For Bunny's eighth birthday (in early February), BB and I thought we'd take her and a friend to San Francisco. I'm sorry, I know what I'm about to say is not snobby enough for the blog world, and I know I'll lose major style points for even thinking like this, but I seriously want to take her on an Ď‹ber-touristy day hike. Fisherman's Wharf, the cable cars, the, uh ... oh I don't know, Ghiradelli Square? The wax museum? I mean, she's eight! I know she'd get a kick out of a day like that. I'd sure like to play hostess to a day like that.
And Lord knows her practical education needs a kick-start. To wit, here's us talking tonight at bedtime.
Me: One of the things I'd love to do is ride the cable cars with you. Do you know what cable cars are?Bunny: Oh sure!
Me: Great. Have you ever seen one?
Bunny: [v. serious] No, but when my class goes on that field trip? Next week? We're going on a bus that has a DVD player!
Me: [v. confused] Oh, that will be nice. But the cable cars won't have DVD, you know.
Bunny: I know. They'll have cable, right?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing the tourist thing and a kid is the perfect excuse to do it.
Oh and the cable car story? soooo cute! :)
Posted by: kristen | January 29, 2005 at 05:10 AM
I think it sounds like a splendid day -- for any age birthday girl!
LOVE the cable-car comment!!!
Posted by: Karen | January 29, 2005 at 07:09 AM
Ha! That's so funny. Now blow her mind with the fact that they invented cable TV within your lifetime.
It sounds like a really fun day.
Posted by: Jo | January 29, 2005 at 07:11 AM
That is so funny! I think that sounds like a great 8th birthday outing. My 8th birthday was spent at the La Brea Tar Pits. Good times.
Posted by: maya | January 29, 2005 at 09:01 AM
I'm well, well past 8 and it sounds like a fabulous day to me. And the cable car story is lovely :-0))
Posted by: Daisy | January 29, 2005 at 05:03 PM
too funny!
Posted by: ann | January 29, 2005 at 06:00 PM
We had a German exchange student, a high school kid, stay with us last spring, and we took him on an outing like this. North Beach, walking up Lombard Street, cable car down Russian Hill to Ghirardelli, the Wharf. It was a blast.
Posted by: db | January 30, 2005 at 10:28 AM
Don't forget to throw in a trip to Golden Gate Park, Steinhardt Aquarium, the Planetarium (this is actually beginning to sound like a two-day expedition) and you'd have the PERFECT eight-year old B-day trip. Come to think of it, I'd love to go to--I haven't been to ANY of theose places in a microchip's age. Can I come along as a semi-adult chaperone?
Posted by: Anthony | January 31, 2005 at 05:17 AM