we call it "relaxing," not "boring"

Oh, I had a whole long post detailing our weekend in San Francisco, which was not actually very detailed because mostly all we did was eat good food & take long walks in the wrong direction (thanks, Google Maps, I owe you one), & thus we completely failed to hit any of the crafty hotspots except Britex.  And Kinokuniya, but that was by accident (see:  long walk, wrong direction). 

But then New Typepad ate it, & I'm not sure that we are not all better off for it being reduced to the single paragraph above.

Also, despite lugging the big camera around all weekend, in the end I took exactly two pictures, both inside the hotel:

This is the most comfortable bed ever.

This is the view from our hotel room.

Ta-da.

But, really, thanks to all of you SF suggestion-makers.  I have an extensive & interesting-looking list of cool shops & etc. for the next time we go, &, frankly, there are worse things than organizing a weekend around great vegetarian food (to wit:  Millenium, Herbivore (we had very cheerful + efficient service at the Divisadero location -- beware extremely liberal onion use), Papalote, Weird Fish).

And, also,  I got to go to Britex.

It was a little overwhelming, but since when has being slightly overwhelmed stopped me from buying fabric?  The remnant floor was my favorite, but they'd also just gotten a fresh Liberty shipment in so I stood around & ogled for a while.

I made sure our "well, we might as well, since we're HERE" trip to Kinokuniya wasn't wasted either:

I especially like that little dress.  The mother/daughter matching isn't really my scene, but there's some cute kid stuff in this book.  (I would immediately return home & proceed to make some dresses from a completely different Japanese craft book, but that's another post.)

Those pictures are from after I got home, by the way.  Seriously, two pictures.  The entire weekend.

Comments

[mikawendy]

I love how the colors in the photo of the view from your room are very similar to the colors in the fabrics that you bought.

[Kirsten]

Sometimes the camera free trips can be the best trips. Sounds like fun and good to have an excuse to go back.

[Jacquie]

Sometimes those wrong directions can result in fun serendipity! Sounds and looks (your shopping loot) like you had a good time.

[Marcelle]

I have done the exact same things (walked in the wrong direction and organized a trip around vegetarian food) in Victoria, Canada. (For the record: Rebar Modern Food is worth a stop.)

[Melissa H]

I somehow missed your post asking for SF suggestions but I just got back from a day of crafty wanderings in the city including, of course, kinokuniya although I skipped britex this time. I was sitting down to post about my day and review Herbivore (divisadero location) where, I agree, the service was nice but all 4 items we ordered were kinda icky which was a disappointment. Next time I'm told I should try Cafe Gratitude for veg food. Oh well ;) Oh, and it wasn't google maps fault but I spent the entire day lost as well.

[Joe the Dog Lover]

I like to fly by the seat of my pants myself.

[nicole]

hi there,

i have had a lovely time reading through your entries. It has reminded me about a pattern i was trying to find.

For Kids Who Have Started to Walk - Japanese Sewing Book. I never did find it, but thank you for inspiring me to search again.

[cheap ed hardy]

For Kids Who Have Started to Walk - Japanese Sewing Book. I never did find it, but thank you for inspiring me to search again.

[Google Advertising]

Taking a tour just anywhere else is a lot of exciting and adventures. The photo of those pillows is same as with my pillows too. And I miss bonding with my little sister, we had fun always. It was so nice to see a mother and a daughter holding hands together.

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