I Left My Heart in SF!

One thing I will say about my visit to San Francisco was just a big WOW! There are so many things that I have seen and done while I was over there and I don’t even know how to begin.

Well, first of all, my boss and I took the latest flight Sunday night (because we were so cheap!) with Virgin America-they are just amazing and “hip” airline. I say “hip” because it has the beach vacation feel to it. The flight was kind of mediocre – but the fun part was having some ways to entertain myself. Well, Law and Order: SVU and Law and Order: Criminal Intent were on so that took away the fact I was on a 5-hour direct flight. After getting our luggages, we were picked up and dropped off at the hotel and crashed into bed. Man, that night was unbelievably exhausting!

The very next day my boss and I had the pre-conference meeting with the hotel folks, which amazingly lasted for 2 ½ hours. There was too much information to absorb that I just sort of skimmed through and paid attention to only major things. After that we met with other relevant staff and introduced ourselves, and etc. After our business meeting, my boss and I hit a sushi bar called “Sushi Boat”, which was the coolest sushi bar I’ve ever seen my entire life! I will post the video that I took later on this week. They basically serve food on a wooden boat, which was on a water track that went around the bar-it was awesome-and you pick the plate you want and stack them. The food was incredible – not to mention the exotic food they had that you normally don’t see at a sushi restaurant. Anyways, the other restaurants I checked out (with someone) was “Catch” which was located in Castro, which is the “Dupont Circle” of San Francisco; “the Waterfront”, which was located in between Pier 7 and 8, there we had a great view of the Bay Bridge. San Franciscan food is just incredibly amazing and truly authentic…in style!

Clubs and bars down there are somewhat low-key and very relaxing. Their locations are convenient if you live downtown San Francisco. The clubs itself were very small and confined; however, its clients are diverse coming from various parts of U.S. and all over the world. I’ve met some people from the east coast and locals. They seem to welcome tourists in their own degree of hospitality, which was truly refreshing. In DC, you don’t see that, not that I fish for it, but DC-nians are just DC-nians, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I was able to check out some clubs and bars there (with someone), such as The Café (Asian bar), Badlands (the “Apex”of SF), N’Touch (yet another Asian Club), and Esta Noche (Latin Club). San Francisco has its own style and perks to please and entertain its local audience and out of state individuals. For a newbee like mysef, I was quite pleased and truly amazed how much things I’m missing out. San Francisco definitely made a mark on me and I can’t wait to get a job down there and live there. I’ll be there soon enough. I just have to be patient. I can honestly say that’s where I belong. I’m sad that I’m back to the lovely state of VA/DC area – but I miss my friends and family, and that’s the only reason why I urged to be back. Otherwise, I call SF my home.

As what tourists do, I checked Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, Lombard Street, Alcatraz Island, Union Square, Castro and Mission Districts, Embarcadero Center, Ferry Building, Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, Cable Cars, Market Street, the strip, Westfields Center, an upscale shopping mall.

I met several people and I hope to see them soon. They plan to come visit DC soon and we will re-connect. So excited! Well, I’m back now to my normal life – but I look forward to my next trip, which will be in New Orleans, LA this coming January. But, before that I need to plan my summer vacation, which is in Miami this year. W0ot w0ot!

‘Till then San Francisco I’ll be down there soon enough. Miss you, Miguel!

d-Jae