Okay-I can say that San Francisco is absolutely a beautiful place to be and I am very jealous of those who are lucky enough to live there.  The only thing that took me and my daughter Cindy by surprise is the fact that it was so chilly there!  I went to the San Francisco area to visit my life long best friend Pam.  Pam was a wonderful host and tour guide. 

 

Pam took us one day into the city to see downtown, China town,  the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf and ride the trolley cars.  We spent a whole day in the city doing all of this.  It was busy, crowded, beautiful, chilly, exciting, did I mention beautiful.  We spent one day in a town called Berkley.  Berkley was a very interesting, artsy place that I fell in love with.  In Berkley we had lunch at this place called the Cheese Board.  The Cheese Board is a food cooperative and owned by all the employees.  They serve one kind of pizza only all day long.  And you never know what you are going to get until you get there.  What we had the day we were there was a VERY California style pizza.  No meat, no sauce, olive oil, garlic, red and green bell pepper, fresh corn from the cob, cilantro, feta cheese and mozerella cheese.  Oh did I mention the musicians?  There were two Jazz Musicians one playing the piano and one playing a floor bass.  All that was missing was a glass of wine.  It was really cool!

 

And then there was the view.  As you can see from the pictures listed above called Pam's view.  This is the view that Pam has from her kitchen windows, and all the windows across the back of her house.  The view was of these really beautiful golden hills that I hear turn green in the winter around Christmas time.  And Pam also has this view on her daily walks.  What a lucky girl!  The view was absolutely awesome.

 

And then there was the day at the beach.  We went to Half Moon Bay and there was an alcove there that was really outstanding!  The waves were rough and the rock ledges were beautiful.  We even got to see Seals in the water.  That was really cool for a couple of Midwesterners to get to see.  By the time we made it to the beach I had decided that I could very EASILY live in this area.  An hour to the beach, an hour to the city, what more could you want.

 

Then on my last day there I got to meet Meg!  Meg lives in the San Francisco area and she is listed on my friends list and has been my blog friend from the very beginning.  She and Pam and I went to this little English Tea Room for lunch and talked our heads off!  Meg and I figured out that we started our blogs within a few days of each other.  I think that she might have even been my very first blog friend.  You can see a picture of the two of us together above.

 

All in all it was a really great trip and I  am glad that me and my daughter Cindy flew out there to San Francisco.