AFTER A BUSY WEEK,

IT'S TIME FOR A DAY OF LEISURE 

WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO SAN FRANCISCO IN A WHILE, SO TOOK THE FERRY OVER TO THE FERRY BUILDING, AND THEN WALKED TO PIER 39.

AND LOOK AT THIS, THEY'RE PUTTING IN A NEW CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL.  IT MAKES A CRUISE OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO, TO ALASKA, SOUND PRETTY GOOD. 

WE ARRIVE AT PIER 39, ALONG WITH BUSLOADS OF SCHOOL KIDS  FITTING IN THEIR LAST FIELD TRIP OF THE YEAR.

IF YOU'RE IN SAN FRANCISCO, YOU JUST HAVE TO WALK TO THE END OF THE PIER.  EVERY TIME WE SEE ALCATRAZ, WE SAY THIS IS THE YEAR WE'LL TAKE A TOUR.  

I DON'T THINK I'VE EATEN AT CASTAGNOLA'S IN YEARS, 

BUT IT WAS A GREAT CHOICE, RIGHT ALONG THE WATER.

AND JUST LOOK AT THIS FOOD!  I HAD A CRAB SANDWICH, AND DARYL HAD THE CRAB LOUIE.  ISN'T IT THE BEST LOOKING CRAB LOUIE YOU'VE EVER SEEN???

IT'S NOT A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO IF YOU DON'T GO TO GHIRARDELHI SQUARE FOR YOUR FREE PIECE OF CHOCOLATE.

REMEMBER, THEY HAVE THE LITTLE SHOP, OVER IN THE CORNER, WHERE YOU CAN GET CANDY OR ICE CREAM.  WELL, SINCE WE WERE THERE  IN MARCH, THEY'VE ADDED A SECOND  STORE WITH A LARGE PATIO FOR OUTSIDE DINING.

THE STORE IS HUGE, AND THEY HAVE A LARGE EATING AREA IN THE BACK OF IT.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS CUTE!

ANOTHER NEW STORE, FULL OF OILS, VINEGARS, AND SPICES, AND I DO MEAN FULL.  I SEE A TRIP BACK FOR SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN MY FUTURE.

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE, LIKE THIS GUY AND HIS MUSICAL RHYMES,

OR GOLD MAN, SILVER MAN, AND WHOEVER THIS ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

TIME TO CATCH THE FERRY.

WITH A GLASS OF WINE FOR THE TRIP.
TRULY A DAY OF LEISURE!