining!
had a wander to grace catherdral and stayed on for their evensong service-all male choir plus organ, pretty stunning stuff. and had a did their meditative labyrinth, which was a really cool experience. basically it just means you walk around this flat maze. but your thoughts go quiet and your breathing evens and everything seems slower. it was really cool.
i wont lie-my legs were killing me i was determined not to be beaten by the hills but i fear they had the last laugh.
the coastal starlight
22 hours winding my way down the coast on amtrak-from seattle into san francisco: the coastal starlight.
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