California Style

I went to California at the beginning of May for a short vacation.  I wanted to share the beauty of San Francisco with my boyfriend and he wanted to see the giant Sequoias in Yosemite.  So we combined the two for a weeklong trip.  We saw a lot of things and met some interesting people.  One of them was an art dealer that wanted to sell us an original painting from LeRoy Neiman called "The Breeding" Go have a look and you will understant the title  (LeRoy Neiman "The breeding").  My boyfriend had him convinced that we were seriously considering buying it, which of course, wasn't quite true.

Here are a few places that we visited in San Francisco



The dome at the Wesfield San Francisco Center

  

This is the dome inside the Westfield San Francisco Center.  The dome was first built in 1896 as the main feature of the Emporium Department Store.  It was destroyed by fire after the 1906 earthquake.  Rebuilt by 1908 and fully restored for the 2006 reopening of the new Westfield San Francisco Center home of Bloomingdale, other major chain stores and boutiques. 

Learn more about the dome



The Ghirardelli Store on The Wharf



Of course being in San Francisco, we had to go to Fisherman's Wharf.  There, we met a lady that was celebrating her fiftieth birthday by taking a swim in the bay.  We were given a task of the wonderfully gooey Ghiradelli chocolate by a smiling employee at their store and, we had a great lunch of clam chowder sampler on the terrace at the Blue Mermaid restaurant, while listening to a guitarist playing the Blues.



California Poppy

This is my favorite picture of the hole trip.  They are California Poppies, native flowers of California and the southwest United States.  The picture was taken during our visit to the Coit Tower another San Francisco landmark where you have a 360 degree view of the city.
Learn more about the Coit Tower



The Coit Tower



I know, everybody has seen it, in pictures at least; The Golden Gate bridge.  However, it is still an amazing site to see, especially with the fog that seems to linger around it most of the time.  I thought I'd show it to you in a little different angle; through a hole in a fence at the Fort Point overlook.      Learn more about the Golden Gate bridge



The Golden Gate Bridge



Next time, I'll post on our excursion to Monterey

Enjoy your weekend