My Travels

If you had asked me before the summer started if I was going to be in the Bay area, I would have said I can't imagine why I would need to be. Now that summer is winding down, I did happen to go quite often! I flew up on United Airlines and was in the city relatively quickly. Probably an all time record from SFO via Bart to the Financial District. I checked into the Hilton San Francisco Financial District . I've always liked the location of this hotel due to its proximity to most of the city attractions - Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and Embacadero. Personally, I would say that the hotel is in Chinatown but I can see why that naming would not make it attractive to the general public. I was hoping to get a double bed room but this particular weekend seemed very popular. Double bed rooms were a hot commodity but the front desk did send up a rollaway to compensate. I will say that hotel rooms are generally small in this city and I was wondering how a rollaway would fit o

Made this trek a road trip and overnighted in Sin City. I arrived early enough in Las Vegas to check out the Costco in hopes of snagging some good gift card options. I was not able to find anything interesting unless I wanted to turn around and visit San Diego. :s Master Bedroom Living Room   Second Bedroom Checked into the Hilton Grand Vacations Club Las Vegas. I intially booked two studios but merged them into a two bedroom suite once I checked in. The front desk was nice enough to uprgrade me for a small nominal fee. As any timeshare hotel, it was a typical two bedroom apartment style layout. Luckily, I was planning on leaving early the next day because check out is at 10 am.  Afterwards, headed to Bacchi Burger . There are two locations and I visited the one near the airport. The restaurant opens at noon and I was suprrised to find there was already a wait. This place gets busy quick! I ordered the spicy miso burger and shared orders of the s