PICS

Finally, a couple of photos from my trip (truly don't want to bore you):

1.  BELDEN PLACE:  The young woman who checked us into our hotel was kind enough to offer up this quite hidden spot.  It is literally a row of restaurants tucked in an alley between two rows of buildings.  Every restaurant has outside seating, all of which flows together, and overhead is strung with lights ~ how magical.  As we walked thru, we checked out all the menus and were given a personal disertation by the hostess.  How fun!

2.  GOYARD:  As we were heading out of the Westin Hotel after a lovely lunch, a storefront happened to catch my eye ... there they were, Goyard Handbags!  Like I said before, very exciting for some reason.  The Goyard store is located in Union Square which is surrounded by very high end luxury stores.  Always a treat even if purchases are out of my reach.

3.  GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE:  So it took awhile but we finally caught a glimpse (literally) of this beautiful bridge.  We were able to see the peaks from the tower of the de Young Museum which is located in Golden Gate Park.  If you look closely, you can see too!  On our trip to Alcatraz, we were able to see the entire bridge although it was cloudy out.

4.  LOMBARD STREET:  For some reason, we really wanted to see and experience what is termed the "Crookedest Street".  So we hopped in a taxi and our driver totally bought into our tourism ... he drove us thru the Nob Hill, past Grace Cathederal, to Lombard Street.  What surprised me was that the street is actually brick and tightly landscaped so beautifully.  There are houses along Lombard Street and one can only wonder how the owners maneuver in and out of their driveways on a daily basis.  This was quite the tourist attraction and a bit hard to photograph.  The "people" in the photo are not me! 

There you have it Sister, just a couple of photo highlights from San Francisco!  There was so much to explore ~ I wish I could post all of it.

Tracy