Dinner at "Alive"

OK, I wouldn't have thought this was possible, but we had dinner at a restaurant that had even better food than Cafe Gratitude.  Now that is hard to believe, because Cafe Gratitude was excellent, but "Alive" was sublime!  It was small and very tastefully done with a beautifully landscape outdoor dining area in the back (the weather precluded our eating out there tonight.)  The presentation of the food was that of a five star restaurant - see for yourself.

Swami Padma & Bharata had soup (which we forgot to photograph) then we all decided on the sunflower seed burger with avocado as our entree and for dessert it was a strawberry coconut chocolate torte & a banana coconut chocolate torte - everything was absolutely delicious.  I can't think of a better job than to be a food critic in this town!  It would be like you died and went to heaven.  The chef trained at Living Light Culinary Arts - so if this is any indication of the quality of their graduates, that's where I would go to learn how to be a raw chef!  We all thoroughly enjoyed our evening.  We took the bus to the restaurant which was also great.  It was a scenic route, we saw Haight-Ashbury, the Presidio and several other beautiful areas of the city; we met some very nice & interesting people, plus we kept our carbon footprint relatively small.  What more can you ask for.  If I were going to move from South Florida, San Francisco would certainly top my list of possible places to move - it is a dynamite place.  Monday we're going to check out the sea lions (or seals) at Pier 39 - the guidebook said they arrive in January so we didn't think we would see them; but several of the local people we met on the bus told us they are there now - so I'll let you know Monday if that's correct.  Well that's all for tonight.  It's time for me to go to sleep!  Have a great night.