Vintage Inspired: Touring Car

While in San Francisco, Alex's brother Josh was kind enough to take the family out on a night tour of the city on one of Mr. Toad's vintage touring cars. They kept the original styling of the cars, but updated them to run on propane, so they are eco-friendly too. The car was so cute, the driver was dressed in the most dapper vintage outfit, and the old mansions were decorated with holiday twinkly lights. It was such a neat and classy alternative to open air tour buses, and a lot of fun! It was a bit chilly at dusk in an open air vehicle, but they provided lap blankets and we had each other for warmth. We drove past the Golden Gate Bridge right at sunset and learned a lot about the different neighborhoods as our driver was full of fun facts.

-Twill

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am going to bed early tonight and getting up in the wee hours of the morning to hop the train to the airport. Alex and I are spending Thanksgiving with his family in San Francisco this year. It is a new experience for me, being away from Minnesota or at least my Minnesota family for the holidays, but I love San Francisco and his family really treats me like one of their own. I hope to help cook, eat, drink wine and pumpkin beer, give so many hugs, and get caught up on what everyone has been up to. We are also going on one of Mr. Toad's vintage touring cars. It should be a blast and I will return on Monday with some great Bay Area photos and stories. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Also, I love this 1962 children's travel book, This is San Francisco by Czech author-illustrator Miroslav Sasek. I came across the reissue on a recent trip to Anthropologie and the illustrations are outstanding. The author has written these children's travel guides for places all over the world, they would make a good gift for the traveler in your life.

 -Twill