More Tuesday Commentary

As those of you who are family/friends that are looking at the blog know, I always like to put my two cents in, so I just wanted to comment on our first two days. Food has been good so far, we have stuck to a bunch of recommended restaurants in my little guidebook, but who knows, we might branch out for something unexpected. I think it's funny how Brian forgets to mention the shopping that I drag him to, so I guess that's nice of him. My favorite thing so far has been the farmers market, so thanks for the hint Frommers!

I'm also amazed by the amount of homeless people in the city. You can always find them in Pittsburgh, but it seems that here they make themselves known. We have been approached by some interesting characters, in particularly one who made a statement that we later on found to be very true. He said that only 10% work for their money in unique ways, but most just expect something for nothing and those are the ones to look out for, but he could have just been saying that to get a tip. We've also seen some crazy types of people, but overall the experience of walking in the tourist areas (of course there are virtually no homeless in the neighborhoods) could be turned into a great psychological study - maybe that will be my next reason to come here again :)

But anyhow, another observation that we have made that seems kind of obvious is that the maps we have do not allow us to take into consideration the many hills in the city. It has been interesting walking up and down the streets when you think you might just topple over. I've always been used to hills, but these ones are one-of-a-kind. It has left us with a sense of self-accomplishment with each hill we conquer. Thankfully, we took cable cars at night and were spared after an afternoon of climbing.

Well, that is just a few of my observations so far. Today we will be heading to the Golden Gate Park and Haight (Hippie area).