Day 5, my last day in the hotel and all work business is done. I had until noon to check out, so walked down to another local place, Tart to Tart, for breakfast, again checking out the mocha.
I got everything packed, held my bags at the hotel and walked down to the Metreon again to check out the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. It was okay, but I should have read this review first. Goodbye, $20!
Lunch saw me at Sanraku again, but this time more miso soup, California rolls and Teriyaki chicken, which was great.
So I've got some time to kill, and I need to get closer to the Presidio. Cab? No way! I walked, after checking with the concierge about some places to check out. He suggested a route that took me through Chinatown, Little Italy (is it really called that?) and some parks.
Little did I know my route was going to be 3.7 miles, while carrying a stuffed backpack and my suitcase, which the airport told me weighed 40 pounds. Hopefully that took care of that breakfast's mocha! Here's what I walked. I wish I could show an interactive Google Map, but I'm getting no love from the pathfinding AI - it's making me look like I took all these weird side streets.
Here is the entrance gate to Chinatown. If I weren't so encumbered with my baggage I would have stepped into some stores. Plenty of samurai swords, by the way.
This is the Stinking Rose, which I walked by accidentally. I've eaten there once before when I worked at a different company, and it is AWESOME...if you like garlic. I LOVE garlic.
Street poles like this made sure I knew I was in the Italian district.
I'm on a little beach at the coast now, with Ghirardelli Square behind me, the Golden Gate Bridge to my left and Alcatraz to my right.
I finally meet up with David and we have dinner at a meat skewering place, Asqew Grill, where they actually call the non-meat items on the menu "Starches."
After dinner we head down to ILM, and outside one of the entrances is this Yoda Fountain.
We caught a screening of 3:10 to Yuma in a theater for Academy members to screen movies for consideration (Dave, correct me if I'm wrong), and it didn't disappoint. Picture and sound were top notch, and I really liked the movie as well.
More pictures here.
2 comments:
Technically, the beach is on the bay, not the coast.
BTW, in my RSS window under Outlook 07, every one of your posts is dated Dec 31 2006. Do you have a wayback machine, or is this a new feature from Microsoft?
Ouch! What a faux pas! That, plus my semirampant conservatism and thoughts on gun control, may prevent me from being accepted into California culture!
I have no idea about the RSS stuff - I don't even use it! I know, I know! I'll set it up and take a look at it, but I don't do any kind of date entry - Blogger "takes care" of that for me, as you can see.
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