Well, I've got my bags packed, complete with the bound volume of the
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, and I'm ready for San Francisco :) I can't wait until the moment when I first see the
Transamerica Pyramid: ever since my first visit, that's been the one sight, even more than the Golden Gate Bridge, that truly says "San Francisco" to me. (I have a very strong memory of the first time I saw the '78
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: there's a nighttime shot of the city, featuring the Transamerica Pyramid; the camera pans down to Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams having a conversation, as soft trumpet music plays on the soundtrack. I remember seeing that shot and thinking, "I'm going to go there someday." )