Hi friends, welcome back! At the end of March Jon and I made a quick, day and a half trip to San Francisco to attend a friend’s wedding. The groom, Eddie, was one of Jon’s groomsmen and they were roommates in NYC and LA after college. In hindsight we should’ve given ourselves an extra day or two out west, but we made the most of our time with some tasty food and sightseeing. Jon and I flew out of NYC late Friday morning and the flight time was 6.5 hours. We were also delayed half an hour on the runway, so it felt like an extra long flight. When we landed in SF it was overcast and rainy so we just checked into our hotel in the Financial District and enjoyed some March Madness. A benefit to being on the West Coast was the games weren’t so late. We stayed at the Hyatt in the Financial District and it was a nice, recently renovated room. I thought the interior of the hotel was pretty neat too.
For dinner we were craving some cozy ramen and Hinodeya Ramen & Bar hit the spot! We both ordered the Spicy Miso Ramen and opted for takeout because we were tired from our travel day.
The following morning was beautiful, so we decided to go for a walk and see some of the iconic sights we didn’t see when we flew out of SF on our honeymoon. We started in Chinatown to see the Dragon Gate.
We then made our way over to Lombard Street and the hills were no joke! I was breaking a little sweat on our outing.
Hanger was starting to approach so we stopped into Il Casaro Pizzeria for some delicious Neapolitan style pizza. We both ordered our go-to Diavola and it was just what we needed.
On our way back to the hotel we tried to avoid some hills and walked along the water and onto the pier near the Ferry Building.
We also realized the iconic cable car boarded next to our hotel, but we didn’t have time to ride it.
Jon and I relaxed a bit and then freshened up for the wedding. The wedding was our first Chinese wedding and we were looking forward to the experience. The dinner was held at Harborview Restaurant & Bar right next to our hotel. It started with a cocktail hour and then the dinner was ten courses served family style. The table had a lazy Susan in the middle so it made it easy for everyone to serve themselves. The meal was so delicious and we were all stuffed! They brought out takeaway containers, but sadly everyone from our table was from out of town. This was a few of the courses at the end, I resisted the urge to take pictures as long as I could 😊
Instead of dancing after, the newlyweds rented out an arcade for their afterparty. They provided uber codes and seemingly endless quarters – very generous! I rediscovered how terrible I am at skee-ball so I stuck to the pinball machines and had better luck. We wanted to stay longer, but with the time change and early flight the next morning we headed out earlier than most. We definitely regretted not giving ourselves an extra day, but you live and you learn.
Our flight home was a lot better. We were in the air about 4.5 hours and I think they changed the plane so we ended up in Comfort plus seats in a two person row. I was able to stream March Madness on the plane so I stayed entertained. This quick trip really wiped us out, but we had a great time!
