The Museum of Modern Art was a must-see for us while we are in San Francisco. We were all set to go this morning until we found out, thankfully before we left, that it is closed on Wednesdays. It's also closed on Thursday mornings. It seems a little odd but that's what it is. There seemed little point going into SF if we were having to repeat it, so we opted to change the day trip to tomorrow. It's John's birthday tomorrow so it is perhaps makes for better timing anyway.
John has been busy installing an irrigation system throughout the garden and we still needed some specific connections and more piping. We turned our morning walk into an expedition to the nearest Home Depot, 6km away. Popping into Damask Rose at the start for a cortado/Gibraltar (a short black with a little frothed milk) and some Turkish delight to nibble, started the trek off well.
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| Morning snack |
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| Emeryville town council building 1903, and addition |
It was with some relief we found that this branch of Home Depot actually stocked all the various parts we needed to complete the irrigation system. It was a long walk home and nice to finally sink into a chair for some lunch. We'd bought some lovely seeded bread from a bakery on the way back. Of course we could have taken the car for the expedition but we always prefer to walk when we can.
Sophie was working at the dining table so we headed back outside and spent nearly two hours assembling the BBQ that Alastair had had delivered. There were 57 components not including all the nuts, bolts and screws. It was a mission, but it will certainly provide the finishing touch to the outdoor seating/terrace area. Once they buy a gas bottle we will even be able to have a BBQ!
Next step was to put together the new planter boxes. That was pretty simple and Sophie was super excited to fill them with soil and we set to planting out a variety of vegetables and herbs. The whole area is really starting to take shape.
Alastair was meeting us at a well-known taco spot, Cholita Linda, for dinner after work. He was very keen that we should experience what real Mexican-American tacos are all about. Indeed the meal was very tasty. I had anticipated the tacos would be hardshell like we get in NZ but they were small and soft-shell. You buy them based on the type of filling, e.g. fish, chicken, tofu (latter because we are in Berkeley!) etc. We followed up the meal with ice-creams from nearby.
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| Tacos for dinner |
Home by 8pm and we all still had some energy left, which has been unusual in the evening. A&S spent a happy hour nailing various pictures and art up on their walls. The whole place is starting to feel like theirs for the first time I think.
