Guess Where Janet Is!

Meghan gave Janet a ticket to San Francisco for Christmas.  All of our kids were invited, but the only one able to go was Bronwyn.  They went last weekend.  The weather was more than incredible and they did some fun things.

They stayed at the Marriott Union Square and here is the view from Janet's room.

See the flag at the top, in the centre?  That's the hotel they stayed in last time.

Meg and Janet were on their own the first night and then Bronwyn came the next day.  They went to the E & O Kitchen for lunch.  Yummy!

After that, they broke up and went their separate ways.  Janet purchased two pair of runners, which were her only purchase on the trip.  She hunted high and low for a quilt shop, but no such luck.

They went to The Slanted Door for dinner and while the food was great, the service was dismal.
They had the Chicken Clay Pot, some Jasmine rice,  Vermicelli with Crab, a veggie dish and some Spring Rolls for appys that the server forgot about.

The next day, they trooped it out to Hayes Valley, a part of San Francisco that Janet had never been to before.  They walked past City Hall and a Farmers Market.  In addition to the Market, there were a bunch of old Chinese ladies with a type of market of their own.  There were several of them and the goods they had were all food, but weird food.  Cheerios, canned veggies, peanut butter.  The best they could figure out were these women had received the food from a Food Bank and were selling it to each other.

 They went to Absinthe, in Hayes Valley for lunch.

Gee, Meg...do you think that serving is large enough?  Janet had a piece of dry toast.  Not really!

Spur of the moment, they rented bikes and rode to Golden Gate State Park.  Wow!  All the roads in the park were closed to traffic and Janet says it was pretty spectacular.

Our three bikes, ready to roll.

Check this out!  They had free swing dance lessons in the park, but clearly no one on the stage needed any assistance.  This man and woman were unbelievable!

They biked past the famous Painted Ladies to get to the park.

The ride is over!  The man who set up the stone boats bikes for us kept calling Janet "Mom".  Finally Janet asked why he thought she was the "Mom" and he threw her a "are you kidding me look?"

Janet thinks this top makes her look matronly.  Or perhaps, it's just the angle.

In Hayes Valley, there are many things built out of storage containers, including part of their bike rental.  Here is a Beer Garden, right next door.

We want to go to San Francisco and ride in the park like this doggie did.

Cocktail time!