If you're going to San Francisco...

Be sure to see Alcatraz and Sausalito (and wear some flowers in your hair). In spite of Scott McKenzie's promise that everyone had aforementioned cranial floral arrangements, it was very lovely indeed. A short itinerary below:

Sutro's Cliff House/ Seal Rocks

Alcatraz tour

Pier 39 & Fisherman's Wharf

Boudin Bakery

Ghirardelli Square, chocolate ice cream 

Haight & Ashbury

Patxi's Pizza in Haye's Valley

Lombard "crooked" Street

Golden Gate Bridge

Breakfast in Sausalito (Fred's)

Ferry back to downtown SF

Chinatown (Z&Y Restaurant)

Ride the cable car Trolley

As you may have ascertained from earlier posts, I've been to lots of places in California and the American West, but prior to last weekend had never visited the San Francisco or "Nine Gold Mountains" as the Chinese call it. Summer is a wonderful time to go. While it is 105 in Loma Linda, SF only got up to 75 degrees. Of course foggy drizzle is a respite to folks like us living in a desert, while it would not be so amazing for tourists from Great Britain, Europe, etc. I digress.

We completed our itinerary using only public transit: very convenient on a 7 by 7 square mile peninsula. After flying into SFO, the BART metro took us to Montgomery Street Station, less than 3 blocks from our hotel near Chinatown. Eliz' friend AA was our main tour guide for the trip. She does something computer related up there. After meeting up at Anthropologie on Market Street, the ladies let me take a nap on the "husbands sofa" while they shopped. When I woke up, it was time to go meet AA's boyfriend and get ready for supper.

We had a splendid double date at Sutro's at the Cliff House overlooking Seal Rocks which is perched at the southwest entrance to San Francisco Bay. I had and recommend the salmon. Our transit to and from dinner was with Lyft and Uber: two new "app based" services that don't take cash or require the long wait for traditional taxis. Look here.