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Sunday, we went back to San Francisco.
We walked down to The Maritime Museum

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

And went into the little store with a nice collection of Nautical Books and Maritime Collectibles

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

We walked right next door to Aquatic Beach

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

Ghiradelli Square and The Cannery are nearby.

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

We went onto Pompeii’s a restaurant right next to Lou’s Pier 47

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

We got on a Tour Bus
San Francisco Sightseeing
Took the city tour, saw China Town, Tallest building in San Francisco, City Bookstore and more.
The city has trolleys from all over the world.

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

We went past City Hall

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

We got off at Wahsington Square and went into St. Peter and Paul Church

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

Onto The Beat Museum…it was closed (on Mondays)

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

We went to The City Lights Bookstore
http://www.citylights.com/

We ate at a little cafe on Stockton St.

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

And caught the tour bus back at Washington Square

From San Francisco March 8th late afternoon

Joan and Ray take us into Lakeport, a very cute town.
The Morning was a wee bit misty:

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We went to Konocti Resort and took a picture of the extinct Volcano

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Concerts are held at the resort. Boats can pull up and listen to the music or attend in the stadium.

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After thate we went onto Kelseyville

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Where we went to Wildhurst Winery. We enjoyed their wine all weekend long. In addition to being grape growers, they also grow pears.
You can read their newsletter here:

We went back to the cabin and Joan, Bernie and I went back out to some local thrift shops where I picked up a couple of vases for my mantel (one broke), at Penny Lane:

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The same evening we went to Sicily’s for a very tasty dinner.
http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5172/764/

Friday, March 6th, 2009
Joan and Ray take us to Lakeport to their beautiful home there on Clear Lake.

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From Lakeport, CA_3_07_09

We had a very peaceful evening there taking in the view, reading books, by the fire.

Well, today is or was day 3…Bernie is zzzzing away….I am still up…
thought I would add a couple of notes..

We didn’t do too much today.
We had a bagel from the coffee shop across the street with coffee back in our room…Bernie
went to get it.

From San Francisco

We then went out and walked around…finally went to the safeway looking for flip flops..none, walgreens for flip flops…none:( so we went to World Market…a store with an international flair…so the name:)
Here is their website:
http://www.worldmarket.com/
Bernie got a little bored, no problem, he just went to the barnes and noble…right next door.
I saw some fabulous curtains that I want for Chuck’s room, but the lady couldn’t find them even they were in the inventory…so she will call me tom. …hope she finds them.
I am liking the drapery rods…check out these:
Nice Carved Wooden ones

Lots of nice baskets
Bernie liked the Narrow Ones
Bernie thought we could put our mail in them…the ones we looked at were with a dark stain.

so, off to Barnes and Noble to get Bernie…I had a piece of cheesecake for lunch and some orange juice.

Then it was off to Trader Joes a neighborhood grocer store.
with “delicious foods and beverages from the basics like milk, bread and butter to more exotic fare like imported cheeses, organic produce and hand-tossed pizza from Italy.”
We got some strawberries, milk for our coffee…(they brought a complimentary fridge in our room)
some wine, a Rodney Strong estate, Savignon Blanc (let you know how it is)
and some cheddar and braeburn apples..oh and of course, big bear Bernie’s blackberries.

Then we carried our wares back to the hotel and ate a couple of blackberries and went back
out to shop…we stopped at a couple of clothing shops…lots of t-shirts and hoodies….
and on to a souvenir store that had cameras…b. bought one but we are taking it back tom.
it was overpriced as we discovered online.

Then, back at the room Bernie waited for Jerry to come pick him up…Jerry is an old friend of ours
from Philly days. They had not seen one another in 20 some years. They went onto dinner and
I ate in the hotel restaurant called Knuckles
We are staying at the Hyatt at Fishermans Wharf

Take the Tour of the Hotel and Restaurant

Bernie and Jerry went to a restaurant called Mel’s…not the diner but some other place I have to check out.

Ok, it’s off to bed for me…