Sisters Get-away

First of all, in case you didn't know, I am not photogenic, never have, never will be. So when I display any pics of myself, it's not for my own self indulgence, but for my memories. Now that I got that out of the way. My little sister Rhonda, I love her dearly, took me and my older sister Dawn on a much needed sisters outing. All expenses paid too. It was a whirlwind, but oh so fun. We stayed at the Palace Hotel, you'll have to check it out, Located on New Montgomery St right off of Market St. Very opulent, very Palatial! It was a mad dash to check in and then not knowing where Wicked was playing we took a taxi to the theater. Unbeknownst to us it was only about 5 blocks away. Now I never had the desire to see this play but I did hear of it. It was a nice surprise. Can I say it was soooooooooooo good! It got over around 11pm and because we hadn't eaten dinner we were so hungry. We decided to walk back to the hotel since everyone else seemed to be walking too. It was kind of strange, here it was 11:00 at night and there was so many people out at night. We never felt afraid we just kept walking with the crowd. We were going to order room service but who wants to pay $15 for nachos, or pretzels. So we got dressed again and went out and got the next best thing, the good ol standby, Mickey D"s. We brought it back to our room and had own own little party. Oh did I tell you the room had a King size bed, not two beds. I wish I took a picture of this. Me and my bright idea, I told my sisters we could sleep sideways that way we would fit better, poor Rhonda she got put in the middle. It was pretty comical. We actually slept pretty good. The reason Rhonda was in the middle is because she said she is always cold, well she said later that she actually got hot. She tried not wake us and every once in a while she said she would put out one leg out at a time to try and cool herself. I never woke up. We woke up around eight and I told them I wanted to take them to the next best thing to heaven. There is the best FOOD Court underneath the Market St Westfield's Mall. I'm telling you it is the best. We got there around 10:30am and Bristol Farms is the best place to eat. It's better than Whole Foods. You take a small box and you just fill it with what you want to eat. Of course you are charged by the pound. Let me just say, someone's box was a couple of pounds, not mine, someone elses. I have said the word "Best" a lot haven't I. I'll try and come up with some alternatives. Okay after we ate, course that is the most important thing. We walked up to Union Square, because Dawn hadn't been up there in years. Then we start asking each other, okay now where do you want to go to next? So off to Macy's, I needed to get some more lotion. Okay, while they were testing perfume I was waiting "patiently" to purchase my lotion. I guess city people are not used to people being patient, because I was, really I was. There was this couple before me and they couldn't decide what they wanted, and because I wasn't stammering or yelling or causing a scene, the Manager noticed and decided that she wanted to give me a Bag with accessories included because I was so patient. WOW I love freebies!! She didn't know I was eyeing the bag anyways. You know the kind, if you pay so much for something they throw in the free gift. I didn't care. So hey it pays to be patient. I just got myself another purse. YIPPEEE!!! Hey have you done the "Brow Bar? Never heard of it until this weekend. What else are you going to do when you are with your sisters and you feel daring. So we all got our brows done and free makeovers' again the Free thing. I like my brows thicker, since I don't have much to start out with but they'll grow back, I think. We walked through some more stores and then we decided, let's take the Cable Car to Fisherman's Wharf. Okay, picture, sardines in a can, yep that's what we were. The guy kept on stopping and adding more people he said we'd fit. We did, I now know some people a little to well for my taste. It was typical SanFran weather, a few sprinkles, then the sun would peek out, then it would get over cast, then some more sprinkles. It was beautiful. Once we got there, someone in our group wanted chocolate, like yesterday. So on with the hunt for Ghiradelli's we forgot where it was, I think we went around a couple of blocks more than once, and this one homeless fella thought we wanted to contribute to his cause over and over again. NOT. Once we found the Chocolate of all Chocolates we sat ourselves down right next to the chocolate making machine and just inhaled. Besides the delicious Old Fashioned sundae's I know I gained 10 lbs just from breathing in the aromas of this delectable Factory. We decied to walk off our appetizer and people watch all the vendor and street artists along the wharf. We ended up at Bubba Gumps on Pier 39. Okay. I never heard of this. They call your party, party of 3 and they direct you up the ramp. Then you wait, and wait and wait. Like, why did they call your party if they weren't ready to seat you. But alas patience is a virture, the wait was worth it. We got great seating with a beautiful view of Alcatraz and the bay. Lunch was at 4pm the day was going so fast, but it didn't seem that way. After getting a few souvienrs, it was on with the hunt for "ZOTS" I think that's how you spell it. My sister Dawn loves Zots, in fact that's all she wanted for her birthday last year. She doesn't ask for much. We looked in every candy store but no Zot's. Finally the very last store before we had to meet back at the Cable Car station we found her Zot's. The store keeper, said there must be a run on them. She went through 6 large boxes of them just that day. Do you remember Zot's?, it is a hard candy with the fizz inside. They come in strips. I guess you have to be over 40 to appreicate them. Well time to go, back in the Sardine Can of a trolley car. It was about an hour wait, but we were all serenaded by Phillip and his electric guitar. He must have been playing all day, because he was running out of songs. We got the alphabet song and eensy weensy spider renditions. He ended on an up with a Stevie Wonder, My Cheri'e we sang back up chorus . Picked up Rhonda's car from the hotel. Oh, I love GPS. We would have never found our way out of the city without it. Try having 3 women and one of them doesn't know which way is left get you to the Bay Bridge. Lots of Laughs some tears and Lots of advice. Notice that you can always solve each other's problems, but not our own? I love them so much. I have found as we are getting older that we have come to appreciate each other so much more.