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Ghirardelli
Square
Really didn’t do much here except eat
at a wonderful restaurant and go into Ghirardelli’s and smell the
wonderful chocolate. There are some great little shops here –
especially the one with all the dog ornaments, including a wooden sign
that says "Skye Terrier on Guard Here" – which I might get
if I go back on another Busman’s Holiday. I brought home some hot
chocolate mix and a Ghirardelli’s cook book for Stephanie, but since I’d
dropped a ton of money at Scotland Gifts in Jack London Square
(including on toffee, fudge and Edinburgh Rock) I didn’t bring any
chocolate back for the nurses in the office. I’m still trying to get
them to forgive me for that! But, anyhow, back to the great "fish
supper" I had. I loved the swordfish I ordered, but found out later
in the night, back in the hotel, midnight or thereabouts, that I
swordfish didn’t agree with me. Once I took care of that little
problem, I had a greater appreciation for the fishermen in "The
Perfect Storm."
Have a little story about Elsie, I think
it is. When we lived in Paradise, I took the kids to San Francisco for a
couple of days on holiday. We went to Ghirardelli Square, and my wee
lass liked the flowers so much she picked one or two – as my mother
would say, "bairnlike." My, oh, my ! That security guard was
on top of me like a ton of bricks, yelling, "Don’t let your
children near those flowers. They’re not for picking." And there
I am, a baby on my back in one of those carrier contraptions, and four
other kids under 10 to keep an eye on, and this guy is threatening to
give me a ticket! I think I told him to go ahead and arrest me, give me
a rest, and he could babysit my children – or something like that.
Such happy childhood memories we have!
But I actually took this snapshot for one
of the nurses in our office who was recently on a training conference
trip to New Orleans a week or so before Mardi Gras. She had so many
funny stories about how girls collect beads at that time of the year,
that the mermaids reminded me of how much she made us laugh.
Ghirardelli Square is at the terminus of
the Cable Cars. I remember taking the children on one of those rides
about the time I was being threatened with arrest. The Susan B. Anthony
dollar coins had just been put into circulation and they were used as
cable car tokens because nobody would use them for anything else, since
they were too easily confused with quarters. |
