We got on the road to head into San Francisco. The weather was nothing like it had been the other day when we flew in. Instead, it was foggy beyond belief (even crossing the bridge you couldn’t see the top of it), and it was very cold and windy.
When we got to the city, we found a parking garage a few blocks from Pier 39. After we had parked Ryan threw the card up toward the windshield and we headed on our way. Emily noticed a sign that said that the garage would validate up to 90 minutes with purchase from the stores below. So Ryan opened the car door to grab the ticket, but it was missing. It had fallen in between the dashboard and the windshield a spot we previously did not realize existed. After 10 minutes of trying to fish it out and a lost bobby pin, we gave up and went on to the pier.
We walked around Pier 39 for a while stopping in various shops and grabbed lunch at Boudin Bakery. Later on we walked past the big Boudin Bakery to see them making alligator and turtle shaped loaves of bread.
We bought many souvenirs at Pier 39. We took a tour of the bay by boat, which sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and all around Alcatraz Island.
Afterwards, we were so cold from the wind that we decided to head over to Ghiradelli Square to grab some hot chocolate. Along the way we saw various street performers one of which was painting a picture of a satellite above earth with cans of spray paint, an index card, and a solo cup cut in half. We got to Ghiradelli and ordered our hot chocolate and walked through the shop. We noticed a press used for making chocolate that looked exactly the same as the olive oil press, but smaller. By this time, the whole bustling city/tourist traps were getting to Emily after the peace and calm of Napa and Sonoma, so we relaxed near a World Market. Although we had reservations for 6:15, it was nearly 5 and we decided to go ahead and eat. We went to The Stinking Rose, a restaurant completely dedicated to garlic.
Some of it was a bit too much even for Emily. Ryan ordered the Silence of the Lamb Shank with Chianti glaze and fava beans while Emily had the forty clove roasted chicken. The best part of dinner was the real garlic mashed potatoes but the rest of dinner was alright too. Emily knew that forty clove was a typical marinade, but was surprised when she got her dinner, and had a side of forty garlic cloves!
After dinner, we walked around China Town for a while. We walked by The Wok Shop and Ryan suggested that we get one there, since Emily has such specific requirements for one. Unfortunately, we hadn’t thought of this earlier, as every shop was open except for the wok shops, which would have been if we had gone before dinner. We decided to try to stop by on our way to the airport. We still got a few souvenirs in China Town, then headed back to the quiet of Sonoma.
NO WINES!
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