almost 5 years ago

Monday, April 02, 2007

SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY. Saturday I had french toast that was out of this world! Then the hippies took me to The Crocker Museum which inspired me a great deal. I've now got tons of ideas about what to do with my millions of pictures AND how to paint my bathroom. (I know, Olivia, finally!) Soon after the museum, we hit the road. More breathtaking scenery on the way to Calistoga, because it's the wine country.  We stayed at a very nice hotel with a spa and such, but I took a bath because I forgot my bathingsuit. This just isn't usually the type of vacation where I bring my bathingsuit. Sunday, we left wine country and headed into SFO. On the way we stopped in Sausalito, which is the most picturesque little city on the bay. Being a huge tourist location, I loved being immersed in a pool of languages and very European looking families. The whole city is stretched right along the water with a great view of the bridge and Alcatraz. And a man was balancing rocks on the shore without any glue! I had coconut sorbet and that made my afternoon! Next stop was across the Golden Gate and into Ghirardelli Square. A funny panhandler was on the corner. Last year he played jazz sax, this year he was rapping and although it was cute, he was too forceful for my taste (...in the art of bumming?) My dad is becoming vastly interested in art galleries. It's fun. But he buys so many of their books saying "Oh! Somebody will enjoy this." He says the books are coffee table art - yet, our only coffee table is still being used as a home for our little Christmas tree. (A real tree, yes. I'll expand another time.) Today is Monday. We plan on doing the windows for our house on Poplar. It's going to be a non-vacationy day. That's fine with me :) Editor's notes: I love reading my old writing. I remember showing my dad Death Cab for Cutie on the drive through wine country, via some pretty poor radio reception. Also, I never bring my bathing suits on vacation, still 4.5 years later. I don't quite know why.