Lightening and sunrise
I took this video early Thursday morning, somewhere over the American midwest (I assume, based on the time) on an overnight flight from San Francisco to Toronto. The lightening show had been much better about 15 minutes before, but I didn’t think to get out my camera.
Dim sum on the way out
My last day in San Francisco before I moved down to the airport Hyatt for my next conference, and since I was staying right on the edge of Chinatown, I decided to treat myself to a little dim sum. City View, located on Commercial right around the corner from the Hilton, was highly recommended on a [...]
Perbacco
My friend who had recommended Jeanty at Jack’s also recommended Perbacco, just a few blocks away from the hotel, and I walked over for a late dinner after my long day on the bridge. It’s a lovely narrow place, with exposed brick on the wall behind the long bar, and booths opposite the bar along the [...]
Walking the Golden Gate bridge
Yesterday was another perfect day in San Francisco: clear and sunny with bright blue skies and a breeze to keep the temperature reasonable. I decided to take the ferry to Sausalito and, conditions permitting, walk back to the city over the Golden Gate bridge. First stop, the ferry terminal Saturday market, a wide array of [...]
Nose to the wind
I shot this video clip today just as I started walking over the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. Note the sailboat in the beginning part of the clip, unable to make any headway against the wind and current under the bridge in spite of being in full sail:
Finishing my foodie day
Still Friday night here in San Francisco, and I just came back from a small dinner at Jeanty at Jack’s, just a few blocks from my hotel and recommended by the friend who I had met earlier for drinks. I didn’t feel like a full meal, so I skipped the steak frites (actually, entrecôte), the [...]
Foodie fun in San Francisco
I live in a city with amazing food (Toronto), but there’s something about San Francisco that just makes me want to eat all day long. I drove up here from Silicon Valley late yesterday afternoon and am staying at the Hilton Financial District, which is nestled between Chinatown and North Beach (the Italian area), just [...]
A whole lotta shaking going on
I’m thoroughly enjoying my 3 free days in San Francisco between conferences (if you can consider a day where I spend 2 hours on conference calls and another 2 hours on a client report to still be a free day): the weather is perfect and I’m staying at a lovely hotel in a great location. [...]
The Air Canada exercise plan
Here’s how it goes: Book a Toronto-San Francisco flight on Air Canada’s website, allowing them to route you through Calgary. Check in the night before the flight and notice with some trepidation that you only have 50 minutes between flights. Reassure yourself that they probably don’t have US customs in Calgary (like they do in [...]
Zipcar gets a bit cheaper
Zipcar, which I have started using in the past couple of months and greatly prefer over the time-wasting experience of a regular rental car, has just dropped their rates in Toronto: it’s now $10.50/hour or $69/day for their baseline cars, or $12.50/$87.50 if you want to drive a Mini. This price drop puts them well [...]
