Blogs from San Francisco, California, United States, North America - page 16

San Francisco has been experiencing a lot of rain the past month and today was no exception. We woke up to a steady rain and say that the weather would be rainy and a little windy all day. We woke up kind of early and headed to Denny's for breakfast and then back to the room to get some last minute work done before we leave the country. We decided to walk to Pier 39 and have lunch somewhere there. Since it is raining and San Francisco's winter season, most of the tourist destinations have been really empty and today was no exception at the Pier. There were not many people walking around and it was really nice. We walked to the end of the pier and watched the sea lions for a bit and then ... read more

Geo: 37.7792, -122.42In 1953, my mom took a teaching job in Hawaii, before it was even a state. On her way to Hawaii, she stayed in San Francisco and recalls having a drink at the "Top of the Mark". The Top of the Mark is a penthouse restaurant at the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Located at the highest point of downtown San Francisco, on fog-free days, it has spectacular views of the financial district, Chinatown, North Beach, San Francisco Bay, and especially of Grace Cathedral and Huntington Park. It is has been a popular local destination since its opening in 1939, and has hosted World War II servicemen, along with numerous celebrities and dignitaries, including Doris McCalla. Well, 64 years later, we went by to check it out.(Epilogue: my dad called my mom while ... read more

San Francisco, USA 25th January Sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay has got to be on everybody's bucket list. We passed under the bridge at midday on a warmish, sunlit Californian day, and docked at a new Pier (27) which was a few hundred yards further out than we had been before. With the iconic Alcatraz island on our port side and the steep streets of the city on the other, it made for a special trip to the berth. San Francisco sits on a hilly peninsula bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Bay,with the waters meeting at the Golden Strait beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. These swirling waters in and around Alcatraz Island shows why there were no recognised escapes from the prison. From our previous walkabout here, long trousers ... read more

Geo: 37.7792, -122.42BEGIN:VCALENDARCALSCALE:GREGORIANVERSION:2.0PRODID:-//CALENDARSERVER.ORG//NONSGML Version 1//ENMETHOD:REQUESTBEGIN:VTIMEZONETZID:America/Los_AngelesX-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_AngelesBEGIN:STANDARDDTSTART:18831118T120702RDATE;VALUE=DATE-TIME:18831118T120702TZNAME:PSTTZOFFSETFROM:-0752TZOFFSETTO:-0800END:STANDARDBEGIN:DAYLIGHTDTSTART:19180331T020000RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19190330T100000Z;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH= 3 TZNAME:PDTTZOFFSETFROM:-0800Enrico Altmann invited you to "Mina".when: Monday, November 21, 2016, 9:00 AM PST - 10:00 AM PSTinvitees: Youreply: Accept - https://www.icloud.com/calendar/eventreply/?t=2_GQYTONZXGM2T EOJUGE3TONZTGW7NHP5BNAE4GOVXJJYE4TPLY5QHE3XODAWEBM6LNF4523VX XRFPI&p=p04&cc=US#reply=accept Decline - https://www.icloud.com/calendar/eventreply/?t=2_GQYTONZXGM2T EOJUGE3TONZTGW7NHP5BNAE4GOVXJJYE4TPLY5QHE3XODA... read more

Yes. Packed and ready to go. After a full month of nerves around this trip, I'm set. My head is in this. No more fucking around. Hell, I even sprayed my clothes with Premetherin in a perhaps futile attempt to ward off Dengue Fever. No matter; this is the blog where I can hopefully feel free to follow my every bout with flight delays, dysentery, challenges in third world countries, and me developing a hopefully strong and new relationship with an engineering team in Bangladesh. I look forward to a new found joy in encountering people from a so completely different world from me, it breaks me down and brings me back again. Because that's, let's face it, what travel should do. Next post...the departure from San Francisco to Dubai...and then 8 hours later to Dhaka, ... read more