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Fairmont San Francisco
Watching The Rock on HBO last night inspired me to write this post mainly because it was filmed in part at the Fairmont. The Fairmont San Francisco is one of the grandest hotels that I’ve been to. We were given a tour of its Penthouse Suite, which occupied the entire eight floor. This extraordinary suite…
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San Francisco: Lombard Street
Lombard Street is also known as crooked street due to its curves and turns. See how these cars form a zigzag path? For those wondering why the street was made this way, it’s because it’s so steep that it became a severe safety hazard, and so in the 1920’s, a property owner in the area…
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San Francisco Skyline as Viewed from the Mandarin Oriental
Of all the hotels we visited and stayed in at San Francisco, the Mandarin Oriental has the best views of the city hands-down. In this picture, the Bay Bridge, Coit Tower and Alcatraz are visible but the most prominent structure here would be the TransAmerica Pyramid, which is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline…
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San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge at Dusk
The above photo was taken last summer. It’s one of my favorite photos of the Golden Gate Bridge because of the colorful skyline. Note that like all my photos in this blog, this is not photoshopped. Here’s another one. Both were taken while we were at Coit Tower and though to get there, we walked…
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