that's where we met daniel chavez, a marine that serves as a senior combat cargo assistant. >> i love the city. i love the architecture with all the buildings. i've been taking a lot of pictures. and enjoying one of the local parks. just seeing how you can have your pet around. i wish i could do that with my dogs in las vegas. but i'm here and i love the city so far. >> reporter: we don't have casinos, though! >> that helps my wallet! >> reporter: the hi dive said this week's sales are are much stronger compared to last year's. but business still isn't quite back to pre-pandemic levels. many we met along the embarcadero are spending the weekend enjoying the city and visiting tourist attractions. >> i came here with an open mind to see what the city has to offer, and it hasn't disappointed. >> reporter: what have you done so far? >> i've tried a lot of local cuisine, beverages, and the epic steak house down the road. first time having black lava salt. >> reporter: demetrius says he enjoys the job traveling to thailand and the philippines on deployments. this is his first time in san fr

that's where we met daniel chavez, a marine who serves as a senior combat cargo assistant. >> i love the city. i love the architecture with all the buildings. i've actually taken a lot of pictures of them, and enjoying the local parks around and seeing just how free you can have your pet around. wish i do that with my dogs over in las vegas. fortunately we're here, and i love your city so far. >> reporter: we don't have casinos, though. >> that's all right. that helped my wallet. >> reporter: the high dive said this year's fleet week sales are much stronger compared to last year's. but business still isn't quite back to pre-pandemic fleet week levels. many sailors and marines we met along the embarcadero are spending the weekend enjoying the city and visiting tourist attractions. >> i came here with an open mind just to see what your city has to offer, and it has not disappointed. >> reporter: what sort of things have you done so far? >> so far i've tried a lot of the local cuisine, a lot of the local beverages and the epic steakhouse down the road, something for the first time of ha

that's where we met daniel chavez, a marine who serves as a senior combat cargo assistant. >> i love city. i love the architecture with all the buildings. i've actually taken a lot of pictures of them, and enjoying the local parks around and seeing just how free you can have your pet around. wish i do that with my dogs over in las vegas. fortunately we're here, and i love your city so far. >> reporter: we don't have casinos, though. >> that's all right. that helped my wallet. >> reporter: the high dive said this year's fleet week sales are much stronger compared to last year's. but business still isn't quite back to pre-pandemic fleet week levels. many sailors and marines we met along the embarcadero are spending the weekend enjoying the city and visiting tourist attractions. >> i came here with an open mind just to see what your city has to offer, and it has disappointed. >> reporter: what sort of things have you done so far? >> so far i've tried a lot of the local cuisine, a lot of the local beverages and the epic steakhouse down the road, something for the first time of having bla