Not a good picture, but wanted to show why the girls LOVED the bathroom at this place- there is a TV screen within the mirror that they could watch cartoons on while getting ready.
The Hyatt has a fabulous Alcatraz display, including one of the original cells from the prison. I was happy we could walk around the lobby and read all the displays because EVERY single tour of Alcatraz for the entire week was already booked solid.
The girls had fun hanging out in the cell and pretending they were really in trouble.
Part of the lobby- which boosts the world's largest atrium.
We ended up falling in love with this photographer's work. He travels the world and you can tell by his pictures that he sees things in a different light than most people do. By the time we left, we had purchased three of his pictures. Here he is signing one of them.
Rian and Jessie were all about the different jewelry stands in the open market right outside our hotel.
Hayden was all about the sweet treats that we found everywhere we went.
Here is one of her favorite splurges- an ice cream sandwich made out of homemade chocolate/ginger cookies with sea salt caramel ice cream.
Steps from the Hyatt was this really clean and nice park that we visited usually a couple of times a day.
The girls loved that we stayed on the Regency Club level, as it had fancy massage chairs in addition to offering full breakfast/dinner buffets and dessert hour every night.
Enjoying a massage.
Lots of different massage options.
Union Square.
Inside the Union Square building were countless restaurants, bars, tea and coffee shops, specialty food stores, and dessert cafes. We could have eaten three meals a day there and had something completely different and delicious every time.
At one of the little markets, they had these mushroom variety bowls for sale. Because none of us like mushrooms, we didn't end up buying one!
The food was healthy, organic, wholesome and delicious.
Jessie and I were both THRILLED to find Bao- these delicious steamed buns filled with chicken and veggies that we had enjoyed immensely while in Vietnam.
Hayden went for the BBQ pulled pork sandwich.
Mike took this because I had been trying to find Bao every since bringing Jessie home 5 years ago. I guess Northern Colorado isn't all that ethnic.
The weather was perfect and because the city was always so crowded, it was nice to let the kids run around and let off some steam before and after we went on our daily sightseeing trips.
