About the trip...
Tom and Nella came from Toronto to visit Tom's brother, Jasper, in Palo Alto. We spent four days around Palo Alto, on the Coast, in San Fran, and in Napa. It was the 2nd time in the area for both of us, and again we were impressed - this is an awesome place. There is tons to do and see, the weather is great, the landscape is beautiful, and they have preserved a suprising amount of greenspace and wilderness. The only real problem with the trip was lack of time: four days just isn't enough.
"The City" is fine.
"San Francisco" is also fine.
"San Fran" is R.U.D.E.
"Frisco" is even worse.