more ups today!

i am posting 2 posts today because i didn't yesterday, just so you all understand.
This was a great day! We got up and left early, took the ferry from Larkspur to the Ferry Building. We love these ferries, remembering the one we would take from Vallejo. It was lovely and relaxing. Got to the ferry building, and took off for a stairway walk. Went through Chinatown and saw parts i had never seen before. This park, called Portsmouth Park,where the men play "go" and cards, and the women sit and talk. We continued walking, and heard firecrackers and noise, and saw a random celebration of the Chinese New Year----two guys in a dragon suit going up and down the street to the noise of a Chinese drum, and every so often, lighting firecrackers. All much to the delight of the crowd. We saw a number of these throughout the walk.
Then, actually followed the book i'm using, called "Stairway Walks in San Francisco" by Adah Bakalinsky, by the way. i 've realized i've forgotten to name it.
We ended up finding great staircases, from Kearny up old concrete steps to Vallejo steps. Then down this beautiful stairway walk! It curved around with terraces at different levels, and homes on either side. beautiful foliage at every level too. I liked this staircase! Dan did too.
Then, walked back to Chinatown for lunch. We ended up at a rather popular place, seated with a cynical dentist from Carmel, and had Dim Sum which they served by walking around with the different kinds all the time. It was excellent! had fried shrimp, a shrimp dumpling, and a rice thing wrapped in some kind of leaves, and then an egg custard dumpling.
Rested on the nice ferry ride on the way home to Larkspur.
Then, drove out to Stinson Beach, where Dan thought we could stay as a better alternative. But hey, no, very long drive, very, very crowded. Gorgeous drive on highway one,though, really magnificent.
Drive back through Mt. Tam park to end up in Mill Valley. another beautiful drive. DAn upset because the GPS wasn't working right, but other than his obsessing about that, it was great.
Now back at the house, tired, will just stay in. Currently drinking marini's!