San Francisco 2

Wednesday 28th July,

AMAZINGLY the sun was shining from early this morning just to prove us wrong and that Sunny California does exist - sometimes!

The plastic received another thrashing this morning. Clothes and souvenirs and shoes ... and then this afternoon THE Attraction of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and, as you can see from the photo, it was a little windy but as you can see here we are:

here we are

And of course the answer to the question that everyone wants to know -- what happens when the workers get the 'call of nature?' Notice that it (like everything else to do with the bridge) is painted in International Orange!

the Golden Gate Loo

an arty shot ....

arty view

and then after the bridge we took a stroll around town, and walked up some of the rather steeper streets ... it was amusing watching those in heels teeter down!

Looking down the street

While we were walking we spied a few eating houses and chose this one, Lori's Diner on Powell Street and they even have a real Edsel car from the 1950s inside) and we both agreed that we had saved the best dinner till last - well the best dinner for our solo part of the holiday. It is  a sort of celebration ... or as Bini has just said, a de-celebration! This was a totally scrumptious and unplanned dining experience, great music, 50-60s bits and pieces and uniforms on the staff and we loved it. Anyone coming to SF HAS to dine here!

Lori's on Powell

bussboys at work

And what did we eat? The menu is filled with 'old fashioned' 1950-60s eating ... and ours was pork chops and home made meatloaf ... of course it was washed down with a good ol' tumbler of Coke.

Dinner -Yummy

And lastly for San Francisco here is the hotel:

Hotel Front

and a photo of Bini sitting in the elevator.

Alas, we didn't get to partake in the afternoon sherry and tea (one of Bini's prime motivations for choosing this place) but it was terrific here none the less!

And so our current holiday is at a near end. Next stop Los Angeles for the SCBWI Summer Conference ... where Bini still gets to holiday while Christopher works! More form LA.

Bini will try not to spend too much time shopping but makes no promises.....