Downtown Evening Tour of San Francisco

A picture of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge which goes east over to the city of Oakland. This picture was taken from the behind the Ferry Building on Embarcadaro Drive - where the start and finish of the San Francisco Marathon will occur later next month. Vincent and Michael Attanucci of The Woodlands Running Club will be running it.

This is a picture of Lombard Street, which has earned it the designation of "the crookedest [most winding] street in the world." Reading this Wikipedia entry, it was designed out of necessity to help vehicles navigate the 27% grade. We walked up the stairs from Leavenworth to Hyde Street.

After we both took a little bit of a nap this afternoon, we ventured out at about 8 p.m. and made our way east over to Embarcadaro. Then we ventured north all the way to Fisherman's Wharf - a reputed tourist trap. And, yes, everyone was out in force on a Saturday evening!

Instead of taking in a chain restaraunt for dinner, we decided on a local eating establishment. We went to Cioppino's On The Wharf. Waverly had the three cheese tortellini and I had the market lasagna. The food was very good and the service was excellent. Our bill with a 20% tip came to just under $50, which included a 3.5% assessment "to help fund the San Francisco Health Care Initiative." (Vincent, this could be an option for you guys when you come out here next month - depending on where you're staying.)

Waverly and I walked 5.78 miles this evening. This after a 3.4-mile round trip on the Golden Gate Bridge. 9.18 miles in total. Think I'll be OK skipping a run on Saturday?

I think it is a great way to show Waverly the city as well as getting her acclimated to this type of environment. She said that she didn't think that she could like living in the city like many people do, but I really think it is what makes a city so vibrant.

Even though it took me away from home and that I didn't get "out and about", so to speak, with the party crowd, it was fun living in the city in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2006 and 2007 when I worked on a project there.

Where to tomorrow? I have no idea. We really make it up as we go. Makes it more memorable this way!