San Francisco 2011 {Part 1}

9/10-11, Saturday - Sunday

This was our third trip to San Francisco for a conference that Darin attends. It is a really terrible time of the year to be gone - just after school starts - but I can't pass up the opportunity.

Saturday

Our plane left at 7:30a and we arrived at 9:30a. We checked into our hotel and headed out to walk around and get our bearings of the area. Then we headed down to the Ferry building to get some yummy tacos again. As we were having lunch, we talked again about getting away to another area. Last year we went to Sausalito for the day and this year I was looking into going to Tiburon to get out of the city for a day or two. I was really looking for some time to just chill out and read. I had found a cool Lodge to stay at, but they were booked Saturday night and I didn't know if we really wanted to move after checking into our hotel today. Darin said he wouldn't mind a couple of days at the pool, so we called The Lodge at Tiburon to book for Sunday night.

The rest of the day we spent walking around and doing a bit of shopping. For dinner we went back to North Beach - the Italian District - that we had gone to two years ago. It was a fun evening eating outside and watching all the people go by. I LOVE outdoor living!

Sunday

Today we slept in and got ready to take the ferry over to Tiburon for the night.

It was a beautiful day. The sites from the ferry were beautiful. It is hard to capture that beauty.

There were tons of sailboats out.

The sea lions of pier 39.

This is a restaurant that is a very small island. I guess there is seating underwater. I would like to go here next time. It seems like it would be quite an experience.

Coming into Tiburon.

This is the cute main street of little shops and restaurants. Our hotel was just a couple of blocks down.

This is a really cute hotel. Though some of their rooms really need some updating. I had thought I had got this super good deal on a King Spa Suite room they have. There is a big jetted tub in the room and it looked expansive in the pictures. Well....we walk into the room and it is the same size as any hotel room and it has not been updated and there are mirrors everywhere. Above the bed, above the spa tub, along the wall....oh my! This is not what I expected at all. We went ahead and got our swim suits on and went out to the pool. As we are sitting out there, Darin thinks we should change rooms. He doesn't want to stay in that room. hee, hee  So he got us a really nice renovated room. It felt very cape code - white wood vaulted ceilings, blue/green paint, flat screen TV, lanai - a very nice room. Thanks Honey!

The pool area was very nice. They had 3 cabanas set up that were first come, first served. A nice size hot tub and pool. The weather was perfect for laying out and relaxing.

As we were sitting at the pool reading and relaxing, we wanted this to go on another day so we talked to the front desk and extended our stay for one more night. :-) After the pool, walked into town to see what kind of shops there were.

Isn't this the cutest Firehouse you have ever seen?

We ended up eating dinner at Servino. It was yummy and a beautiful scene to look at. There was a beautiful moon that night with the clouds drifting by and I just couldn't get a good picture of it. It will have to stay in our memory.

We were SO glad that we decided to come to Tiburon. It was just the relaxing experience we were looking for. And we were excited to have another full day the next day.