This is the first time I'm in SF as a tourist. We are staying at Crown Plaza in Union Square this time. Surprisingly neat & delicate. Although it doesn't come with grand lobby, it does come with white duvet rather than those blankets wrapped in a bedsheet. Score!
Union Square seems as bubbly as I can remember. I could really hear them calling. (For those of you who have never been to SF, Union Square is famous for shopping. I mean, what else can be calling? Oh, my bed, of course.) But Paul pulled me right through Union Square and into Chinatown with some really lousy excuses--he said he had to have some hot beverages, and all of a sudden it couldn't be coffee, it had to be tea.
So Chinatown we went, tea we got, and we checked out some shabby shops that sell overpriced piracy CDs from the 1980s... an impossible combination I know, but it's true!! We were going to have dinner at "House of Nanking" recommended by the tour guide, but then we saw all these Caucasians lining outside the restaurants....sorry to say but when it comes to Chinese restaurants, that usually means a bad sign, so we passed. And right next to it we found a Cantonese restaurant full of (old) Chinese people--got to be good, right? Surprisingly, the food was only mediocre at best. (forgot the name, sorry for those who need reference) In general the whole town was full of lousy stores that sell chungsum dresses made of cheap polyester and cheap souvenir that perfectly suits what an American expects Chinese to be. Kind of disappointed but who can I blame? Even the tour guide said most of the Chinese had moved out to other parts of the city long time ago.
And the weather here is much unbearably colder than what I was fully warned of. As soon as I checked into the hotel, I changed into all I got with my cord jeans, tank top (anything helps), wool blend dress, cashmere cardigan, fleece jacket and my muffler and still I felt cold. So even though the night was still young after dinner, we decided to come back to our hotel right away.
Hope tomorrow is going to be better. I want to go to Crab House per Ashley's recommendation. I wanted to make a reservation but Paul said it's unnecessary. We'll see!
Oh Mike, I know you are still protesting the whole Google/Blogger thing but if you see this blog, I'm in San Francisco!!
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Yeah - it was cold eh! So far San Francisco has been the coldest place ever for our trip and it feels like the gust wind goes straight into your bones or something! I thought Quebec was going to be colder but it was like 31 degrees!!! (not pleasant)
We didnt make a reservation for Crab House - mind you, we went there at almost 10pm I would have though most of the customers have gone! Remember to order the mussels for starters - they are yummy!!!!
Missing you!!!! Remember to shop up big and we will exchange notes after your trip! (I went shopping at Montreal - it was great!)
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