Day in the City !

Yesterday we stretched our boundaries a bit and headed to San Francisco. It was an absolutely beautiful day......sunny and warm....in a city that's often foggy and windy. We decided to come into the city from the Golden Gate Bridge rather than the Bay Bridge and it was so worth the extra miles. We diverted from our destination briefly and drove a while out along the Marin headlands......it couldn't have been more beautiful. After crossing into the city we sought out a grocery store and bought some picnic fixings.......sourdough bread and some shrimp....yummm! We found a place to park down at Ocean Beach .....staked out our spot in the sand and enjoyed a warm, sunny lunch on the beach........a rarity in SF !
Our actual reason to come into SF had to do with meeting Dan and Anna. They were coming up to meet with a historical papers dealer who is handling Dan's grandfather's vast and valuable collection. We met Dan and Anna at their hotel and headed over to the dealer's office and spent several hours looking over the fascinating papers......letters from the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson......lots of Pony Express letters and Gold Rush era photos , letters ,books and maps. The collection is the largest of it's type and will demand top dollar at the auction to be held this Thursday. Anyhow......the photos I've posted were taken when we were looking everything over. The young woman is ,of course, Dan's wonderful wife Anna and sitting with her is Dan's long time friend from UCSD, Lolo. The man pictured with Dan is the dealer .......I can't remember his name, but he was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humor.
After leaving the office , with plans to meet the "dealer" and his wife for dinner we headed out to walk around Chinatown. It felt great to stretch our legs and visit some more with Dan and Anna....... we got in a nice long stroll on the hills of SF. We met the other couple at seven for dinner at a lovely French restaurant....enjoyed a wonderful dinner and said our goodbyes around 10:00. All in all an awesome day......something out of the ordinary for us "Country Mice"......and nice to know we can still hold our own with the "City Folk"!
Good to be home today.......still and always the "place we want to be" !