After settling in, we headed over to Union Square for some shopping. En route we passed about a dozen hotels, all of which had workers picketing out front. Apparently almost all the hotel workers in San Francisco were on strike, and we had lucked into just about the only hotel with staff. Anyway, all the big department stores are based around Union Square, so we spread our shopping dollars among them. The square itself isn't exactly beautiful, but it's a good place to hang out and watch the mobs of people walking by.