We arrived around noon, checked into our hotel and walked around Union Square where our hotel was located. We then took a cab to Fisherman's Wharf. [After we got back from our trip, I learned about this story which described the Wharf as "the mother of all tourist traps ... dominated by countless souvenir shops, chain restaurants and street hawkers." Crowded? Yup, no question, annoyingly so. Street hawkers? Yup, so walk around them, no big whoop. Chain restaurants? Yup, tons of them, but my wife and I didn't eat at any of them and we managed to find some good local restaurants (which were slightly pricey, but not outrageously so). Not really sure where the author is coming from.]
We bought tickets to Alcatraz; we'd been warned that you had to get them far in advance. Good thing we did too; turns out we could only fit it into our schedule on the last day we were going to be in San Francisco. We had lunch at a great mexican/deli place. Yes, you read right - at this place you could get a taco or corned beef on rye. And it was surprisingly good. (The place had free internet access; we came across quite a few places that did; it seems to be the culture there.) Then, we bought tickets for the double decker tour bus, which gave us a good overview of the town as well as transportation to get around the city to the various sights we wanted to see.
We toured the city the rest of the day. Eventually, tired and happy, we made our way back to our hotel and had dinner at Persimmon, a middle eastern place that was just alright but had the best feature of all - it was just up the street from our hotel.
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