We woke up today and got our stuff packed for the drive into our (actual) last night of our honeymoon. We had built up our last night/San Francisco night pretty big in our head, so we were hoping that we weren't going to be let down.On the way, we stopped by the city of Davis. A small college town on the outskirts of Sacramento, friendly, smart, quant. A nice combination of things. So we decided to exit here and take a quick look around the city. Plus, there was an In 'n' Out, so it basically had to happen anyway.
We liked Davis a lot as well, we didn't actually get out of the car... but it looked like a very nice, friendly place. Conor was ready to take the jump and move there after a quick 2 minutes of driving around "Ok, lets live here!". So there you go; Davis, you're apparently very liveable from a 5 minute drive around you.
We kept on driving down towards the bay, through Vallejo, and then on to the Bay Bridge. If we hadn't already been used to the Bay Bridge, this would have definitely been an amazing highlight. It is a monster of a bridge, beautiful, newly-redone, and a huge icon of the SF Bay Area. It goes directly into downtown San Francisco, in a pretty spectacular way, almost like if there was a bridge going directly into the southern tip of Manhattan.Since we were going to get bit with the $5 toll to cross it anyways, we figured we might as well double down and make someones day by paying for the person behind us.
The person behind us, once it was safe, drove past us, and literally waved their arms out of the window of their car (the passenger) and blew us kisses as they drove on. They looked like some of the happiest people we had seen!
The rental car return was very close to our newly booked hotel, The Westin St. Francis in Union Square. After returning the car, we took a quick walk to our hotel and tried to check in. We were still a bit early, so they took our luggage and told us they would give us a call once the room was ready.
We decided to take a walk down to a place we had read about "The Pink Elephant", about a 20 minute walk away. It felt great to be "home" back in the bay.
After walking downtown and in SOMA for a bit more, passing the gigantic construction of the Salesforce Tower (2nd biggest building west of the Mississippi!), we decided to get an Uber down to the water and look for a place to have a drink, relaxing outside. We went to Red's Java House, a small, divey, bar on the water, next to the bay bridge. Great place, good deals, and a nice outside patio area. Hard to beat, and just what we were looking for!After some beer and Fish & chips in the sunshine on the Bay, we got an Uber back to our hotel to check in. After checking in, we got in the glass elevators up to our room, which were something pretty close to what you might imagine in Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Amazing, beautiful glass elevators with an epic 180 degree view of San Francisco all the way up to the top of the building.
The Westin St. Francis had upgraded us to an absolutely gorgeous corner suite, with an incredible 270 degree view thanks to the protruding windows, a beautiful living room, and a wonderful bedroom. It was bigger than most full on apartments in San Francisco, it even had two full bathrooms! And of course, the Westin St Francis did not skimp, they quickly sent up a champagne and chocolate strawberries plate! We were blown away. This stay was incredible.
After enjoying our champagne and chocolate covered strawberries, watching the sunset over the entirety of San Francisco, we went out to one of the dinners we had been looking forward to the most over the whole trip, Foreign Cinema. A beautiful restaurant tucked away in the Mission that boasts foreign and independent films are screened in their inner courtyard.
We got there, and while not quite a foreign or independent film, they were playing Dirty Dancing, which we thought was still sort of acceptable for the vibe they were going for. The overall setting was really nice. A dim, romantic, candlelit experience, in the Mission, with some trendy vibes about it. We weren't sure if it really was in strong competition with some of the Michelin Star restaurants in SF, but it was a pretty incredible experience nonetheless.
After our dinner, we decided to get a little night cap at a local bar, Teeth SF. After a quick drink there, we went back to our hotel, got some champagne, and finished off the last night of our honeymoon. Today was a fantastic day. A fantastic end to a fantastic honeymoon :)
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