More fun in San Francisco

I had a really nice day today. Alot of sunshine and walking and of course a bit more food. I went to the post office to mail a few souvenirs home and on the way toward Market St on the train I sat down next to this really sweet old lady. She was struggling to put her bracelet on by herself and so I offered to help and she said "oh, its better to do it for yourself, you'll never get anywhere if you always have help" she said that being old has an advantage though since she always gets a seat on the train. She said "buy yourself a wig, you'll be amazed what it can get you" it was fantastic! What a great woman she was. Little did she know I already own wigs!

I headed up towards Jan's place in Cow Hollow and ended up on Union Street. Jan and I had a nice lunch and caught up on funny tour guide stories. It was really nice. She has had to do camping trips and they are alot more work, so she got a laugh when I'd talk about the trouble of staying at hotels.
We found an outside table at Perry's and I ordered the Blue Plate Special which was Prime Rib Sandwich with Mashed Potatoes. It was really really good. The meat was perfectly done and it melted in your mouth. The whole thing was just delicious.

I rode the bus down Fillmore and got off at Lower Haight thinking I'd have some 3 Twins ice cream but then it hit me! I hadn't gotten Guven's shirt bought yet! So off I went to find that same store...I walked up the street thinking I'd get to the bus stop in time but I missed it by a block, of course! I went into the costume shop on Haight and was not nearly impressed like I am with Boise's Costume Shop. That place is still my favorite. I know people in this city are master costumers though so I won't discredit them at all! I'm staying with a group of people who wear costumes to perform so I'm sure there is more good stuff out there. Anyways. I caught the bus and went up to the thrift store and found a shirt I think he'll like so its off to the post office once more to get that headed to England.

On my way back down towards the K Line I stopped in at 3 Twins for a scoop of delicious homemade ice cream. I chose the Lemon Ginger Cookie ice cream. It was good. Not sorbet like at all, it was ice cream flavored with lemon and then big cookie chunks mixed in, wow, out of this world good!! For once I was busy eating and didn't snap its photo. How sad. But how good! Thats it in the photo, the bright green store front.
So I got my ice cream fix finally. I still haven't had success eating at Birite. I must get that done today or tomorrow!

I had a leisurly train ride home and all the roommates were here so we had a good time getting food eaten and making a plan for the trip to Smugglers Cove. What a place! Unless you know the address you would never find it. The number is above the door and thats the only indication. It wasn't until we walked up to the door and a man (who looked like he was just standing outside on his phone) comes up and cards us and then opens the door. Ooh and what a shock! You walk right into a fantastic little bar that resembles (loosely) a ships hold. I pretended it did. We went down stairs which stands next to a wall of water, it was pretty neat the water sort of runs down the wall to the lower floor and fills a pool.
We were handed drink menus the size of a regular restaurant and proceeded to read our way through the rums. Oh the rums! Leigh decided he was going to get a flight of rum. Called the Bounty. It had 4 types of rum in it Rhum JM, Mount Gay 1703, Appleton Estate 21 Year, Ron Zacapa XO.

I had a rum and coke, which is sacrilege by the way. I had a Brugal (which I LOVE) but it was called Extra Viejo no Anejo which I usually have.
Barbara had a Bombo which was really good. Rum with demerara sugar and freshly grated nutmeg on the top

After we managed all that Colleen showed up and joined me in having a mojito. It was really good! She hadn't eaten though so we finished those and then headed to Frjtz for some Belgian fries and dips. They are famous for the choices of dips we had 5 between us. Moroccan Lemon Saffron Aioli, Pesto Mayo, Bacon Mayo, White Truffle Artichoke Ketchup and Smokey Honey Mustard. I of course went white trash on them and got regular ketchup too. But the Moroccan one wow!! We put lids on them and then headed home. It was great fun! Leigh and Barbara sip rum and recognize the tastes etc. I've honestly never done that so it was a learning experience for me. I'm so glad they wanted to go along! I came home and mentioned that the Chow girls had listed it as worthy of a stop and Leigh had already heard all about it and was excited to go! These guys are great, Colleen had parked closer to the bar then we had so Leigh (our DD) drove us to Frjtz, she said "this car is from the future, or Sweden" when Leigh couldn't find the place for the key, it was really funny!

Poor Joe had a hurt wing so he stayed home. When we got home he'd warmed up the oven and we put in an apple crumble. It was too hot to eat and we were all tired so we stashed out of kitty's reach and went to bed.
That was Thursday. What a nice day. The weather has been amazing here as well which makes the exploring all the more fun!
This is Friday evening now and I'm just catching up. Barbara is about to "bounce" to an aerobics video and i went and got bread to have with my sausage and cheese. Oh to have a salad soon!
I went with Joe to the office and dropped off my stuff and got my papers on the next tour. I have 12, a good mix of people all singles it seems like. This tour could be interesting because though I've been to a place I'll be doing it on a different timeline and we all know how I suck at timelines. Yikes! That will be blog worthy I'm sure, not to mention I have three dietary restrictions in the group. But more on that when it happens.
I rode the train to West Portal Station and then found the bus that would take me to Portola Road and Tower Molly Stones. I really enjoyed that store. All sorts of things I can't find in Idaho and it was great fun!
Then it was off to the post office to mail Guven's Hawaiian shirt and then home for a nap. What a great week I've had. Very lazy, but things I've needed to get done are all within reach and that puts me at ease. This area is great, not so much work to find a good market or a Walgreens or a post office!
Tonight I'll try the sausages and see how I did on choosing some.

Smugglers Cove...shhh don't tell!