Showing posts with label Tuesday 18 December 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tuesday 18 December 2007. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Christmas in the Hyatt Regency


A stunningly artistic Christmas display can be found in the Hyatt Regency Hotel (click for pics).

Icicle lights fill the cavernous atrium under which are a brilliant gold tree and model displays of winter village scenes, including the Original Snow Village owned by private collector Len Connacher.

Glass lifts gliding up and down have their roofs lit by red and green lights.

The atrium is recorded by the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest atrium lobby. It is
a treat to sit in the bar listening to live piano music and surveying the Christmas effects .

Christmas at Fisherman's Wharf

Fisherman's Wharf is the most popular tourist spot in the city.

It is on the Bay and full of novelty shops and restaurants. It is also a cable car destination and from where many of the ferries depart for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the other side of the Bay. Famously, it is home to a seal colony.

In the Christmas pics, spot the octopus bush decked in red lights.