Last week
Last week our friend Aaron was in town for the Mac Expo going on in San Francisco. He came in on a Sunday (8th) and left on Saturday (14th). He spent a lot of time learning stuff and looking at cool new stuff. But he still had a little time to soak in the city a bit.
Curt was super busy all week at work. But he did get a few hours to wander the Expo and look at all the coo
l stuff.
On Friday I met the guys in the city for dinner. We took the cable car to North Beach. We had a yummy dinner at Michaelangelo's. When Erica and Casey were in town we ate there. And we ate there with my mom and Fred in March. Every place we have eaten at in North Beach has been good. Anywhere you go will be yummy.
At the end of our dinner the server came around with a bowl made of cheese with lots of Parm cheese in it. Never seen that before. So I took a hunk of cheese.
Michaelangelo's also brings around a bowl of gummy bears. I eat all the red ones. :)
After dinner we walked back to the BART station. Much easier to walk back than to walk to North Beach. We walked through Chinatown and a few shops were still open. I stocked up on some more Chinese dresses. They are wine bottle covers--super cute. We gave wine to family for Christmas gifts and I used the dresses to cover them.
Saturday Aaron's flight wasn't until 6 p.m. He had already bought his stepson, Andrew, candy from Chinatown. And he wanted to get his wife, Stefanie, some hippie jewelry in Berkeley. Unfortunately it was raining pretty heavily Saturday morning. Vendors come out on the weekends and set up on Telegraph--if you are familiar with Tucson, Telegraph is kinda like 4th Ave. Cool shops and restaurants and the college scene--or not, if you are old like me and no longer a cool college kid.
Well, we ventured out there anyway. There are still some cool shops--he was bound to find something. We first had brunch at The Drunken Boat--our fave breakfast place. (I tried to take Curt's dad, Ed, there when he was in town. We got there at 8:30 and it didn't open till 9. He was like, What kind of breakfast place doesn't open for breakfast? He had a good point. I looked down the street and it was deserted. Apparently Berkeley doesn't wake up early. So we ended up at IHOP.) Anyway, we ate and then wandered the cold street of Telegraph. There were a few brave vendors out. And Aaron lucked out and found a great necklace for Stefanie. We wandered a little more and I got some hot chocolate. Then back to the car. Right before we got home it started pouring. So we picked a perfect time to look for hippie jewelry.
Aaron left about 3 and took BART to the airport.
Curt was super busy all week at work. But he did get a few hours to wander the Expo and look at all the coo
l stuff.On Friday I met the guys in the city for dinner. We took the cable car to North Beach. We had a yummy dinner at Michaelangelo's. When Erica and Casey were in town we ate there. And we ate there with my mom and Fred in March. Every place we have eaten at in North Beach has been good. Anywhere you go will be yummy.
At the end of our dinner the server came around with a bowl made of cheese with lots of Parm cheese in it. Never seen that before. So I took a hunk of cheese.
Michaelangelo's also brings around a bowl of gummy bears. I eat all the red ones. :)
After dinner we walked back to the BART station. Much easier to walk back than to walk to North Beach. We walked through Chinatown and a few shops were still open. I stocked up on some more Chinese dresses. They are wine bottle covers--super cute. We gave wine to family for Christmas gifts and I used the dresses to cover them.
Saturday Aaron's flight wasn't until 6 p.m. He had already bought his stepson, Andrew, candy from Chinatown. And he wanted to get his wife, Stefanie, some hippie jewelry in Berkeley. Unfortunately it was raining pretty heavily Saturday morning. Vendors come out on the weekends and set up on Telegraph--if you are familiar with Tucson, Telegraph is kinda like 4th Ave. Cool shops and restaurants and the college scene--or not, if you are old like me and no longer a cool college kid.
Well, we ventured out there anyway. There are still some cool shops--he was bound to find something. We first had brunch at The Drunken Boat--our fave breakfast place. (I tried to take Curt's dad, Ed, there when he was in town. We got there at 8:30 and it didn't open till 9. He was like, What kind of breakfast place doesn't open for breakfast? He had a good point. I looked down the street and it was deserted. Apparently Berkeley doesn't wake up early. So we ended up at IHOP.) Anyway, we ate and then wandered the cold street of Telegraph. There were a few brave vendors out. And Aaron lucked out and found a great necklace for Stefanie. We wandered a little more and I got some hot chocolate. Then back to the car. Right before we got home it started pouring. So we picked a perfect time to look for hippie jewelry.
Aaron left about 3 and took BART to the airport.
2 Comments:
Gummy bears? Cheese bowl? Oh my, I'm incredibly jealous. :-)
oooh, dinner at Michelangelo's! My mouth waters just thinking about it!
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