I’m heading to San Francisco next week on business, and my girlfriend will be coming out after the work is through for a mini-vacation…or so she thinks.
I’ve purchased the ring and asked the parents- Now it’s time to ask her.
The catch is that I have never been to San Francisco, and have no clue where would be a good place. I would like to do this outside, in the early evening, at someplace that has a nice view of something, and where I could get away with drinking a glass of wine in public. (Maybe a park? By the ocean?) I figured that I would follow this with a nice dinner, and then drinks somewhere decent where we could talk.
I was thinking of doing this on Thursday (since I’m going to explode if I don’t get this off my chest soon), but I suppose I could wait until Friday if need be.
I agree. I was married there. It’s a lovely place - and a park. Unless they migrate there might even be swans floating by as you ask. Very picturesque. You could certainly drink a glass of wine there (I think…don’t know about CA’s open container laws) and from there you can walk to some lovely restaurants. Can’t recommend any since I haven’t been there since 1996, but surely someone here will know some.
Yeah, um I think The French Laundry requires reservations months in advance, so I think that’s out. You may want to take weather into account. We just had a huge storm roll in today and it’s going nowhere fast. It is going to be cold - really cold, it has been snowing at 2000 feet for the last week - and wet and probably dark. I’d stick with a nice restaurant with a view, personally. The GG Bridge would be beautiful if you were coming in July. January, not so much. Top of the Mark is great. There are others as well. Hate to rain on the parade but you may be getting rained on while you’re here.
If you’re taking cabs be careful about the Palace of Fine Arts. I had a horrible time trying to get from there back to the center of the city one Saturday afternoon.
I liked Coit tower a lot. If you guys are atypical in many ways, another good place would be Lombard Street - I’ve seen other slopes about as squiggly as that one, but not inside towns! (And its gardens are pretty)
I’m sorry I can’t get back to post individual replies, but she is with me this weekend, and gaining PC privacy is a tad difficult.
I’m aware of the weather- I saw that temps were in the 40’s 50’s; which would be quite balmy compared to the teens, 20’s, and 30’s we have been experiencing.
I’ve got a few more questions, but they are going to have to wait until she goes out, or is asleep.