To San Francisco

Leaving the house a little after 9:30 am, we dropped Tiber at Best Friends and then got Sharon's car washed. Looping back to the house to grab an ice chest, we headed to San Francisco.

We stopped and got sandwiches at Jersey Mike's in Cordelia. We were at Jack's apartment just before 1 pm. The three of us had lunch and watched the second half of the Canada versus Bosnia-Herzegovina World Cup game; the score was 1 to 1.

From there, we headed to the Fairmont Hotel. We are staying one night. The room had a nice partial view of the bay.

After getting settled in the room, we wandered down the street to the Huntington Hotel. We had a drink at the bar in the Big 4 Restaurant. We had originally made a dinner reservation there and was not happy that she canceled it.

Heading back to the Fairmont, we explored the hotel. They have a pickleball court in the Grand Ballroom!?!

We ended up popping into the Tonga Room. It is connected to the Fairmont. Sharon has talked for years about going there. I was surprised at the number of families with young kids.


We ended up watching the USA versus Paraguay game in the room; USA won by the score of 4 to 1. It was a surprisingly entertaining game. I am interested to see how they do in the tournament.

We finished the night with a late dinner at Altovino. Jack, Sharon and I had dinner there in December. Sharon and Jack also ate there in June of 2004.

As an antipasta, we split Spuma di Funghi [mushroom and truffle mousse, marinated pole beans, soft herb salad, pecorino romano, lemon vinaigrette, evoo grilled Acme bread]. For entrees, we split Pappardelle [10 hour bolognese - Rossotti Ranch veal, Schmitz Ranch dry aged beef, guanciale, Stemple Creek Ranch pork, sofrito, baby spinach, parmigiano-reggiano] and a salt encrusted black cod.

Of the three times that she has been there, Sharon said that it was the best meal that she has had.

Walking back to the hotel, we crashed about 10:15 pm.