I have just returned from one of my favorite cities - San Francisco. Where else can you stroll alongside the world's cultures with the bay breeze blowing through your hair. We stayed in an artist designed room at the Hotel des Artes. The deep blue palette of the Jet Martinez room with its shimmery silver moon led to peaceful dreams. The location could not be have been better, with the gates of Chinatown across the street and Union Square only footsteps away, and the under $100 price left plenty of funds for our daily adventures.
In Chinatown, we joined the locals for dim sum breakfast and watched a dragon parade as it wound through the streets. We also visited a traditional tea shop (Red Blossom Tea) where we picked up a few of those beautiful blossoming varieties.
We toured (or actually we ate our way through) North Beach/Little Italy on a Local Taste of the City Tour. We sampled coffee, handmade truffles and fresh focaccia bread while hitting the highlights of the neighborhood such as the legendary Purple Onion.
We ended our trip with a walk through the Japanese Gardens at Golden Gate Park. It was a tranquil end to another fantastic journey.
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