First Visitors
Filed under Family, Travel
I had my first visitors to San Francisco last weekend: my Dad and Rosie.
They came in on Saturday morning and left on Tuesday morning.
On Saturday, we had lunch at Mel's Diner, which was attached to their hotel, The Opal. Mel's was featured in American Graffiti...it has a bit of a toned-down cheesy-Planet Hollywood feel, but the food is OK.
After lunch, we walked around the Marina where I live. We walked to the Presidio and saw the Letterman Digital Arts Center, where I work. Then we headed to the Exploratorium.
I had never been to the Exploratorium before. It is amazing! It reminds me of the Emerging Technologies/Art Exhibit at SIGGRAPH, only about 10 times bigger. We only had about an hour an a half to explore, and that wasn't enough...definitely plan on going back to this place.
For dinner, we had good steaks, slow service at Izzy's in the Marina.
On Sunday, we drove down the crooked Lombard Street (my first time seeing it).
Then we headed across Golden Gate bridge to visit Muir Woods...one of my favorite destinations.
Next, we took in a great view of the city from Conzelman Road, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Even though I know he didn't want to, Dad was a good sport and had sushi with me and Rosie for dinner. On Sunday night, the two sushi places I knew were closed, so we went to Ace Wasabi's Rock-n-Roll Sushi. I don't think either of them had sushi before. They seemed to enjoy it...or maybe it was the large amounts of Sake consumed...either way it was a good time.
On Monday, I had to go back to work. Dad and Rosie met me for lunch at ILM. I had no problem getting them in. I took them around the buildings, showed them several movie props and matte background paintings used in movies. We ate in the cafeteria and then went to the company store to get some ILM/LucasFilm shirts. I took them around where I worked and showed them the concept art for the Star Wars game that covers our hallways.
Pictures of our weekend are here.
Thanks Dad and Rosie for the visit!