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Saturday Sightseeing in San Francisco’s Chinatown

April 19th, 2014 by Karen 7 Comments








Welcome to Chinatown!

My in-laws are visiting us this weekend and wanted to visit Chinatown, so we all drove across the bridge into the city, parked at Union Square and walked down Grant Street, which is the main street in Chinatown.

When we got hungry, I Yelped a place called Hong Kong Clay Pot Restaurant (OMG, the walnut prawns… To die for! I also inhaled an entire plate of their Chinese broccoli with garlic.), which was really, really good and affordable.

From there we walked back to Union Square, which is a few city blocks away. I thought it might be fun to take my mother-in-law to the MAC Pro Store at 45 Powell Street and treat her to a lipstick.

She ended up falling in love with the new Patentpolish Lip Pencil in Fearless, a sheer, soft pink.

Of course, I couldn’t leave empty-handed, so I picked up Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in Staunchly Stylish, a pinkish beige that works great with pink and peach lip colors. 🙂

This way to Chinatown!
Grant Street in San Francisco
Lanterns everywhere!
A view of the Transamerica Pyramid, one of the iconic buildings in the SF skyline
I love the color and designs on these bracelets. Wouldn’t they make a great lipstick?

Saturday Sightseeing in San Francisco’s Chinatown / Originally published April 19th, 2014

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  1. Divya says

    April 20th, 2014 at 7:47 am

    I have never been to SF, and these pictures look very attractive!

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  2. Lennie says

    April 20th, 2014 at 8:05 am

    Lived in San Francisco area about 20 yrs ago, loved it! Visiting San Francisco and Northern California coast should be in everybody’ s bucket list. It always have special place in my heart.
    Happy Easter to you and your family. He has risen, indeed !

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  3. Denise S. says

    April 20th, 2014 at 10:36 am

    Nice pictures , looks like a interesting area to see. I went to San Francisco a long time ago but didn’t visit China town.Next time I will!

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  4. Sylirael says

    April 20th, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    Those bracelets are stunning! I also like the idea of that garlic broccoli.. Mmmm…

    I think I need to have breakfast already!

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  5. Nancy says

    April 20th, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    I was JUST in this area of town last month – and it was my first time to San Fran! (Just moved to the Bay area) Beautiful there.

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  6. Poo@beautyandmakeupmatters says

    April 20th, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    This is such a beautiful place.. I really liked the lanters all over the place.. 🙂

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  7. Erin says

    April 21st, 2014 at 11:28 am

    I love China Town and North Beach, one of my fav restaurants is over there. It’s called the House. Mind you I haven’t been in 6 years but it used to be pretty good. Japanese Italian Fusion!

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