Category: Travel

Before leaving San Francisco, Kelly and I had some time to kill so we wandered around a bit, visited Union Square one last time, and had lunch at the little cafe that’s at one end of the square. Going from downtown to the airport to the gate went smoothly, but then as we sat down, we were told that our flight was delayed while SFO’s air traffic control figured out how to get our plane on the ground. We were delayed about 40 minutes. I realize that SFO is a big international airport, but it seems that they’re too big for their own good.

We got back to PDX in decent time, and holy moly is it raining out! Ran to the store for some provisions and soon it’ll be time for dinner, then laundry, then relaxing before work tomorrow.

To recap the trip: It was a really fun mini-vacation that felt longer than it was (which is a good thing). We ate good food, walked a lot, and saw a lot in only a couple days. One thing was obvious, San Francisco is a big international tourist destination (we heard a lot of foreign languages wherever we went, including a lot of French), not sure why but it surprised me a little.

Anyway, all photos are on the gallery, in case you’re bored.

Today Kelly and I had a delicious breakfast at a 50’s-inspired diner called Lori’s, drove to San Jose for a Cinco de Mayo festival (the work event Kelly came down here for), then back to San Francisco, walked around Chinatown, had a delicious dinner, and finished the night off at the Irish Bank (the Irish pub we’ve visited each night while here).

Tomorrow we fly home. We’re supposed to get back to Portland at 5pm, however, that will depend on whether SFO has their shit together enough to get us off the ground on time. Anyway, that’s all, more photos being uploaded to the gallery as I write this. G’night!

Made it to San Francisco. Finally. The flight was supposed to leave at 1pm, but was delayed 2 hours because San Francisco was boggled by weather or something and couldn’t get their shit straightened out. So, Kelly and I sat at PDX for 2 hours. Once boarded. We sat some more. When we were flying over San Francisco, we had to make circles for a while. What should have been a home to hotel trip of 4 hours took 7. Oh well, we’re here.

Sadly, weather changed from the forecast I read yesterday, and it was drizzly grey most of the night. However, at least it’s not freezing cold. Kelly and I walked for hours and hours, up steep hills, down steep hills, etc. Had dinner at an Italian place, I had a couple pints at a couple Irish pubs, and at one point we walked past a string of high-end shops that had their windows punctured or shattered by May Day protesters. All in all, a pretty eventful day.

Photos are on the gallery, where I’ll continue adding ’em over the next couple days. Now, it’s sleepy time.

Tomorrow Kelly and I are going to San Francisco for a few days. Kelly has a work event on Sunday (was in Oakland, found out today that it’s been moved to San Jose) so we thought we’d make a short vacation of it. Looks like the weather is going to be a nice (upper 60’s), and we’ve got a few places we want to visit, so it should be a fun mini-vacation.