San Francisco

It's been a while since I've been to the City and spent any kind of time looking around. I had a chance to do that yesterday. I was planning on taking the day off but also wanted to get some paper work finished, so I offered to meet in San Francisco to pick up the paper work from the other party. I didn't leave as early as I had hoped but nevertheless had time to peruse.

I took BART in and went to the new Westfield Shopping Center - which is entirely too overwhelming for me. I took my time looking around and then went to the Embarcadero as that's where I had to go to pick-up the paper work. I was early, so I walked over to the ferry building. It was an overcast day but pleasant enough to walk around.

The downtown area sure has changed since I worked there (late 80s, early 90s). So much nicer now.

There is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi behind the ferry building, odd to have a statue of an Indian politician in San Francisco.... It's been there since 1988 and I've never seen it before! I guess I never went past the Embarcadero.

The person I was meeting was running late which allowed for a walk around the Embarcadero and the Hyatt.

I met up with the person and we had a very nice lunch at 1 Market. Must go back there again. I had a ham and cheese sandwich, which was exellent and it came with the best onion rings I've ever had.

I am about half way through the Bourne Identity. It's really quite a bit different from the movie. I have mixed feelings about the character in the book but in the movie he was very likable.