Caught a bus to Union Square and wandered around a few shops, decided that Saks has
not the right type of clothes for Andrew! We lunched at a Mexican place on chicken
burrito's, really good. We found Lori's Diner, which is a 50's place, playing Elvis and
Patsy Cline etc. so stopped there for coffee and pancakes. It has a motor bike over the
counter and and old Edsel car at the back of the cafe and red glitter vinyl booths and
stools, really cool! Wandered up though Chinatown (do you get the feeling that we like
this area?) Down to Fisherman's Wharf from there, where we bought a fleece jacket each, as
it's very cold today. Andrew's is navy, I wanted a tangerine one, but Andrew said
that I looked like Kenny, so we got me a red one. Now I look like a beef tomato, but he
says that he won't lose me! (which was the lesser of the two evil's I ask myself?) Still
at least I don't find myself dying on a daily basis, which has to be good news huh? At
F.W. we picked up our tickets for our evening cruise to Alcatraz, the place is amazing! A really good tour
with guides to tell you the whole history, from army barracks when it was used as a fort,
right through to present day. There is an audio tour through the prison with tapes
recorded by past prisoners and wardens, which really adds to the atmosphere. It was a
really brilliant evening and Andrew and I agreed that it's one of our favorite places so
far! The skyline of San Francisco all lit up for the evening was something to behold too.
I don't know how well we captured it, as Andrew was complaining of wrong lenses etc. and I
ran out of video battery eventually, but hopefully, enough to see how incredibly beautiful
it looks at night! Well we're not sure what we are up to tomorrow, should have been a Napa
Valley wine tasting outing, but looks like Virgin have screwed up yet again as our tickets
should have turned up two days back, and have not appeared! Looks like the Intrepid
Explorers may be walking there too. Well it's time for bed now, Toto Andrew and
Laura are off to sleep, talk to you soon, love and hugs.
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