Awake: 7:07am Temp 51 sleep 6+18 sunny overnight @ San Diego, CA.
After our healthy breakfast, and Kathy doing (1) laundry load, we headed to downtown San Diego & found the Little Italy Farmers Market. Parking was a problem but we lucked out & took over a recently vacated spot that had @ 10 min already paid.
Within (1) block, we started blending in with the crowd & working our way uphill. The venders were very generous with their samples, so much so that I felt a little guilty tasting some things so good but not wanting to buy...especially so soon. The Market extended (4) blocks on both sides of Date St, exhibiting food, flowers, textiles, pottery, soap, etc.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the generosity didn't change. The samples varied from fresh produce & fish to chocolate & salsas; from grape seed & olive oils to nuts & bread, etc.
After what seemed like an hr of tasting & partying, we began talking about our parking meter time. Following a short visit to & perusal of Our Lady of the Rosary -Italian National Catholic Parish church,
we made a quick trip back to our car & found that we had (10) min remaining.
Calculating how much longer we might hang around vs. a quarter per (10) mins of time; we started the engine & cruised the area to find a no charge parking space. Now it's time vs. burning fuel; we were about to give up when we spotted an empty slot & that made the cruising worthwhile.
We probably stayed another hr or more, sometimes retracing our steps, sometimes angling off the main market path to explore more of Little Italy.
Sometime mid afternoon, we returned to our home on wheels.
Later we attended the 5:30 vigil Mass @ the church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Dinner: Turkey soup with veggies & whole grain bread.
Evening movie: "A Man in Love" with Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Peter Riegert, etc. Full-blooded romance about a married American actor who falls in love with his leading lady while making a movie in Rome. Coyote & Scacchi are believable (and extremely sexy) in this sensual & intelligent film. 1987. Not so intelligent! Don't waste your time.
Lights out: 12:32am.
After our healthy breakfast, and Kathy doing (1) laundry load, we headed to downtown San Diego & found the Little Italy Farmers Market. Parking was a problem but we lucked out & took over a recently vacated spot that had @ 10 min already paid.
Within (1) block, we started blending in with the crowd & working our way uphill. The venders were very generous with their samples, so much so that I felt a little guilty tasting some things so good but not wanting to buy...especially so soon. The Market extended (4) blocks on both sides of Date St, exhibiting food, flowers, textiles, pottery, soap, etc.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the generosity didn't change. The samples varied from fresh produce & fish to chocolate & salsas; from grape seed & olive oils to nuts & bread, etc.
After what seemed like an hr of tasting & partying, we began talking about our parking meter time. Following a short visit to & perusal of Our Lady of the Rosary -Italian National Catholic Parish church,
we made a quick trip back to our car & found that we had (10) min remaining. Calculating how much longer we might hang around vs. a quarter per (10) mins of time; we started the engine & cruised the area to find a no charge parking space. Now it's time vs. burning fuel; we were about to give up when we spotted an empty slot & that made the cruising worthwhile.
We probably stayed another hr or more, sometimes retracing our steps, sometimes angling off the main market path to explore more of Little Italy.
Sometime mid afternoon, we returned to our home on wheels. Later we attended the 5:30 vigil Mass @ the church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Dinner: Turkey soup with veggies & whole grain bread.
Evening movie: "A Man in Love" with Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Peter Riegert, etc. Full-blooded romance about a married American actor who falls in love with his leading lady while making a movie in Rome. Coyote & Scacchi are believable (and extremely sexy) in this sensual & intelligent film. 1987. Not so intelligent! Don't waste your time.
Lights out: 12:32am.
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