I remember my childhood perspective of San Francisco so vividly. Coming up from the underground at Market and Powell I was speechless. When I realized that was the same spot Garrett would be I wondered if it would hold the same magic for him. Some things don't change. Although Garrett wasn't speechless. He cried out, "WHOA!!! WHOA!!! Mom, look! Wow," and here was the surprising part, "Look at all the pigeons!!" Pigeons? Not the observation I expected! But seeing San Francisco through his perspective was priceless. Eventually there was the reaction to the skyscrapers, the people passing by in thousands, the trolley cars. He loved it. He loved hearing seven different languages while standing in the streetcar, trying jellyfish in Chinatown, gawking at street performers...every detail. Watching him see it all for the first time made it seem fresh to me, too.
The food was over-priced and mediocre, but Garrett's enthusiasm made it totally worth it.
Garrett loves breakdancing, so to see these street performers live was pretty cool for him. He practiced his moves all night!
Of course while my mom was there we couldn't resist chocolate mecca. Their caramel hot chocolate with sea salt was SO GOOD!
I managed to straighten out a few things...LOL...I have NO IDEA how you managed to do that! I haven't laughed that hard for a long time! YAY, your blog is already SO much fun for me :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great post. I feel like I'm seeing San Fransisco for the first time too. Great pictures Krissy!
I want more!!!!
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