San Francisco

Sonali and I decided to spend the week of our fourth anniversary hanging out in San Francisco.  It was the first time that I’ve been there for pleasure since I was a little kid and Sonali’s first real visit to the city.  It’s a really neat place and way up there on the “I want to go back” scale.   The overall vibe I got from SF was that everyone works a lot, but people just aren’t as stressed as they are in NY.  I attribute this to the city not being as cramped, the weather being a lot nicer, and the general california-ness of it all.   You can check out the pictures These were some of the highlights:
These trees are crazy tall. The city from across the bay Sonali in front of the tidal pool at the Monterey Bay Aquarium We’re not golfers, so we had no idea what “Pebble Beach” we were at until we got to here. We were not expecting to see sea lions just hanging out on the docks. We saw some great views on our hikes It’s like Fondue, but Japanese. I don’t think that we’ve had as many interesting meals in as short an amount of time. We spent our anniversary touring wine country. This is me having some very tasty Fume Blanc at the Mondavi vineyard. Sterling won the most beautiful vineyard award. This was way too cool. We got to tour the real-live working engine room of a Liberty Ship Alcatraz appearing out of the deep fog. Welcome to the Rock! We’re in a solitary confinement cell. It’s a lot less scary when you have a camera flash. That’s my good friend Chris Sun in the background there. The best meal of the whole trip, a savory seafood Souffle. There are a lot more pictures, so if you want to check them out, head over to the gallery.