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Macworld Vacation: Day 2

Monday, January 8, 2007 at 1:24 pm

The day started around 10 a.m. with breakfast at a nearby Denny’s. Not what I’d call quality food, certainly not worth the price, but it was early morning fuel for what was certain to be a long day.

Morning photo session

Mike and I explored the area near the Moscone Center, looking for photo ops. The best photos came in and around the Yerba Buena Gardens, a big patch of nature in the middle of the city.

We also stopped into St. Patrick’s Church across the street from the Gardens, right as mass was letting out. This was some building… we weren’t quite sure on the ethics of picture-taking inside the church, so we held off.

dailytechtalk.com walking tour

Around 2:00 p.m. we headed for the Apple Store, where an unofficial walking tour of the city was being lead by Adam of dailytechtalk.com, a Florida native but a veteran of many San Francisco Macworlds.

It was a pretty diverse group of 15 people, including Rob and Gina from Cleveland, Brandon from North Dakota, Laura from Florida, Mark from Washington D.C., Carlos from Boston, Carrie from Brisbane, Australia (as well as two other Aussies), Hendrick from Germany, and a few other folks whose names I didn’t catch.

The long walk

The tour started with a walk (and very brief cable car ride) up to Union Square. After about 20 minutes of photo taking and chatting, we waited for a cable car to take us to Fisherman’s Wharf.

However, after 15 minutes of standing around with no car in sight, the group decided to hike the 2.25-mile journey instead – most of it (very) uphill. This was exhausting, but in retrospect, it was a much more fun way to get to know everyone and explore the city.

From Fisherman’s Wharf we headed to Coit Tower, a very tall landmark with a great view of the city. We hit the tower right around sunset, and to see the city transition from day to night from up above was amazing.

There and back again…

After a very long walk back into downtown, we headed to the Metreon for food. We bunched a few tables together and had a pretty fun meal. I learned Mark was a video production artist for a History Channel series called Digging for the Truth.

Rob and Gina had a fun story – they are both entrepreneurs, Rob being a software developer, and Gina is the owner of three Subway restaurants. And together, they had their own video surveillance company.

Yes, I gave them my business card. I’m shameless. :)

After we ate, a few of us headed back to the same arcade we visited yesterday. I’m sure you are shocked.

The day ended right around 10 p.m., after we got a few groceries from the local Walgreens. No more $11 breakfasts for us, we’re eating cereal the rest of the way!

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  1. Adam Jackson Says:
    January 8th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    Thanks for coming! It was a great show.

    http://www.macnotes.de/gallery.php?num=2&img1=sf11.jpg&img2=sf12.jpg

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