Thanks to furlough days (all I had were freezing snow days when I was a kid), the kiddo's had a 5 day weekend...so, we decided to take a slightly spontaneous trip to the City by the Bay. After a bucolic drive through Steinbeck country, we arrived at the Westin St. Francis and a fortuitously upgraded room. After settling in, we cabbed over to the wharf, had some sourdough, toured a museum of antique mechanical games (e.g. pong), and watched the sea lions off of Pier 39. We hiked back up the hill to North Beach and supped at our frequent haunt, Michelangelos. Jilly particularly liked the wheel of cheese and the free gummi's.
Sunday, our breakfast at Home Plate fueled our hike across the Golden Gate Bridge. We then went to the park of the same name where the kids took in the Japanese Tea Gardens. Drove down Lombard St. and had lunch in the Ferry Building at Gott's (nee Taylor's Refresher). Took the kids to Zeum, a multimedia kids museum. Dinner in China Town at Hunan Homes. Not bad.
Monday, had breakfast at a cool dive, Dottie's True Blue Cafe. Drove to Napa and took the kids to 2 wineries. Castillo de Amorosa (?), a castle replica, and Sterling (mmmm), which features the tramway. Basically, an expensive & boring day for the kids. Also, had a picnic lunch (in the car) a la Dean & Deluca. Back to the city for Blondie's pizza (eh). And did I mention, we frequented Cako, a cupcake maker, three times!!! Fun and filling trip.
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