{"id":3058,"date":"2018-12-03T05:18:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T13:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2018-12-07T06:18:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:18:47","slug":"christmas-gawking-no-charge-no-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/christmas-gawking-no-charge-no-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Gawking. No Charge. No Waiting."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By Anita Garner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/st-francisco-doormen.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3139 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/st-francisco-doormen.jpg?resize=260%2C261\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/st-francisco-doormen.jpg?w=499&amp;ssl=1 499w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/st-francisco-doormen.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/st-francisco-doormen.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 85vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>S<strong><em>t. Francis Hotel Doormen<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s okay to stare in hotel lobbies.\u00a0 Everybody does it.\u00a0 At Christmas time, hotels in my favorite city will knock your socks off.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m a guest, some people upstairs are having room service coffee, I&#8217;m in the lobby with my cup, because I love it there.\u00a0 For this list, it&#8217;s San Francisco. I&#8217;ve stayed in all these places but you don&#8217;t have to be a guest to enjoy them.\u00a0 I also don&#8217;t need a city in order to have a good long Christmas gawk. If I&#8217;m in a tiny town, I find me an inn. If I&#8217;m in the country, I take a day to head to the nearest hostelry that sparkles.<\/p>\n<p>In The City By The Bay , if you drive, park it. Repeat &#8211; park the car. Don&#8217;t even think about moving it. There are plenty of ways to get around without spending the day looking for elusive parking spots. Coming in from the ferries, visitors hop off and walk across the Embarcadero to the Hyatt Regency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hyatt-regency.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3029 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hyatt-regency.jpeg?resize=409%2C229\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Hyatt Regency San Francisco<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hyatt anchors a festive complex at Christmas with an ice skating rink\u00a0 outside and a lobby with a view. There&#8217;s music.\u00a0 There&#8217;s plenty to sip.\u00a0 A couple of steps away are four skyscrapers, Embarcadero Center, each of them outlined top to bottom with lights, forming a unique shopping place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-ice-skating-rink-hyatt.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3017 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-ice-skating-rink-hyatt.jpg?resize=353%2C236\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-ice-skating-rink-hyatt.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-ice-skating-rink-hyatt.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 85vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Ice skating outside the Hyatt, looking across at Ferry Building and Bay Bridge<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over to Union Square and the St. Francis.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll be greeted by their Beefeater doormen, who&#8217;ll put on an elegant show finding you a cab. Every year their chefs outdo themselves creating bigger and fancier gingerbread houses &#8211; castles even &#8211; smack in the middle of the lobby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ST-FRANCIS-HOTEL-1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3031 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ST-FRANCIS-HOTEL-1.png?resize=314%2C211\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ST-FRANCIS-HOTEL-1.png?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ST-FRANCIS-HOTEL-1.png?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 85vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>St. Francis Hotel San Francisco<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Head out and walk around Union Square from there.\u00a0 This could easily take several days, but do your Christmas best to see it.\u00a0 Macy&#8217;s windows are justifiably famous, a don&#8217;t-miss San Francisco tradition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-square.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3083 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-square.jpg?resize=395%2C263\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-square.jpg?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-square.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-square.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 85vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Union Square looking at Macy&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cross over to Neiman Marcus to see their enormous tree. When they bought the old City of Paris store, they promised to preserve its several-stories-tall rotunda and they did.\u00a0 The tree&#8217;s so big you&#8217;ll need to look at it from different angles, inside and out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-neiman-marcus.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-neiman-marcus.jpg?resize=301%2C226\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-neiman-marcus.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-neiman-marcus.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-neiman-marcus.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/christmas-neiman-marcus.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 85vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Neiman Marcus Rotunda Tree<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When you can tear yourself away from Union Square, up to Nob Hill you go, cable cars clanging.\u00a0 There&#8217;s not a more Christmassy sound. Top of the hill, across the street from each other are the Mark Hopkins and the Fairmont.<\/p>\n<p>When I didn&#8217;t live in The City, I stayed at the Mark.\u00a0 You get started at a place and they say hello like they mean it and as a woman traveling alone, I always appreciated the manager popping out from behind a desk to walk me to the elevator, then to my room.\u00a0 Pull up in that courtyard, someone whisks your car away and you won&#8217;t need to get it out again.\u00a0 The cable car runs right by. That was my homey place for years, and oh my, the lobby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mark-hopkins.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mark-hopkins.jpg?resize=247%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mark-hopkins.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mark-hopkins.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mark-hopkins.jpg?resize=768%2C996&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mark-hopkins.jpg?resize=790%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 85vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mark Hopkins Hotel San Francisco<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Across the street at the Fairmont, the king\/queen of gingerbread houses stands two stories tall, and they serve tea inside it.\u00a0 Oh yes they do. Any time of year the lobby at the Fairmont is festive. It&#8217;s a congenial place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fairmont.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fairmont.jpg?resize=301%2C226\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fairmont.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fairmont.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Fairmont.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 85vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>The Fairmont San Francisco<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One more stop on the hotel tour &#8211; back from Nob Hill to The Palace Hotel.\u00a0 During carriage days, guests pulled up and were ushered inside to luxury while someone took their horses away for a stay. Today the former carriage entrance is The Garden Court.\u00a0 It&#8217;s indescribable all year and all year you&#8217;ll need reservations for brunch, but please don&#8217;t miss the gawking opportunity. Christmas at Garden Court is another layer of magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sheraton-palace-garden-court.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3032 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sheraton-palace-garden-court.jpg?resize=340%2C255\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sheraton-palace-garden-court.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sheraton-palace-garden-court.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 85vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Garden Court at The Palace Hotel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wherever you are, I hope this season you&#8217;ll get yourself into a lobby near you and sit a while.\u00a0 Sip something.\u00a0 Listen to the music.\u00a0 Watch the happy people.\u00a0 Gawk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Christmas music for the trip.\u00a0 Chris Whiteman on guitar.\u00a0 Right now I&#8217;m listening to Chris play <em><strong>&#8220;Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Much more from Chris at\u00a0 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jordu1975\/videos\">YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anita Garner St. Francis Hotel Doormen It&#8217;s okay to stare in hotel lobbies.\u00a0 Everybody does it.\u00a0 At Christmas time, hotels in my favorite city will knock your socks off. When I&#8217;m a guest, some people upstairs are having room service coffee, I&#8217;m in the lobby with my cup, because I love it there.\u00a0 For &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/christmas-gawking-no-charge-no-waiting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Gawking. No Charge. 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