Previous Day (San Francisco + Alcatraz + Epic Fail!!!)
Destination: United States of America & Hong Kong
Destination: United States of America & Hong Kong
Duration: 8 Days 7 Nights (Nov 30~Dec 08, 2013)
Day 3-6: A Working Girl in San Francisco
After a short sleep thanks to jetlag, I finally went to
enjoy the breakfast at Plaza Suites at 7am. They have quite some spread there
and you could order a ‘main course’ along with the spread. I ended up order
“Today’s Special” of Omelet with Mushroom & Spinach – tasted okay but made
me too full until I couldn’t stomach other stuffs. They also had drinks to go
such as hot chocolate, tea or coffee. I took the hot chocolate and it was a
nightmare – tasted like sugary syrup! Eewwww…..
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| Omelet with Mushroom & Spinach and some Bacons washed down with a glass of Cranberry Juice |
Plaza Suites provided complimentary shuttle to the office
thus there I was reaching the office before 7.45am. Day went on fast and we
only managed to leave office at 7pm++. Boss drove us to a seafood restaurant in
Sunnyvale since we were all starving. Yummy seafood there! Heard it’s a
favourite for the counterparts there in Sunnyvale.
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| Smoked Fish Platter - This was Yummy! |
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| Boss' Fried Seafood Set! Big huh? |
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| My Grilled Fish Set - Potato Au Gratin was awesome! |
Finally managed to reach San Francisco Hotel Triton at almost 10pm since boss needed to return the car in airport
too. Hotel Triton is a boutique hotel under Kimpton Hotel Group and the
decoration there was definitely funky and kind of homely. I prefer this much
more than the too-big & kind of creepy Plaza Suites. Did I mention that
it’s right beside the Chinatown gate and only 5-minute walk from Union Square?
*evil grin*
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| A Small but Nice Room |
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| Workstation |
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| TV! |
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| Minibar! OMG!!! DUCKIE!!! |
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| Lots of Stuffs in there... |
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| Bathroom |
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| Nice Toiletries |
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| Dooggie & Sammy! |
The hotel doesn’t include breakfast but they provide free
coffee, tea and hot chocolate every morning. I love their hot chocolate – it’s
totally unlike the sugary mess in Plaza Suites. Also, did I mention that they
have FREE WINE every day at 5-6pm???!!! Yes! You read it right! It’s FREE
WINE!!!!!!!! Hooray!!! If you join their membership (which is free of charge),
you get to have free internet access and free USD10 for minibar… I think I’m in
love with this hotel. LOL.
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| Free Wine!!! |
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| A Glass of White Wine to warm you up... |
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| Funky Lobby |
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| A Fireplace |
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| The Front Door |
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| Free Coffee, Tea & Hot Choco in the Morning |
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| Cute Doggie in the Lobby |
Basically everyday we walked to the vendor’s office in
Financial District which is only a few blocks away from our hotel – what a
surreal experience walking in the cold
San Francisco street among the locals.
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| A Church near the Hotel |
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| Chinatown Gate just beside the Hotel |
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| View from the Office |
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| Me think it's the American Bank? |
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| Some Food during Work |
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| Cookie for Thought |
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| We need more food... |
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| Some Wraps from Soups perhaps? |
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| Or some Chips? |
The free wine became a warm welcome whenever we walked in
after office in the cold weather. I did go out for some night adventure if time
permitted since Union Square has lots of shopping available. Unfortunately
everything seems expensive after my experience in Gilroy Premium Outlet. =P Chinatown for me was kind of meh since i'm from Asian country anyway.
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| Chinatown at night |
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| California Car Plate |
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| Walking along Chinatown |
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| Cute Panda! |
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| More China-Style Building |
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| Transamerica Pyramid from Chinatown |
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| The Famous San Francisco Cable Car |
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| California Street |
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| Coach just across the Hotel |
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| Steam coming out from sewer like in movie - it's HOT according to another tourist who walked on it |
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| More branded stores on the way to Union Square |
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| Union Square during Festive Season |
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| There is Macy's |
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| Giant Christmas Tree in Union Square |
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| The Shoe Warehouse |
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| Victoria's Secret |
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| A Taco Stall in Macy's |
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| Sammy is tired too |
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| Waiting for Taco |
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| Shrimp Taco! Yummy! |
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| Giant Xmas Tree in Union Square during Daylight |
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| Some Overpriced Chocolates from Macy's |
Did manage to grab a CK Jacket for USD29.90 which was
well worth the money! Darn! I’d never be able to buy these brands in Malaysia
anymore after being spoiled by the lower price in US!!!
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| The USD29.90 CK Jacket |
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| Thai Spring Roll with Peanut Sauce |
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| Some Coconut Milk Soup thing with Mushroom |
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| Some Lamb dishes - this was nice! |
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| Curry Shrimp |
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| Another Thai Dish |
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| Dinner at some Random Steak Restaurant |
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| Lots of different Sauces |
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| Steak with lots of Mushrooms! |
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