Greetings from the City by the Bay! Amy and I are both now in San Francisco and have just concluded our 1st day here together. Amy arrived yesterday to spend a little time with some friends in Oakland and I found my way here around 1p today. Always so wonderful to be in San Francisco!
We met-up at our favorite Nob Hill hotel ~ the Hotel Carlton. Would highly recommend this hotel for your future travels to SF. Just a short walk to Union Square and easy to get to all different neighborhoods of San Francisco. We have stayed here prior to each of our trips and it was nice to see some familiar faces in the hotel staff, as we were remembered by them. Our 3 large boxes of therapy supplies + splinting materials have arrived and so we are set.
We, in our typical fashion, set-out from our hotel to do a little walking, as well as seeking-out some final supplies for the trip. We walked to Union Square and the Christmas tree was lovely and just beautiful!
We then were off to find a party store, as we want to bring along some New Year's party items for the group (think sparkly glasses that say 2013, noise makers, etc.), as we are having a big party when we arrive in Vietnam. We considered the disco ball necklaces, but they didn't seem like they might travel very well, so are hoping the Golf Hotel in CanTho will provide a disco ball for us. ;) We found some fun items and more pictures will surely follow.
Finally, today, after finding a fun, fun party store, we began walking toward a restaurant my niece, Meredith, who is a senior at the University of San Francisco, recommended to us. It's called Firefly and is located in the Noe Valley neighborhood. Well...we began to walk...and to walk...and to walk...and to walk...and after a really long time walking and in true San Francisco fashion, up and down some crazy-steep hills, we finally arrived. We calculated that we walked about 3 1/2 to 4 miles and so when we arrived, needless to say we were hungry!
As I have learned during the time Meredith has been in San Francisco, the girl can find a great restaurant. The only thing that would have made our evening at Firefly more wonderful would have been if Meredith was hear to dine with us, but alas she is on her winter break. It was a spectacular dinner and we had a great time celebrating our arrival and completion of the 'first leg' of our trip!
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| This one's for you, Meredith!!! |
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| Delicious brussel sprouts! |
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| Shrimp & Scallop Potstickers |
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| Dessert demolished! (it was a deconstructed apple tart over a cheddar buscuit...with caramel ice cream) |
I'll post again once we reach Vietnam and this is when the real fun stuff will start!
Be warm and well...
xoxo
Stacy
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