dual personalities

Well, the dual personalities have returned to their respective homes, glad to be there after their cross-country travels! Traveling by air in the 21st century is not easy. It’s faster than covering ground in a prairie schooner, but not necessarily any more pleasant or less arduous. I will spare you the details.

Our hotel (The St. Francis) was very nice and looked out on Union Square:

Everything was all decked out for Christmas. Bah humbug, can we get through Thanksgiving please? I will spare you the rant on that subject.

We took a tour which covered all the San Francisco highlights. Here is our bus:

As you can see, after maneuvering through the city, which is gummed up with lots of construction including subway work (!), the sun went down and we drove around a good deal after dark. Haruuumph.

But we did manage some nice vistas in between the rainstorms:

San Francisco is a big city on a lovely bay. I was born there and I have always wanted to return and check it out. I have to say, my favorite place was Gump’s, a store about which I remember my mother spoke fondly. I wiled away some time there while my brilliant sister presented a paper and moderated a panel of experts at a conference of archaeologists from around the world.

The most fun was gabbing and drinking wine, which is why we went. And the Vin Diesel movie, which we rented.

And, no, there were no Danny Tanner sightings.