..Bingo Business Bacchanalia...

Doug and I went to San Francisco this past weekend. It was his umpteenth visit and my second, though - as I told everyone who asked - it may as well have been my first. All I really saw the first time I went to Shaky Town was the backside of a music venue and maybe a bread bowl. I was dating a bass player at the time. What can ya do? But this time I wasn't there for somebody else's gig, and I actually enjoyed myself.

San Remo Hotel room

We stayed at the San Remo, an adorable 1906 hotel with few modern conveniences and dark, spooky hallways. I'm not ashamed to admit that I asked Doug to wait for me in the hall as I went to use the restroom one night (there are no private bathrooms in this joint, but there are pull-chain toilets!). They say there's a ghost girl who roams the halls and "tries to get into" one of the rooms. For some reason, the thought of a ghost trying and failing to get into a place night after night creeps me out more than if it just whooshed right through the wall all, "Hey, what's up? Just passing through."

Chinatown

Other adventures of note: riding a cable car, milling about at Fisherman's Wharf, lots of good food and some really bad food (avoid Steps of Rome at all costs), spotting locations from Hitchcock's Vertigo, and meeting some very cool people.

I took lots of pictures with my cell phone and my Minolta Himatic G, but most of my film photos turned out blurry and faded this time¹. :( I'll show 'em to you anyway, though:

Flickr Set

1. Update: Just realized the exposure meter battery was dead. ARGH! [↩]

Tags: doug, fisherman's wharf, hitchcock, photo, san francisco, san remo hotel, Travel, vertigo

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