A Taste of San Francisco

Last night Vic scored me a ticket to her opening reception....good thing because I wasn't about to pay the $150 for the ticket! She is friends of someone higher up and they got me an extra ticket. Anyhow, it was held here at the hotel in the ballroom and was just fabulous. It was set up all around the room with the different areas and neighborhoods of San Francisco represented. There was sushi from Japantown, shrimp, oysters and crab from Fisherman's Wharf, Chinese food from Chinatown, Italian from North Beach, chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate....and too much to name really. Prime rib, roast beef, pizza with goat cheese and shrimp. You get the picture.

I paced myself. I ate a little bite from each and felt like I got a taste of each neighborhood in San Francisco. It was great! I was hoping to hit a lot of these places for the food, but didn't feel I had the time. It was wonderful to have it all in one place.

After the reception here at the hotel, we had four additional receptions to attend....we made it to two of them and then decided we were too tired (we are getting old), but we both came to the realization that parties are only fun if you want to be there and we decided that relaxing in the hotel would be more enjoyable so after the first two we headed back to rest our tired feet. The next two receptions were also great. One was held in some wild looking underground nightclub and the second was in a huge, ornate turn of the century old theater. Just going to the buildings and looking around was worth it. Of course the food was plentiful in both places and I had to sample some more yummy things....oh yeah, and more chocolate. Today I don't have a migraine hangover - I have a chocolate hangover.