We actually arrived Sunday night, but were still pretty blurry yesterday so just sitting down to write a little something this morning. The usual morning fog is starting to burn off (and now I'm talking about the literal fog) and the Marina is brightening. Off in the distance San Francisco is lit up in a way it wasn't yesterday. But this trip we're going to leave San Francisco as the backdrop and spend our time in the East Bay.
Yesterday we had a layabout morning at the hotel and then ventured out to the Fourth Street neighborhood of Berkeley which is a formerly industrial area that then became studio space and is now a trendy shopping and eating area -a trajectory familiar to Brooklynites. Even since our last visit a few years ago, the increased affluence is apparent. Will have to ask Jim where the artists have relocated to. Dinner last night at Skates On the Bay - which really is right on the bay, built on pilings in the water. Arrived just in time for sunset over the Golden Gate. Not a lot to report because we're not doing much. Focusing on the R&R aspect of vacation.