Life is like a box of chocolates

You're supposed to kiss your sweetheart as you cross the bridge

Wednesday September whatever. We haven't been buying papers so we're never sure what date it is ( and sometimes what day ! ). Oh joy of joys, the breakfast place that we have been trying to get into for days - Brenda's on Polk St - had vacant tables. It was highly recommended by your standard arbiters of quality : TripAdvisor and SF Dining. It serves Louisiana style grub - I chose a crumbed oyster, spring onion and bacon omelette with grits ( soft, buttery polenta ) and biscuit ( a scone about 4 times normal size ) and for the Librarian - poached eggs, molasses ham and hash potatoes. 2 big 'bowls' of coffee rounded it out . We left with full bellies, light by only $20 ( plus gratuity ) and whistling Tony Joe White's 'Polk Salad Annie...'gators got your granny'.

Then onto the hop on/hop off bus to use up the last 2 hours of our two day pass. Back to Fisherman's wharf for some sightseeing, more coffee and lunch at Bubba Gump's - popcorn prawns and beer for me, seafood gumbo and beer for The Librarian. Next stop Banana Republic via cable car to buy some spiffy dress jeans for moi and a free cup of coffee at Nespresso ( had the brand new Cuban blend - muy buen ). We then bade farewell to SF, took a cab across the bridge to the AMTRAK station at Oakland, checked our bags in and adjourned to the Warehouse Sports Bar where, through in depth research I had found out it was ONE DOLLAR TACO TUESDAY !!!!! It was also known as the safest bar in Oakland as it was where the local police drank. And there was an extra bonus - the train was running 1 hour late, so that gave us ( me ) 3 hours to enjoy the offerings of said tavern. At 10pm we left the Warehouse $57.29 poorer - food bill $11.50, alcohol bill $45.79. When we finally got into our roomette ( I've seen larger sardine cans ), I was assigned the top bunk which had 2 seatbelts  and no window , didn't really matter as I slept like a baby and work up in Oregon.

The Librarian's 'I don't think you need another beer look '.