San Francisco

Jess goes to San Francisco quite often for work but I've never been. Thanks to John and Gennie's and my Mom and Sandy's willingness to help with the kids, I was able to join him for a couple of days in October and explore this interesting city.

Our hotel was in a great location: Union Square, near all kinds of shopping and restaurants and within walking distance of the pier.

On our first full day there, we rented bikes and biked along the waterfront, across the Golden Gate Bridge, down to the charming little town of Sausolito where we caught a ferry across the bay and past Alcatraz, back to where we started.

Jess surprised me by insisting that we eat the picnic we had packed on a bench overlooking the bay and the bridge and then pulling out two sets of watercolours, paintbrushes and paper. So, we spent a couple hours on that bench, eating and painting. It was dreamy.