Full Day In San Francisco!!!

So after a full night in Berkeley and eating Cuban food amongst the highlights we decided to spend a full day in San Francisco and do it up right!

The day began with us riding BART (Bay Area Rail Transit) or as Jocelyn so lovingly put it "Bay Area Rides Together!" Whateve!? It is a great system of transport though, much better then anything I've seen in the state of Washington! I really wish we could get something like that up there because it is simply a mess right now and no one can agree on a solution!!! Anyways, I will move on!

We first arrived close to the Financial District of San Fran where we began our massive "3 Person/3 Camera" photo-taking extravaganza that you will all have an opportunity to see on facebook in the coming days! We ventured through China Town, Little Italy as well as the Wharf, Ghiradelli Square and the Castro or gay/lesbian section of town! Each little suburb of San Francisco was amazing with their own unique shops and cafe's/eateries and never before have I experienced a city with so much kindness, pride, and culture! If it wasn't so gosh darn expensive to live there I might have ended my tour right here and settled down!

Along the way we photographed some amazing buildings in San Fran's skyline, of course Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge! It was a beautiful day! We ate, and ate and ate some more!!! At one point we had dessert, then a gourmet cupcake from a specialty bakery, then culminated our sweet teeth with a "SMORES" crepe that was simply to die for and must have come straight from the devil himself! It was then during this Smores crepe extravaganza that we witnessed our first casualty... my camera! Upon going in for the first of what would become many delectable bites of this concoction, I had my camera slip off my lap and fall at just the right angle to smack perfectly against a concrete floor thereby disabling it from turning on! I have yet to get it back to life and will be buying a new one shortly! After a short eulogy we would say good bye later that evening and luckily still download all of the days pics and videos successfully! Good bye old friend, you and the 7,665 photos I took with you over the past few years will be GREATLY MISSED!!! : ( (No joke, that was what the # was when I made my last download!)

Along our trip I made several more observations and discoveries that I would again like to share...

1. Did you know Obama was a "Lefty" I came across a store literally named "Lefty's" which is a retail establishment specifically tailored to those much like MYSELF and the other 10% of this great population that just so happen to be the only ones in "THEIR RIGHT MIND!" Great store, awesome t-shirts and mugs but alas, Yarissa can only hold so much so this normally easily amused and souvenir collecting gentleman had to pass! I was sad!

2. In China town, I discovered that my name spelled phonetically in Chinese characters means: Horse, Luxuriant, Profound, which means that I am a very Luxurious and Profound Horse! I guess that it could be worse... I could have been a Lethargic, Fat, Toad or something! So I'll take it!

3. One thing we didn't do was find the "Painted Ladies" which are the houses featured on the TV series "Full House!" I was really hoping we could find them, so I could go up and ring the doorbell and ask for Stephanie Tanner! I had the biggest crush on her back in the day! I know, I know, some of you are thinking to yourselves... "CUT...IT...OUT!" - Joey Gladstone!!! My Bad!!!

4. In San Francisco there are a ton of bums like many places these days, but I was not turned off as I normally am in these types of situations as they were all polite, kind, willing to offer directions and very genuine in their carrying-on! I have been on the receiving end of some harassment in other cities so might I add that I was very impressed!

5. In Conclusion: I love this city! Whether or not it is the right one for me to stay or live in, I would highly recommend that everyone spend at least a day and hopefully 2 or 3 in this city and fully explore its offerings! Beautiful people, Beautiful culture and a Beautiful city all around! What an experience!