San Fransisco

Jan 22, 2019

I am sitting in the Boudin Café by the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.  My nephew called me last week saying that he had to take a trip out here and asked if I wanted to join him.  I agreed and quickly booked my trip and met my nephew Brad at the San Francisco airport.

I have discovered on this trip that over the years, I have gotten a bit spoiled.  When I met Brad at the airport, he indicated that he got a great deal on a rental.  I had never heard of the agency and when we arrived at the counter, I realized that the line was moving very slowly.   When we got to the counter we waited in line for an hour and a half later, they explained that although Brad had booked it through Expedia, none of the traveler information had come over and they had to key it in to the computer.

The hotel was in a great location close to the fisherman’s wharf but when I got to my room, the bed had a mattress cover and no sheets, pillows or blankets, the heat didn’t work and neither did the Wi-Fi which is why I am over at the Boudin Café using Madame Tussaud’s free Wi-Fi.  Of course you desperately need Wi-Fi the moment it isn’t available.  To the hotel’s credit, they made up the bed and put in a portable heater but they didn’t get the Wi-Fi fixed.  Although my days of bargain travel are long gone, it was nice to remember those days and I really cannot complain about the hotel, it was clean and I felt safe.

After we checked in, Brad and I walked around, when we turned the corner, there was no mistaking the smell of sourdough bread baking.  I am a baker and I have spent a lot of time learning and perfecting sourdough bread.   There is nothing better than the smell of baking bread except for the smell of baking sourdough bread.   Boudin has a bakery, store, cafe and restaurant in the same complex where you can watch them bake the sourdough bread.  We could not resist going to the restaurant and ordering the chowder bread bowls.   I have to be honest, I could eat every meal there the next few days and not get tired of it and we did go back there a couple of times!