Saturday, July 21, 2007

Sausalito

Saturday morning was about 55 degrees and foggy in the city. We walked down to David's hotel and picked up his car. We drove through Fisherman's Wharf (it really was pretty nice at 8am) and out over the Golden Gate to Sasulito. It was cold, foggy and damp in the city. You couldn't even see the bridge from the city, from the bridge you can't see the top or the water.

Once you get across the bridge its a whole new world. We stopped in Sausalito for breakfast, it's a very cool little town on the other side of the Golden Gate. Over there it was 70 degrees and sunny though the fog was rolling across the top of the hills.
We learned that its a commuter town, there is ferry service across the bay to the city. We stopped at the breakfast place that had the most people in it figuring that would be a good place to eat. It did take us two laps to find a place that we were comfortable parking the Porsche. I didn't want it dinged on my watch. The restaurant had several large tables so we were seated with some locals which was fun. They told us to go down to the docks and see the Taj Mahal.
Somebody built themselves a houseboat replica of the Taj Mahal. Only in California. There were also some other more normal houseboats in this marina. When it costs $750k for a starter house (2 bedrooms, 800 sq ft) you can understand why people live on houseboats.

2 comments:

Jody said...

The Taj Mahal as a house boat!! That's too brilliant!

T said...

Sausalito is very nice; but too touristy...The next town over, Mill Valley has one of the best Italian restaurants I've ever eaten at.

http://www.frantoio.com/

It was really very good.