In the meanwhile, here are some photos taken of our recent trips this year. (All pictures in this post were taken on my iPhone 4s using Instagram)
San Francisco, CA
Since both of our maternal grandmothers live here, the missus and I have had ample opportunity to visit the City by the Bay. Other than the obvious family ties, we enjoy our trips to San Francisco because it is home to some of the best variety of food. On this particular trip, we visited the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market and took in some of the local flavor for breakfast. Most of the photos that I took were around the area, and unfortunately I think I was too busy eating food to take any pictures of the actual marketplace.
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| A rocket on Embarcadero . Apparently local to Earth |
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| The Ferry Building clock tower |
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| Vaillancourt Fountain (aka Québec Libre) |
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| The lobby atrium of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco |
Sante Fe, NM
Our first road trip from Denver was to nearby Sante Fe based on recommendations from some of the folks in the office. The drive itself was about 6-7 hours if you take the I-25 all the way south. The city of Sante Fe feels almost like a different country if you take into account the architecture and cultural feel. We greatly enjoyed the laid back attitude and interesting stores lining the streets around the Sante Fe Plaza. Also highly recommended are the art galleries lining Canyon Road. My wife primarily enjoyed the side trip to Albuquerque, NM to visit Rio Grande, which is apparently the Mecca of jewelry supply stores.
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| St. Francis Cathedral Basilica |
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| Museum of Contemporary Native Arts |
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| WORSHIP ME PUNY MORTAL ! |
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| An example of the unique Sante Fe architecture |
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| An interesting moving sculpture on Canyon Road |
St. Pete Beach, FL
This was a business trip and unfortunately the wife was not able to join me. I attended a convention at the Tradewinds Island Grand Resort for two days only, so I was not able to spend much time exploring. I did end up eating at Crabby Bill's down the street and enjoyed the Steamer Bucket and Southern Swamp Water Special.
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| Pre-devoured Steamer Bucket from Crabby Bill's |
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| Typical sunset on the beach |
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| A very pink Loews Don CeSar Hotel |
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| The vicious toothless shark at the Tradewinds Resort |
Our future plans include trips to New York City and Hawaii in the near future, so I can promise that there will be more pictures to be added.
Very cool. Was the Rio store big? I didn't even know they had a retail store. I thought it was all online sales.
ReplyDeleteThe store itself wasn't very large, but they had a massive warehouse in the back that was inaccessible to the general public. The store is essentially a counter for you to place orders and the attendants bring them out. There were also some areas for classes and such as well.
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