This morning, surprisingly, we got up late. No headaches. Emily has a runny nose and a cold coming on. No hangovers. Maybe I wasn’t that drunk.
I was first up. Went to our kitchen and made coffee for the two of us. Because I’m a nice guy, that’s why. We both got ready quite slowly. It’s vacay, I don’t gotta be quick. We took showers, got dressed, watched GMA and Kelly. Finally done we went out for coffee and food. Hopefully at the same place.
Good news, we found a coffee shop nearby. Not Starbucks. Nice place, all seats taken. Coffee was excellent, banana bread was good. We were happy.
We are within 5 minutes walk of the place of fine arts. Since I haven’t been there in over 40 years, and Emily never, we went there. I’ve read a couple books on Worlds Fairs so I was interested in seeing this again. It was built for the 1915 Pan Pacific Expo and is magnificent in size and scope. The arches and monuments are just gigantic. Surrounded by a park with lots of ponds and swans and ducks. The neighborhood around it is also quite beautiful. We spent about an hour wandering around it and through it.
We cruised back to the hotel for a little constitutional. Next up, a Lyft to Ghirardelli Square. I was here last year with Marika to do some Christmas shopping. Today we ended up retracing our steps from that trip. We checked out all that Ghirardelli had to offer – the cheese school, the fancy and weird liquor store, jewelry, etc. It was fun.
We followed the shoreline from there. Stopping at Patagonia and every tourist store between us and the Ferry Marketplace, which was our final destination. The stores on the way have an incredible array of crap and t shirts and socks and whatever. We did buy a jar of awesome horseradish. Hotter than hell. Delicious. Not much else. We had walked a mile and still had a couple to go. We decided to hail a Lyft for the next two miles to the Ferry Building.
Now, I suppose if you’ve never been to the refurbed Ferry Building you might not know how Uber cool all the shops and eateries are. This is where all the ferries dock and drop there passengers. So it can be crowded. Emily and I walked up one side and down the other checking out every single store. We had a blast. Though not much to report on. No purchases, not even food. Still fun.
Time for another Lyft. Back to the motel. We are going to dinner later at House if Prime Rib. A family favorite. We don’t have a reservation, they have none available till March. We are going in early and sitting in the bar till we get a table. At least we will get a drink.
We arrived close to when they open. There was an opening at 530 which is when they seat for dinner. So we sat for an hour. I ordered a Manhattan. Here they bring you the whole shaker so it’s like 2 1/2 drinks, price of one. Emily has a one drink drink. This place has five different cocktails that are double like mine. Love this place.
House of Prime Rib is special. They have one thing they do well. And their menu shows it. Two pages, on the left, 3 cuts of prime rib. On the right side, all the sides (5), and a couple desserts. There is a fish dish, always, off menu. That’s it. Hey, it’s House of Prime Rib. The prime rib is very good. I should mention, they have the largest collection of wine I have ever seen in a restaurant. We bought a bottle. Which we took half home. No drunks tonight. We did take our time and hung out eating and sitting around for a good couple of hours.
After dinner we caught a Lyft back to the hotel. Watched a little TV and went to bed. Big day done.