Blogs from Union Square, San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 10

For our last day in Sydney, after Jonny had left us, we did very little but see out our visit to Australia. The flight on the 6th was the longest one that we have had so far and I did try to sleep, but it didn't happen. I ended up watching five films and not a lot else, resulting in it being very confusing when I landed in California having had no sleep, but the time being 9am. We met up with Luke after a 20 questions session with passport control and after realising that none of my cards were working, thankfully got Luke to buy me a train ticket to Powell Street, Union Square. The sun was shining in Union Square, but the temperature was definitely not warm unless you were standing in direct sunshine, ... read more

Union Square Apr 13, 2011 First stop was Urban Tavern, cozy n chic...then off to dinner n sushi was delicious...last but the least...at John Folley's for piano dueling...fun fun times.... read more

San Francisco: Mye av det vi har fått av teknologisk utvikling med IT m.m. de siste tiårene har sitt utspring her i vestlige USA.Sikkert fordi det er behagelig å leve her og også fordi de har sterke universitetsmiljø her med Stanford og Berkeley i spissen. Rundt dette vokste IT-bedrifter i hopetall opp med HP og Apple i spissen. Rart nok står jeg nå i en Apple-kø i Santa Barbara kl. 7.00 for å kjøpe IPad2 for Nina. Mange kule ungdommer - og en litt eldre... Ellers er dette et område med mange kontraster. Det kryr av uteliggere - den gamle hippikulturen lever videre. Ikke minst er det rundt San Francisco et groderikt område med fokus på organisk dyrket mat. Helse og livsstil med masse yogastudioer og moderne juicebarer er også i skuddet. Vi var i dette ... read more

3 March 2011 Our last road tripping morning of this trip. The plan for today, to make it from San Luis Obispe to San Francisco, The Foggy city. Opposite the Travelodge (which looked, from the outside, just like the motels that you see in movies. I was slightly concerned that the bad guys were going to burst in with guns at any moment but the town was a little sleepy for that and, in any event, we had left Hollywood far behind) was a garage and it was time to fill up. This isn't an event that would usually justify entry in the blog but today was different. All petrol stations in the US seem to be pre-pay which caused us considerable confusion, particularly since the pump wouldn't accept a british card as payment. Eventually, ... read more

This is a catchup written on AA1964 on 29 Jan on a flight back in time to Dallas, aka DFW – Dallas Forth Worth after the regional airport. As JFK was actually killed in 1963 the flight is just one digit out. That aside what else happened in SanFran after my initial blog you may ask? Well I almost have to ask the same question of myself as it was pretty non-productive as a gung-ho tourist – I aint in that category – blame my post flight jetlagged normal lethargy or whatever. Thursday 27 Jan – I was simply really slow and tired after the foolishness of having black coffee at the Garcon restaurant after lychee cocktail and a Californian white then a ditto pinot noir, and logging on at the hotel and not going to ... read more