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Jazz Night for a farewell to San Francisco

Wednesday, May 21, 2008, evening


A bus waiting for us outside the hotel to take us especially to our destination of this evening. In fact it is less than 2 km. For this, we begin by climbing 300 meters on Polk Street, then right onto Ofarrell Street, we descended slowly to the edge of Market Street. And the bus drops us off already in Stockton Street.

Jazz Night Live at the Jazz Bistro

opportunities to dine to the sounds of jazz are many in San Francisco. It takes place including a annual festival since 1982. Hervé chose to show us The Joulins a Live Jazz Bistro located on Ellis Street. To get there, we pass the famous Apple Store at the corner of two streets. IPhone aficionados have nearly ® stop and not with us ... But it was almost closing time. The

Joulins is defined as a restaurant with French and Mediterranean cuisine. You have to start to get used to gently fried steak, right? The meal was very friendly and appreciated by all in a festive atmosphere.

San Francisco and Bay Bridge

10:20 p.m., already. Leaving the restaurant, we discover, parked in the street, a collection of limousines, white and black, and we're eager to photograph them before they start every few minutes later. We thought it already, and some (s) of us were ready (s) to pretend to be up, why not take the opportunity to dream a little?

But we left quietly walk to the corner of Powell Street. Here is one of the plates Barbary Coast Trail a marked path of bronze medallions that can discover, on foot, the main historical sites of the city of San Francisco.

Then we arrive on Ofarrell Street where we meet again with surprise limousines. Surprise is the right word, by the way, because we invite Hervé take place. Sorry, for those who read these lines, and that it will not be truly surprised if it offers this special evening ... That said, please, you do not often get to see a parade of six limousines through the streets of San Francisco, and especially to be a part!

limousines outside the restaurant ...

And so we will first have to go to the Embarcadero for a first photo stop at the foot of the Bay Bridge. Then our drivers travel the first part of the bridge, until Treasure Island, where we make a second stop.

This artificial island was created in 1939 for the Golden Gate International Exposition, by extracting the rubble and materials of the bay, and dug the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island and to which it is connected by an isthmus. It is here that develops a draft green utopia, a city without cars.

San Francisco view from Treasure Island

And there is also wonder, enhanced by - the ultimate surprise - a glass of champagne, tasted delighted with the view of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco illuminated. It's magical and beautifully that it closed last evening. Thank you again to Herve that convinced us to participate.

Then it just before midnight that limousines stop in front of our hotel where we will sleep, eyes still full of twinkling lights ...