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Mark and I visited two extraordinary places in San Francisco last year, places that we will re-visit every time we return.  If you travel the very Northern portion of California's Highway 101, you get used to seeing the Benbow Inn, and thinking "One day I'll find out more about that, or stay there," just before you get to Garberville.  I was just expecting to do some textile-stash enhancement when I stepped into Bay Quilts in Richmond, CA last month, but turned to my right, and WOW!  We were headed out to see old friends and their newish son, and Mark asked if I wanted to stop at any quilt shops.  It's almost time to get tickets to go to the 2024 Pacific International Quilt Festival, and last year's quilts still deserve attention.  We had a quick trip to San Francisco, and while Cheri went to the quilting convention, I walked down to the piers . . .  "Modernism" has really taken over a segment of quilting; in fact there is an annual national show of "modern" quilts, which will be in Raleigh next year.  We are selling the house that we had planned to remodel into our "permanent" home, so Mark has been extra busy since we returned from San Francisco.  I've realized that I usually lead with a group of pictorial quilts when I've been at a big show.  I talked the other day about the 883 pieces of local art exhibited at the de Young Museum, now until January 7.  We started our Bay Area vacation yesterday at Eats on Clement Street.  Image Credit: www.eatsrestaurantsf.com
We came to San Francisco because we still have a timeshare here, and to visit a multi-day quilt exhibit in Santa Clara.  I started reading the cookbook Mi Cocina, in which author Rick Martinez says that he could happily meander the neighborhoods of Mexico City in nine-hour stretches, which reminded me that I never posted the last of our San Francisco curiosities.  The thing I love the very most about San Francisco is all of the unusual things that you discover while meandering its streets.  Brian Wilson was a major part of the San Francisco Giants' 2010 incredible season, leading to their first World Series win since moving to California.  We still have a timeshare in San Francisco, so decided to spend Thanksgiving here. The plan had been to also visit friends and family in Monterey, but we realized that the three days we had scheduled was not enough, so that will have to be another trip.  I know, the picture doesn't match the title, but I had to put one of Mark and me up top, since our first date was 38 years ago today. This one was a few years ago, in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens. Soon I'll do a post on how we met, or "Why We're Living This Life."  |
