I didn't have much time on this trip for touring the city instead I used my one free day to visit Sonoma Wine Country with some friends which I posted about last week.
I flew out there on Saturday and enjoyed the views of California from the plane.
I checked into my hotel and went exploring the downtown financial district which has lots of good shopping.
Later at night I checked out the Waterbar restaurant which had a beautiful view of the Bay Bridge. (Grainy iPhone photo)
On Sunday we drove by the marina before heading over the Golden Gate bridge to Sonoma for some wine tasting and lunch.
On the way back from Sonoma we stopped off at a lookout spot for some beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were stacked full of work at the conference followed by a quick dinner and then off to bed.
The last place I want to mention is Bask Tapas restaurant. The same friends that I went to Sonoma with suggested we have dinner there on my last night. We shared several small plates including the meatballs, duck foie gras, mushrooms, croquettes, tiger prawns, and a tomato & cheese plate.
That was the extent of site-seeing on this trip. I went to the same conference last year and had a free afternoon to explore the city on a double decker bus where I was able to cover a lot more ground. Here's my San Francisco recap from last year.
Such a beautiful city!