I walked my thick soles off on the urban hills of sunny California. Exploring a city on foot is one of my favorite things. The (almost) direct consequence of walking a lot is to find lots of … interesting shops. Don't think I'm a shopaholic, some of those things are presents for other people :-) and I was very much in the mood of Hey I'm not coming back any time soon so I should make the most out of this trip. So here are a few picks:
- Chicago Chop & Steak rub, California Chipotle dry rub.
- Jack Daniel's Pecan Nuts.
- Onion Powder (works well for Chinese dishes).
- Flavored coffee from
World Market (Eggnog, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Caramel Pumpkin Pie)
- The famous
Ghirardelli chocolates.
- Beef Jerky milk chocolate (looking forward to
that experience!).
- San Diego a Wave of Fresh Breath mints.
- Oaxaca coffee (Mexico) locally roasted in the Mission, San Francisco by
Proyecto Diaz Coffee.
- Honey & Dijon Mustard roasted almonds from
CVS.
- Maybelline Color Tattoo purple eyeshadow.
-
Painkillers cheap tin box from Chinatown San Francisco.
- Chocolate brains from
Li-Lac Chocolates New York. I didn't buy those, they were given to every attendee of the Society for Neuroscience presidential reception. This was supposed to be a V.I.P. party held at Seaworld San Diego exclusively upon personal invitation, but I'm sure about 90% of the people gathered there (like myself) managed to enter without any invitation, just by showing a member's badge. It was a fun evening, good food and wine, all for free and in a very nice setting. And the scientists got brain chocolates, what a laugh... When we opened the boxes it was rather dark and we couldn't see what's inside, chocolate polar bears? Chocolate penguins maybe? (the theme was Wild Arctic). Well, no, chocolate brains it is :-))
- Knit cardigan (extremely handy when I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, it was freezing) and knit dress from
Ross (second hand).
- Second hand t-shirts from a thrift store in Mission district San Francisco.
- A baseball ball found in the street. It's written Little League so I suppose it belonged to some kids. Sorry kids. It was very old anyway.
- USC t-shirt. I bought this one very cheap at
Humble Heart thrift store San Diego because it was warmer than I expected it to be in San Diego and I just needed one more T-shirt. I took the first one that was somewhat decent, without knowing or caring what USC means. I was wearing it the day after to walk around town, when I noticed that some people were waving at me from their cars, without apparent reason. Then I went to the supermarket and two more people told me
Go USC!! and laughed. I told them thanks but I don't know what USC means, I just bought that T-shirt yesterday because it's very warm and I like red. One very kind senior shopping at
Whole Foods Market told me that USC stands for
University of Southern California, and that they were having and important game (football? baseball? I can't remember) the day after against a rival team in San Francisco. I said oh I'm going to San Francisco tomorrow, I'll wear it then. He replied oh no, you want to avoid that. And if you get any comment from those guys over there in San Francisco, just show them two fingers :-))
to be continued...
