Julie went to San Francisco in February. She took a bunch of photos, and I’ve posted the best ones here. The reason I included this one (yes, those are the local sea lions) was to tell the following anecdote.
In 2000, when I worked for this company, the Vancouver development office went on a team-building exercise down to San Francisco. We spent a day in the main offices, shaking hands with all the marketing, sales and tech support folks. That evening, we all went out to Neptune’s Palace on Pier 39 for dinner. It’s on the second floor of the building in the aforementioned photo.
That night, I had horrible food poisoning. I was up half the night with a nasty stomach ache. I knew things would improve if I vomited, so I stuck my finger down my throat and went to it. Suffice it to say, I missed the following day’s team-building event, a treasure hunt that, according to my fellow employees, was pretty goofy. The moral of this story: avoid Neptune’s Palace like the plague.
The photo at the top of this entry is one I took while up at Grouse Mountain (a couple of others can be seen here). It’s not a yeti, it’s a snowboarder flying down the hill. Despite it’s appearance, I didn’t actually apply much Photoshop magic to this photo. I like it’s somewhat ethereal quality, so I left it as is. Click the thumbnail for a desktop wallpaper-sized version.
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I was once with a group of people in SF. We took pictures of the sea lions, but alas, the picture ended up with a caption of “For some reason, those sacks of potatoes were far more interesting in person…”
Stupid sea lions and their lack of photogenicness.
i’ve eaten at neptune’s, and although i didn’t get sick , i do remember the service being bad, it was outrageously over priced and the food was bland. i got exactly what i was expecting eating at pier 39.
a fabulous view.