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Tuesday
May242011

san francisco

  

 

 

    

  

Yep, it was wonderful! It was catching up with four girlfriends I've known since kindergarten and giggling through the night. It was meandering through the Ferry Building Marketplace with a rich soy cappuccino from Blue Bottle Coffee and selecting an assortment of dark chocolate bars to replenish our stash at home. It was a day trip to Napa-Sonoma for wine tasting in warm sunshine with the company of ancient redwood trees and a red tailed hawk. It was finding a cozy cafe near our hotel that became our communal kitchen. It was hours of solitude after the others had left, spent in Golden Gate Park where I roamed through the Japanese Tea Garden and said hello to the albino alligator at The California Academy of Sciences. In fortuitous happenstance I came upon a free outdoor symphony concert. I sat inside the music of Tchaikovsky and felt so splendidly alive.

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Reader Comments (5)

Mmmmmm. It sounds wonderful. All of it.

Welcome home!

May 25, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth

You have been missed!! :) It sounds (and looks) like you trip was replenishing to your soul. :) Oh, and I am in love with fortuitous happenstance...

May 25, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterStephanie

such rich pictures. :)

love hearing the details of your trip! I have a soft spot for hawks

May 25, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterbrooke

thanks ladies. :)

May 26, 2011 | Registered Commenterlovely and imperfect

I have so been looking forward to a photo taste of your trip and I was not disappointed. Just wish I could see it all in person and taste those cherries and replenish my chocolate bar stash ....love all the photos....love the fish . m

May 27, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMartha

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