Northern Cali Blogging - Backtracking Edition

I had not yet blogged about one of our most eventful days on the trip yet, so here it goes...

SUNDAY, JUNE 24th, 2007
We got up early and decided to do a 3.5 hour tour of the city. The tour bus picked us up at the Adagio and the driver was awesome - he had good info, was entertaining and it was sort of like listening to an oldies station as he played songs that corresponded with the moment/location that we were in at the time. For example, as we descended Twin Peaks and saw San Francisco laid out before us, he played Tony Bennett's "I left my heart in San Francisco". It's a little corny, but it was effective and we happy to play the role of tourists anyway.

During the tour, we saw many of the amazing sites that the city has to offer, including:
-Neighborhoods like Pacific Heights, Marina, Cow Hollow, Richmond, The Castro and North Beach to name a few
-The Presidio
-The Golden Gate Bridge
-Golden Gate Park
-Fisherman's Wharf
-Lombard Street
-Alamo Square famously shot for its scenic view, including the opening for Full House
-Coit Tower
-Chinatown
-Twin Peaks

It was a one of the better city tours I'd been on and afterwards we went to Chinatown for some dim sum. It was a good meal and we strolled around the streets of Chinatown thinking it was nicer and cleaner than the one back home in NYC. Hmm, "nicer and cleaner" seem to be a theme during our vacation in California.

Later in the evening, we took a cab to the Marina/Cow Hollow/Pacific Heights neighborhoods and walked around. It's really nice there and we eventually took in some great sushi at Ace Wasabi's Rock n Roll Sushi.

We hopped in a cab back to Union Square for an after dinner drink and then had our Norah Jones sighting.