It's a Lovely Day in the Neighborhood

A stairway walk at last!   The nicest day so far, sunny and warm.   Drove into San Francisco to do a Stairway walk.   This walk took us to North Beach and Telegraph Hill.  We weren't able to complete it, however, as we only had an hour on our meter.  I will complete this one at some point, though we've done part of it.   We missed going up Telegraph Hill and then going on the Greenwich Stairs, which we have done many times before.  That's where "The Parrots of Greenwich Hill" was filmed, if you have seen that.  It is a gorgeous stairway walk!   Anyway our mini version took us up about 6 streets, meandered through little side streets that you'd never know are there, and went up a few stairways.
This walk is from this book called "Stairway Walks in San Francisco" by Adah Bakalinksy.    http://sfstairwaywalks.weebly.com/index.html I have been doing these for the past 4 years, am determined to do them all.  This book is wonderful because it takes you on the walk, street by street, giving you all sorts of information about the area.   We end up exploring neighborhoods we'd never see otherwise, as well as getting very good exercise.
Found a really nice place to eat in nearby North Beach,  Cafe Lucca.   We had a light lunch, soup and salad, but it was excellent.  Everything was fresh and sustainable, of course.
We then went to the Legion of Honor, where Dan dropped me off so I could see an exhibit called "Pulp Fashion:  The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave".  
It  was fascinating!   She refashioned dresses through the ages out of PAPER to represent different eras.   She'd use famous paintings as her models, and recreate them almost perfectly.   As interesting as her technique, were the original fashions to me.  I love fashion exhibits, and this one was very lovely.   She also designed some "sets" for the costume, like a kasbah you walked into, with a painted background.   Very clever.
Later that night, we went out to eat with our friends, Marcia and Fred, and their friends, Jack and Beppie.   I met Marcia a few years ago through jazzercize, then last year found out she was getting a bone marrow transplant, so you know we really bonded then.   We had a nice time with them, went to The China Garden, which was very good.   We are bloated.