Day Five of Spring Break

This morning we slept in a little and we decided to skip breakfast to save room for the big finale! We packed up our stuff and walked over to the Ghiradelli building to buy some last minute treats to send Bonnie for Easter. Then Dad picked up our car and Michael, mom and I took one last ride on the cable car to Market Street where dad picked us up. We found our last eating spot called Tony’s Pizza. This place was highly recommended by our concierge and mom had found great reviews on google for it. By the time the place opened the line was snaking down the sidewalk so we were glad we got there early. This menu was probably the most difficult one we had to order from. There were at least 8 or 10 different types of pizzas you could order based on cooking temperatures of the crust. Under each one of these there were 6 or 8 different types of toppings you could choose from. Then there were calzones, salads, pastas, and so much more. Mom decided to pick two of the pizzas that had won awards simply as a way to narrow down the choices. Let me just say that we have eaten a lot of good pizza and my dad is somewhat of a pizza snob since he grew up in New York eating the best pizza in the country. He loved Tonys and when he says something is “great” that really means it was some of the best pizza he’s ever had. Mom thought it was the best meal we had on the trip and the perfect ending to a perfect vacation in a beautiful city. I got full too fast and didn’t get to even try the pizza but I thought the calzone was delicious. It was fun to sit there by the warm pizza oven and watch them put pizzas in and out. We could have sat there all day but our time in San Francisco has sadly come to an end. This is me and Michael walking up one last hill before getting in the car to leave.  

Meatball with mushroom cream sauce 

New Yorker

Cal Italia 

Manhattan Calzone 

After a quick drive to Lombard Street and Coit Tower to see the view we hopped on the Bay Bridge and drove out of town. Good-bye to a wonderful city and a wonderful vacation. Thanks, dad for paying for it and mom, for helping me plan it. The good news is that Michael is exhausted so he’ll be happy watching his Seahawks dvd all the way home. We’ll make it part way today and then finish it up tomorrow. Stay tuned in case we find anything else interesting to eat on the way home…..

After only about three hours on the road it was already time for a snack and dad has found the perfect idea, or at least perfect for him. We stopped in a tiny farm town called Corning, Ca at a place called The Olive Pit. It was a wine and olive tasting place and dad sampled several selections (only olives, of course) until he finally settled on the almond stuffed green olive – YUK! He bought a bottle and some pretzels for Michael and we hit the road!. Here’s a photo of dad standing by the huge selection of olives trying to decide on one.

Dad at the Olive Pit