Well there me and my new… old… blog buddy were… smack dab in downtown San Francisco… and I had a hankerin’ for some adventure. We tried to do a think that I like to do now and then involving riding the glass elevators on the outside of a tall hotel that is very scary but offer some great views… I did a post about it once… but they changed the rules and now you must have a room key to ride them, so we thought we would look for some good views at the top of this fancy hotel, a San Francisco landmark…
We rode the elevator to the top of the Sir Francis Drake, but there was a problem. The whole top floor was closed because the ‘Starlight Room’ didn’t open until 6:00 pm. I had this idea that we could get off on the floor below and then sneak up… and then when we started to actually do it, and found ourselves in the ballroom, I was sort of panicking… the thing is… and this is a hard thing to admit with my reputation… but my wife now has a ‘no bailing me out of jail’ policy, so I am a little more careful about letting my adventures get too adventurous now… but the Doobster got caught up in my crazy plan and wouldn’t take no for an answer…
So there we are at the top. That is an actual picture of him. I didn’t cover his secret identity at all. I am on the right, taking this ‘selfie’ and giving the thumbs up.
And in this next picture, you can see the glass elevator that we tried to get on and couldn’t…
That’s it way over there on that other hotel, clinging to the outside like a cockroach. Actually, there are more than one. Anyway, we took some pictures of the view…
That down there is Union Square, and the big Christmas tree from the earlier posts.
And you can see people ice skating way down there. The ballroom was pretty cool.
And I took this next picture of the painted ceiling in a vestibule…
That summed up our little adventure way up above San Francisco… we were trying to be little angels… but you can see from the red tint that there was a little bit of devilishness going on too. HA!
Pouring My Art Out 
Lunch & sneaking into a hotel ballroom? That’s the sum of your adventure? Hmmmmm . . .
Hey, two old guys with an hour and a half. We didn’t do too bad.
Awesome that you were able to meet up and spend the day. When I met up with a blogger it was great. Getting to see the person behind the words and images.
It was a real treat… for him… HA!
Of course. Who wouldn’t want to meet you? haha
good point
Great pics & love your “rules were made to be broken” spirit 😉
I used to be the poster child for that…
Yeah, me too 😉
sort of miss those days… ha
I expect nothing less than that you two get into some kind of trouble…
we are building up to our next escapade
Escalade?
serenade
Boys will be boys. Great pictures.
Not always the way it works in SF… HA!
True. I’m incredibly naïve sometimes.
That is sort of sweet
Aw. [blushing]
sigh
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Never met a WP friend but have several Facebook friends. It is a lot of fun. You know them but you don’t. We are still friends though. Glad you guys had fun. Did you leave your squirrels in San Francisco??
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I don’t do math
You tricky rascals you – sneaking up the back way. Definitely sounds like fun.
it was very nice…
Can you actually skate on an out door rink in San Francisco at this time of year?
Leslie
it sure looks that way
How cold was it?
Leslie
maybe 65 degrees
How did they keep the ice?
Leslie
I’m sure it has pipes full of cold stuff under or inside the ice… like a freezer…
Yes, but 65′ is pretty warm for an out door skating rink.
Leslie
I don’t know what to tell you
They are pretty good f they can keep a rink going in that temperature.
Leslie
It’s like magic
Well, I don’t see a ring of police vehicles around the place or SWAT getting ready to breach, so that must mean y’all are good at not getting caught.
Do you have a third phase to your shenanigans, or are y’all quitting while you’re ahead?
I have one more cute post about us to finish up… but then tomorrow, you get the story of the rest of that day…
Well, Lucifer was an angel once. I think. 🙂
I think that sounds like we are headed for trouble