Thanks to twitter, I was able to keep a detailed record of the entire trip my wife and I took this year as we went, rather than try to recall it all after we got back home. It offered my friends and family up-to-the-minute news of our vacation, which made for a great way to let everyone know what a grand time we were having. It also had the interesting side effect of not having to tell my twitter followers and avid facebook friends about my trip at all – as they already knew everything we did! So for those that didn’t fall into one of those camps, here’s a breakdown of how it went:

Places We Went

• San Francisco
• Sausalito
• Monterey
• Cambria
• San Luis Obispo
• Santa Barbara
• Los Angeles

Things We Did

• rode the BART, MUNI, streetcars, and cable cars
• stayed at Hilton San Francisco, The Mosser, De Anza Inn, Bluebird Motel, Peach Tree Inn
• saw the “crookedest street” – Lombard St.
• toured Alcatraz
• walked through Muir Woods
• drove down the Pacific Coast Highway in a silver Mitsubishi Spyder

Animals Spotted

• sea lions at Pier 39
• squirrels of various types all along the Pacific Coast Highway
• elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Reserve
• fish, jellyfish, sea otters, and more at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Movies We Saw

• silent films “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” & “Nosferatu” with live scoring by the Club Foot Orchestra at the Castro Theatre
• “Smart People” at the Sony Metreon
• “Hearst Castle – Building The Dream” at the National Geographic Theater

Places We Ate

• Hunan Home’s
• Peet’s Coffee
• Cafe Tutti
• The Stinking Rose
• Anabelle’s
• In-n-Out
• Ghirardelli Ice Cream Shoppe
• Cioppino’s
• Kate’s Kitchen
• Colibri Mexican Bistro
• Dottie’s True Blue Cafe
• Gianni’s Pizza
• Monterey Crepe Company
• Willy’s Smokehouse BBQ
• The Sow’s Ear
• Linn’s
• Pepe Delgados
• Ruby’s Diner
• Chili’s

There’s more information on the twitter archive – but the above just about sums it up.

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