Another Nice Day in San Francisco - Day 50

Once again, the weather was predicted to be rainy and cold. And, once again, we had sun for the bulk of the day. Great! We started with a visit to the Main Library in San Francisco to look at photos in the San Francisco Room on the sixth floor. It turns out that we could have done all the looking online. But, we still spent an hour browsing the photo collection, looking at old photos of the harbor and the city.

Then, we drove by the Embarcadero, stopping for a short walk. Mark bought himself a rain jacket and I bought two pashminas. Then, we drove around the Fort Mason and the Presidio area, taking the time for another bicycle ride along the beach. The area has great views of the Golden Gate Bridge and of Alcatraz. The waves were huge, estimated to be about 18'. We then wandered into the Sunset area and ate at Pine Restaurant, a Korean Barbecue place on Noriega Street. We had a spicy pork barbecue dish and spicy ramen noodles. It was good.

We also decided to abbreviate our camping trip to Napa Valley because of the weather. We will tough it out for two nights, then go to Las Vegas for four nights, with a stopover in Bakersfield en route. Mark got a sweet deal in Las Vegas for only a little more than our campsite.

We had dinner tonight with Katie S. and Will S., who both live in San Francisco. Katie is working in an after-school program for ESL students and Will is working at a start-up computer software company. We ate in the Mission District at a southern Indian Restaurant called Upangi (sp?) Palace. I had a dosa, which was a spinach-filled dish. Mark had a giant garlic dish like a papadam with a vegetable korma. The conversation and the company were both excellent.