What I Learned about San Francisco

Our long weekend in San Francisco was a success, with only a few tears shed and some of those shed by my dh when he realized that none of his girls are morning people. But that's what road trips and family time are for, learning and learning to love. Heck life is about learning and learning to love. Here is what I learned about San Francisco.

1. I want to go back! It is a beautiful city and since I am trying to learn how to use my camera, I had plenty of opportunities to use my new found camera skills, and as you can see they are not that great yet.

2. San Francisco was the first large city to start a curbside composting program. OK so this may not excite you but I find it exciting when cities take charge and make changes for the better of the environment.

3. If you get out of the tourist area there is a lot of fun and good food to be had. We went down to Pier 39 once just to check it out but our hotel was out amongst the houses and we were within walking distance to a ton of great restaurants, shops and the beach.

4. San Francisco is full of people from all over the world. At any given time you are going to meet someone from somewhere far away, making every smile an opportunity to introduce yourself and find out where they are from.

5. You CAN'T eat your way through the city in a weekend let alone two years. Our lovely waiter at Rose's Cafe said he has lived in San Francisco for two years and is still eating his way through the city.

6. There is no shortage of used clothing stores in San Francisco. We visited a couple places and the thing I noticed that was different from Portland was that the prices were much higher. They did have a nice variety of vintage clothes from the 50's and 60's which was so fun to browse through.

NOTE: None of these photos have been edited.