The first cool thing that happened was actually at Logan Airport in Boston. At the long term parking lot, there were Hybrid-Only parking spots at the front of the lot! HA! In your face, you SUV driving earth-haters.
But then we got on the plane and reality sunk in and our overbooked flight was delayed on the runway for a while. We ended up in San Francisco later than expected, but no big deal, we didn't really have anything planned for the first day. We took the BART into downtown and found our free Marriott, and then had a surprisingly spiffy sushi lunch at Sanraku, which was located in a movie theater/shopping mall.
We walked to Chinatown for some sightseeing, and then went to the Cable Car Museum, where we saw the machinery that drives the underground network of 9 mph cables onto which the cable cars latch for locomotion. From there we walked to Japantown, an area of town that I could have stayed in all week, going from shop to shop and eating at a different restaurant every day...
That night, we had dinner at Jardiniere, where we had the daily 7-course tasting menu. Wow. We came to San Fran for the food, and the first place certainly set the bar high! Kampachi and veal, striped bass, duck breast with foie gras, filet with truffles, to name a few highlights.
Walked partway back to the hotel before giving in to the cold and hopping on the BART. Here's San Fran City Hall at night:
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