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This Blog is basically my ramblings whilst on holiday - an electronic postcard!

Friday 14 August 2015

Day 16: A street car named Desire, and a bar named "Dave's"

This is our last full day, and the pace is starting to tell! We woke really late and have been tired for most of the day so we havn't really done much exciting...

We decided to go and explore the shopping areas down town, something we haven't done much of as neither of us are particularly "shoppy folk".

Macy's and Bloomingdales are both predictably massive, although they have their differences, I concluded that Macy's is like Debenhams and Bloomingdales is like John Lewis. We split up for a while and in the time apart I got myself a couple of pairs of Jeans and Jan got herself annoyed! The assistants in Macy's were so ingratiating their service bordered on harassment, "would you like to try this?", "can I help you ma'am?", etc, etc.

We fled to the relative peace of Yerba Bueana gardens, a pleasant park tucked away in the canyons of sky scrapers which seem to be the business area. En route we passed the street car terminus, the queue for a ride up the hill was massive, hundreds long - I hopped on a stationary car for a cheeky photo.

There are a lot of apparently homeless people in U.S. Cities, this seems to be a growing problem, and parks and open spaces are particular attractions for them - be aware if you visit.

                                                       
                  
                                                             Yerba Bueana Gardens

                                                       

   On the street cars you're expected to hang on rather than sit down, (this one wasn't even moving!)

                                            

                                                           What a good name for a bar!

This evening we went out locally for our meal, we walked around the area known as "Fillmore". I've heard of a legendary music venue called the "Fillmore auditorium", and after research discovered it is actually here. This theatre has hosted hundreds of famous concerts, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zepplin etc. etc. The building is fairly unassuming, definitely past it's best, but I took a pilgrimage to visit it none the less, as well as the aforementioned luminaries, I can also say "I was there..."

                                           

                                              Famous music venue, The Fillmore Auditorium.

We're leaving tomorrow, so perhaps we'd better get back and do some packing.

     
 
               
       

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