Travelin Fool: San Francisco in December

I went out to San Francisco in December to see my sister and brother-in-law and had a wonderful time! Only one flight got delayed that time. I got in on Thursday night, on Friday morning I woke when Danielle did (uber early at about 5:30) and went into the city for a bus tour to Monterey Bay, Pebble Beach and Caramel. I rode BART (bay area transit system) with Danielle and she got off to go to work, I got off at Embarcadero St and went to the Hyatt - it was one place I knew I could get to so I told the bus to pick me up there. Of course I didn't know if I was supposed to wait outside or inside so I ended up calling the tour place about five times by the time I actually stepped on the bus. The bus was supposed to pick me up at 8:30, I had called about twice to confirm that the time and place I was at were correct. So the lady tells me "you will see the (whatever the name of the tour place is) bus and they'll pull over and stop for you." So I see one of the big red tour buses coming my way (about 5 minutes late). I felt so relieved! So here the big red bus is coming my way. I'm anticipating it's stopping along the busy street for me . . .anticipating. . . .anticipating . . .and away it drives. It did not stop for me. In fact, it kept going. So thinking that my bus was leaving with out me, I do what any rational person would do -- I ran. That's right. I ran after my bus. Ran all the way down the street, then it took a left turn and I decided that there was no point in running blocks after a bus that had no intention of stopping for me. So I called the tour place, for the third or fourth time and they told me that my bus was NOT the big red bus, it was a smaller van/bus. I looked back down the street and it sure was there waiting for me so I ran to MY bus. I was very relieved to be on the van/bus.

We stopped at this little town for a bathroom/food break and I got a lemon poppyseed muffin that had absolutely no taste. Didn't know that was possible. I had a wonderful time in Monterey Bay even though it was cloudy and misting most of the time. On our way to Pebble Beach we actually spotted some whales! It was amazing! I was able to use my new mega zoom lens and get them on camera. Pebble Beach was BEAUTIFUL! It was sunny twice for just a couple minutes but doing the 17 mile drive was amazing and seeing the "rich" houses and how much they cost was unreal! Even saw where a member of the mob lives. "If the mob really exhists." Caramel was gorgeous, the shops didn't have much that I wanted to buy but there was a Coach outlet that I was pretty stoked about. :D I slept the entire way back. I was sleepy, not used to staying up all day.

That evening Danielle and Mike had his work party at the Hyatt. So when I got dropped off at the Hyatt the guy held his hand out and I can't remember if I took it to help me step down or if I just told him to have a good evening but I'm pretty sure I was supposed to tip him - oops! My bad! No one mentioned tipping and it totally blew past my mind. I called Danielle and Mike and they were done with the party so they came out and met me and they were dressed up so cute for the "Hollywood Glamour" themed Holiday party. They got a room at the Hyatt for Danielle and I to stay in, Mike had to work that night. So we went up there, and Mike showed us around. The room was really nice. We had a beautiful view of the piers off of the bay, and the ice skating rink, and the city. It was perfect! Danielle and I went down to the resturant and I had some clam chowder, it was pretty amazing.

On Saturday we went to the Wharf, I revisited where I broke my toe in August. We went to Ghiradelli Square (in the rain) and had lunch at Doris' Diner. It was incredible! We made our way back through the rain to the Muiny, a bus transit system, and found our way to Union Square for some shopping. Later that day we went to meet Mike back at the Hyatt before his shift and we didn't realize what time it was so we were rushing to find the Muiny and it was going to be too much time so we "hailed a cab" and had it take us to the Hyatt - Danielle's first cab ride.

I had a wonderful rest of the trip, Sunday we went to church, had lunch at Cheesecake factory, went and got mani/pedi's and then came back and relaxed. It was a great time!!!!