Drunken Owls and Other Delights

So let's see...first day of vacation, of course we sleep in (which for us means waking up at 7am rather than 5am...oh so decadent!), and then up for morning news watching while having our morning cup o' joe.

By 10am we were out on the road--sort of. Took the 1 bus downtown to Chinatown, looked in a few places but didn't buy anything (although there were a few dragon sculptures I was tempted by, even if they were fake stone). We made our way down to the Macy's near Union Square where we saw one puppy and a number of kitties in the window! :D

Then over to the Westfield Centre (aka SF Center, aka the downtown mall with the Bloomingdales, aka the mall where all the hooligan kids hang out after school) for some more shopping. Emm got a few sweaters from the Eddie Bauer store...I was tempted by a few things, but decided against it. After that we stopped at Borders where I finally got the new Cory Doctorow, and then downstairs to the tea place to check out the great selection they have. And no, we did not stop at Beard Papa's down in the basement, however tempting it may have been.

After that...a long walk up windy and cold Market Street up to the Ferry Building. We did want to eat at Taylor's, but the place was packed, so we stopped at the Golden Gate Meat Company for an incredibly tasty lunch (note to Mythbusters fans--this company is where the gang gets their spare, er, pig parts. :p ). Then over to the Hyatt to check out their REALLY FUNKY Christmas decorations. As I didn't have my real camera with me, I took some phone camera pix which I will upload at some point when I figure out how. Then one last stop in Embarcadero Center for some browsing and some candy-buying at See's (come on, I couldn't resist), and then on the LONG bus ride home. Topped off of course with a pitstop at Angelina's for more coffee! :D

So yeah, nothing too exciting, and it rained for approximately five minutes, but we got some more shopping done, and a lot of walking in!