We hit Mel’s Diner for breakfast again on sunday. I learned that you shouldn’t order biscuits & gravy from a restaurant that isn’t in The South. They just can’t do it right. We had a fun day of bridge, and while we didn’t score well, we encountered some interesting bidding, play and defensive problems. Solving those problems is what’s so addictive about bridge. It’s like logic puzzles or crossword puzzles or Sudoku… it keeps us coming back.
Monday was action-packed. We got up for a quick lunch at Mel’s before we walked to AT&T Park for the morning tour of the Giants’ stadium. That was pretty damn cool. Sitting up top in the “cheap seats” was by far the best – the view over the bay was gorgeous. I could understand being more passionate about baseball if i got to go to a stadium like that all the time and root for a major league team.
Back to the hotel, where we were picked up by a limo. Not the stretch kind, but a big black car with extra legroom and a driver wearing a tuxedo. (-: There was champagne and roses and much door-opening. I’ve never felt so pampered. I also felt a little ridiculous – i mean, i can open my own door! It was an extravagance, to be sure. Anyway, Jack drove us all over: along the shoreline, to the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, down the Crookedest Street in the World… and was good-natured enough to take pictures of us at the many stops we made in picturesque places.
Jack dropped us off at Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, where we ate lunch, went to visit the sea lions, and toured the Aquarium. The two main features are the underground tunnels with the sealife all around you, and the “petting pools” where you can touch sharks, rays, starfish and other marine life. Very neat.
We caught a cab back to our hotel, and then decided to play in the 7:30 bridge game, as if we hadn’t done enough already. Had a great game that night, and ended our bridge tournament on a good note.