12.24.2008

Day 4: Golden Gate, etc.

Wednesday December 17th, 2008

Today was our 3rd full day and we had a full day planned. We started off in Union Square for bagels at a place we had seen our first day, Posh Bagel and then it was off to revisit two shops we wanted to poke around in, H&M and Lush (a soap shop).
After our shopping we headed to tour a Victorian House; The Haas Lilienthal House. It is in the Pacific Heights area and is one of the only Victorian houses remaining that you can tour. We had a tour guide dressed like a Victorian woman. It was a neat experience.

After touring the house we headed to the famous In and Out burger near our hotel. I have seen the t-shirts all over the country and always wanted to go. It really is just their burger fast food place. It was very good though.

It was a beautiful day outside, so after we enjoyed our In and Out Burger lunch we headed over to the Golden Gate Bridge. We figured out the bus route, by asking around and we headed out. It was probably my favorite thing that I saw because it is classic San Francisco. Everyone grows up knowing about the Golden Gate Bridge even if you know nothing else of the city, especially if you grew up in the "Full House" era.
Above is a picture of the width of the actual cable that runs up the bridge....it is massive!!!!

After the bridge we headed back to Ghiradelli square and popped in a little winery shop where Melanie did a wine tasting. It was a cute little place that owned a vineyard in the California wine country.
After the winery we relaxed some and then headed down to Pier 39 to eat some Pacific coast seafood at a place called Pier Market. I got shrimp and Mel got crabcakes...it was quite tasty, but our waitress was not very good.

And then of course, the perfect end to the perfect day has to be some type of yummy treat and this night Kara's cupcakes was the ticket. Its a cute little cupcake place in Ghiradelli square. It was good, but not as good as Sprinkles!

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