Monday, March 19
Late morning, The Boyfriend (TB) and I took BART into San Francisco, detraining at the Embarcadero stop. We wandered through the Ferry Building looking for a vegan-friendly restaurant. While we struck out on that, we saw lots of cute shops in the Ferry Building.
We also saw a crustacean jail.
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That’s just mean.
We then took an electric trolley to Pier 23. We walked through the park at Levi’s Plaza then up the Filbert Steps, in hopes of seeing some of the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, or, as we sometimes mistakenly abbreviate, the Wild Paragraphs. (The birds are really cherry-headed conures.) We saw and heard a few of the birds flying overhead, but we didn’t see any roosting in trees.
We continued up the Greenwich Street Stairs to Coit Tower for a brief tour around the ground floor and grounds. We’ve both been to the top of the tower before and decided to pass on it this time.
Then down Kearny and over to Grant Ave. to stop at 101 Music, 1414 Grant Ave. I love this place. 101 Music has a terrific selection of various kinds of music, including classic soul—my favorite genre. They charge $10 per CD or 3 for $25. In addition to CDs, 101 Music has a large selection of records. For any youngsters who don’t know what records are, they’re old school, old technology, analog music on black (sometimes colored) vinyl discs, in various sizes—small-sized 45s (the number refers to the revolutions per minute, or rpms), medium-sized 78s, and LPs (for “long playing;” 33-1/3s), the largest size. Even 45s are quite a bit larger than CDs. Go ahead, Google “records.” I’ll wait.
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We also walked by I Dream of Cake, 1351 Grant Ave. Shinmin Li creates works of art in cake and icing; her designs are amazing. If you’re ever in San Francisco and like anything even remotely artistic, I suggest you check out I Dream of Cake.
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We saw some cool buildings, murals, and neon signs while getting lost in the Chinatown/Financial District area.
Late afternoon, we boarded BART back to Berkeley.
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