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| Union Square (& our hotel in the background) |
While our Thanksgiving was completely lacking in turkey this year, it was very full of dim sum, street car rides, and Hackett-family fun. We spent the holiday in San Francisco with Clay's family, and had a fabulous vacation. We got in to town at two in the morning last night after an almost 12-hour hotel-to-home travel-time (our connecting flight was delayed). Traveling with a toddler is delightful (in so far as you can watch them enjoy new things), but also pretty harrowing.
The first day in SF we spent a bit of time being mystified by the workings of the streetcar system, visited the Bay Aquarium (Benito especially loved the underwater tunnels), and did some Union Square shopping (which was insanely crowded). For the first time in Ben's life, he went an ENTIRE day without taking a nap.... which was just as *fun* as it sounds. The next day we took a boat to see Alcatraz and later had some incredible dim sum. That evening, Clay's wonderful mom offered to watch Benito so that the rest of us could go to a magic show.
The show was really awesome. It was in a little old speak-easy, and before the show, the magician came out and talked to everyone and did a few card tricks. The venue was so intimate (only about 25 people could fit in the theater), the magician was able to get assistants from every group of people in the audience. Clay and I were actually the first "volunteers" (no, we didn't actually volunteer) he called up. He had us each pick half of a large playing card from two different decks of cards (they were already cut in half), and then the cards we picked were *magically* the ones in the envelope he had placed on the table. He also did some "mind reading" tricks and some slight-of-hand tricks. It was a fabulous evening!
On our last day there we spent more time shopping and went to Chinatown. Ben loudly protested extended amounts of time in the stroller, so we took him to the park (I think he is very happy to be home this morning with all his toys and a lot of room to run around in).
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| our dim sum Thanksgiving feast |
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| Clay... on Clay Street in Chinatown |
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| checking out the "muck" (as he calls "water") from the dock |
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| Benben and the grandparents |
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| Christmas tree on the pier |
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| Street Car line nap |
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| Clay and his pappy at Alcatraz |
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| Grandpa Ben, the peek-a-boo book-reader extraordinaire |
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| St. Mark's Park on the edge of Chinatown |
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| bed time after a day of NO NAPS |
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| the San Fransisco PD was giving out free stickers on Union Square |
The show was really awesome. It was in a little old speak-easy, and before the show, the magician came out and talked to everyone and did a few card tricks. The venue was so intimate (only about 25 people could fit in the theater), the magician was able to get assistants from every group of people in the audience. Clay and I were actually the first "volunteers" (no, we didn't actually volunteer) he called up. He had us each pick half of a large playing card from two different decks of cards (they were already cut in half), and then the cards we picked were *magically* the ones in the envelope he had placed on the table. He also did some "mind reading" tricks and some slight-of-hand tricks. It was a fabulous evening!
On our last day there we spent more time shopping and went to Chinatown. Ben loudly protested extended amounts of time in the stroller, so we took him to the park (I think he is very happy to be home this morning with all his toys and a lot of room to run around in). 
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