Nataliya and Seth's San Francisco Vacation

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We actually got up late this morning and decided to get breakfast at Segafredo Zanetti inside the San Francisco Centre. I filled out a few postcards as we took our time, waiting for the 1/2 price ticket booth to open. When we left the Centre and got to Union Square, we were disappointed again because the shows we wanted to see were not on sale. We decided to just go see a show, choosing to see "The Allergist's Wife". We were going to just buy the regular tickets when another person on line recommended we just walk to the theatre and not pay the Ticketmaster surcharge. Sounded like a good idea to us, so we walked over to the Curran Theatre and bought the cheapest tickets to "The Allergist's Wife".

Then we walked along Market St. to the Thursday Market Fair for some sort of street festival. They had some decent stuff there, and Nataliya got herself a jewelery box for herself and a cool picture frame for us. (Photographs were put into that picture as soon as we returned from our vacation!) From there, we continued on Market St. to check out a few antique stores, and shortly thereafter, we got onto a bus to find some outlet stores that Nataliya read about.

We really didn't find any outlet stores and we ended up by the PacBell Ballpark, tired, hungry & thirsty. We found a cafe by the water where Nataliya had a cappuccino and I had some mediocre pizza.

Recharged, we decided to keep looking for outlet stores. Our unsuccessful search lasted well into the afternoon as we kept on walking all over... Exhausted, we found ourselves in the Yerba Buena Garden. We kind of just walked in and out, stopping by to use the facilities...

Nearby, we found the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The meaning behind Modern Art continues to elude me, despite my trying to comprehend the meaning behind a canvas painted white or a crumbled paper under a glass display. This museum also features a Yoko Ono exibit simply named "Yes Yoko Ono". The billing states the display as 150 works on view explores the artist's early work in conceptual painting and film as well as her more recent projects in bronze sculpture and installation from Yoko Ono's 40-year career as an artist, poet and composer. Why do I shudder when I see the words "artist", "poet" and "composer" in the same sentence with "Yoko Ono"? Honestly, I thought this exhibit was really pathetic. I never really liked Yoko, but after seeing this exhibit, I really felt sorry for her - she definitely was (is?) a troubled soul. You know how some people are on that line between genius and insanity? Well, Yoko's no genius...

We then went for an early dinner at the LongLife Noodle Co. in the Sony Metronome. Nataliya really liked her wrap, and my chicken chow fun was ok. (There was an interesting taste in my food - perhaps it's an acquired one.)

Afterwards, we went back to the hotel to drop off a few things and get a little dressed up for the show.

The show was definitely entertaining, but I'm glad Nataliya talked me into getting the $35 seats, despite the long walk up several flights of stairs to get to our seats (not to mention the nose bleeds and the thin air)! After the show, we stopped off for a bite at Max's On The Square (review), a nice jewish deli restaurant by the theatre. I had a meal and although Nataliya didn't want to eat, she gave in and had a "s'mores cheesecake".

Then, although we were exhausted and just for fun, we hopped on a cable car to Fisherman's Wharf - and back again! Hey - we don't have these in Manhattan and we weren't quite ready to go to sleep! Anyway, within an hour after hopping that first cable car, we were back in the hotel, ready for sleep.

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