"The View"
Sam took this pic.
Birthday! turned 27 today and it wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. Added a new gray hair to the collection this year to bring the grand total to 2 (I think...memory is fading with age). Eva got me some awesome presents, a Fish Eye Lens (I will probably dedicate a few days on the blog to fish eye pics!) and cup. Not just any Cup! it's a replica if a Canon L series lens, this was given to the reporters at Vancouver Olympics, it's the 24mm-105mm L Series USM Lens, it is awesome! After months of telling Eva not to put my water cup in the dishwasher (I just drank water in it, no need to wash it for every one use!) she got me my own distinguishable cup!
Later that day we went to the City (SF) and had lunch, checked in at the hotel, and took a few hours on our own to walk around town. Saw Union Square for the first time, not to mention the humongous Macy's there. The Macy's store is a spectacle to see, we were only on one side of the store on the first floor and that took nearly most of our time. One sad part however is all the stores on Union Square are large retailers, and very few mom and pop stores, we walked into an Antiques store and the prices ranged from $5,000 to $150,000 or more, I'm sure some pieces were millions but I refuse to believe you put a grocery store style sticker on a mil+ item that's just sitting in a little shop.
Even Later on that day we went to "Top of the Mark" for some drinks, from this location you can see the entire city...covered in fog. Trust me when I say the city looks a lot cooler when it's covered in the Fog. We also tried to do the Vertigo tour, (Hitchcock's movie) but most of us fell asleep on Friday night before we saw all of it. Then for dinner we went to a little Italian restaurant and stuffed our faces...pre-race meal is the best! you can eat what ever you feel like eating!
Later that day we went to the City (SF) and had lunch, checked in at the hotel, and took a few hours on our own to walk around town. Saw Union Square for the first time, not to mention the humongous Macy's there. The Macy's store is a spectacle to see, we were only on one side of the store on the first floor and that took nearly most of our time. One sad part however is all the stores on Union Square are large retailers, and very few mom and pop stores, we walked into an Antiques store and the prices ranged from $5,000 to $150,000 or more, I'm sure some pieces were millions but I refuse to believe you put a grocery store style sticker on a mil+ item that's just sitting in a little shop.
Even Later on that day we went to "Top of the Mark" for some drinks, from this location you can see the entire city...covered in fog. Trust me when I say the city looks a lot cooler when it's covered in the Fog. We also tried to do the Vertigo tour, (Hitchcock's movie) but most of us fell asleep on Friday night before we saw all of it. Then for dinner we went to a little Italian restaurant and stuffed our faces...pre-race meal is the best! you can eat what ever you feel like eating!
"On O'Farrell St."
OMG, you look so hot and I just love your blog! Very cool pics, we should go out sometime.
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Vidya
Can't wait! Where in Amsterdam are we meeting?
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