A Feast for Foodies and a Diamond of a Stairway Walk

Went into San Francisco today, despite the rain, because it's Wednesday, and we thought the Farmers Market was at the Ferry Building.   (it wasn't, it's tomorrow, but it was fine, it was actually less crowded)  This is our favorite location in San Francisco, the first place we tell people  to visit here.   An old building converted into shops, restaurants and also hosts a fantastic Farmers Market on saturdays, and, yes, on thursdays!   Wonderful food all around, wonderful shopping.
Had lunch there at Out the Door, the take out place of The Slanted Door, one of the top restaurants in San Francisco.    It was very good, of course!  Then, went food shopping, and here is the bounty:

goodies from the Ferry Building

Acme Bread----rustic rye bread

Baccaloni Sausage--regular Salami

Miette Bakery--a brownie

Tcho chocolate (from their nearby factory) assorted chocolates

Cowgirl Creamery--montgomery cheddar cheese, Point Reyes Blue Cheese,plus 2 other assorted Bellweather cheeses, hand churned butter

some of these will be gifts, but so good!

Then, we did a Stairway Walk, which has been one of my continual goals out here, from the book,

Stairway Walks of San Francisco.   I haven't done a walk in quite a while, as it's sometimes hard to get into the city.    We decided to do this today, even though it was raining, though at that point, not very hard.    It's called the Diamond Heights walk, as that is the area it is in.   well, we walked up and down a few streets, and then realized we could not do the whole thing on foot!   We'd have to return to do that, if we did nothing else that day.  These are hills, people, steep, steep hills, knee hurting on the way up and the way down.    So, we drove part of it, that which we could.  It is gorgeous, a neighborhood we've never seen before.  Gorgeous views of the whole city and the Bay from atop the hills, just wonderful!  you have to look closely because it looks all like mountains, but it's the city in the lower picture, amid the trees, and the Bay behind that.

view from Diamond Street

We came home after that, needing to get out of the city before the traffic got crazy.  The rain got much, much worse, and that just about cripples this city.   Not something to scoff at though, as flooding happens very quickly.   As much as they need the rain, it can cause havoc.  The driving was very bad, very foggy, poor visability and a steady rain.

Came home to feed our charges, and it was a whole new thing, going into the barnyard in the rain and mud!    Oddly enough, I found 6 eggs today, the most I've found yet.    Strange!

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