Jan Trabandt Travel Blog » San Francisco

Who says chivalry is dead!?

JT — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:44:08 +0000

All by my lonesome in E+…

Luckily one of the few empty seats on the flight is the middle seat next to me, while Susan luxuriates up front. The flight attendant was nice enough to pass back a glass of bubbly at Susan’s behest – salud!

Relaxing in SFO lounge… 3 hours until flight to Kona

JT — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:19:27 +0000

Flight 1 of 8 down… Make that 1 of 7 after today’s rebooking.
Had a comfy 3 seats to ourselves on AC, with extra legroom in the “preferred seats” which surprisingly included a sandwich and snack (not sure if it is the seat or the high last minute fare that Delta booked).
It was looking like we’d have gotten any upgrades on Delta due to heavy Friday passenger loads.

The one upgrade I secured (which Susan will enjoy) on the UA flight to Lona was thanks to the high fare class Delta booked (and my status – known as the Y-up fare).

Shrek logo in the southwestern end of bay, on approach to SFO

JT — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:33:39 +0000

Sunrise flying east out of San Francisco

JT — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:39:08 +0000

And 30 min later, hello Ms Sunshine

SFO: One leg down, 3 to go

JT — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:13:16 +0000

After a painful 4:45 alarm. Gotta like 4 hours of sleep. Upgraded on 3 of 4 legs. Watched “we bought a zoo” – predictable but cute – and a good episode of Suits. Also finally started reading HK history. Didn’t realize that the British got the Chinese addicted to opium (from India) and won HK … Continue reading

View from UC lounge in into terminal at SFO

JT — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:41:25 +0000

Nicer than most of them, inc. the one in domestic terminal F

San Francisco: a “rebuttal” to some of my Taiwan comments

Jan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:00:48 +0000

It turns out San Francisco has some of the things I found “advanced” in Taipei:

Some dedicated motorcycle parking
Intelligent transit video screens with arrival times (also, many bus stops have an LED screen that shows the next bus arrival time)
Multi-lingual announcements on some transit systems (English, Mandarin and Spanish)

San Francisco: Otis Clay performing at Ameoba Records

Jan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:55:48 +0000

This was a free 1 hour concert in Haight-Ashbury area of SF (next to Golden Gate park) on Sunday.
Effectively I was in the “front row” – fun to watch his facial expressions.
The movement of the 6 piece band (+ 2 backup singers) reminded my of the Blues Brothers.

Blues legend Otis Clay in free performance at Ameoba Records