we went into the city today to see how the grinch stole christmas - a musical. matt, the kids, me and my father in law, bob - up early on this sunny, warm, amazing december morning. the day was a christmas gift from bob for us and the kids. a long day of theater, union square, people watching, and all-around holiday fun...finished off with a fabulous meal at house of prime rib on van ness. another s.f. classic.
god, do i love dr seuss! and this fabulous '70s christmastime special was turned into an even more fabulous live musical at the decrepit but still lovely golden gate theater in san francisco.
the costumes, the art deco decor, the actors - especially cindy lou who and the GRINCH himself; he was hilarious - the fun and happy crowd, the funky, gritty, gloriously sunny walk from parking lot to stage..all of it a perfect san francisco day.
tomorrow is christmas eve and it's been a very busy week, so i'll wrap this up with a quick photo post from the day.
after the grinch matinee, we grabbed a few slices from blondie's pizza on powell street. here is satch, eating a slice of cheese under an album cover from satchmo the great.
shades of greatness.
pizza eaters
then we strolled through the tenderloin and around union square: department store windows, ice skaters, ghetto corners, glide memorial church, street performers, chess players. the usual suspects on a city afternoon.
on one block, i found storefront after storefront of symmetrical window displays.
cupcakes:
glasses:
hats:
chess:
and then we walked in the afternoon sun while i snapped a few street candids.
temple:
satchel:
matt:
a great day. big hugs. now getting ready for christmas...
This collection of pics is wonderful! The one that made me laugh out loud was the one of Satchel imitating Satchmo's smile. HILARIOUS! Your Christmas pics were fun to see, too. I was pleased to learn what was inside your mom's gift to Satchel, as she ended one of her blog entries with a picture of how she wrapped his gift and I really wanted to know what was inside! Ha! Happy New Year to all of you!
Posted by: kim | December 27, 2011 at 11:57 PM
looks wonderful and Temple looks like a younger version of Satchel, never really saw that in her before, she always looked like you and now Matts genetics are acreeping in....still gorgeous .
miss you all loads, have a wonderful Christmas xxx
Posted by: julie | December 24, 2011 at 03:24 PM
Sounds like the perfect Christmas Eve eve day!!! Love all the photos too!!! Merry Christmas to one of my favorite families!!! XO
Posted by: Kiersten | December 24, 2011 at 02:16 PM
Did you stop and see the boat lights???
Posted by: marianne | December 23, 2011 at 11:29 PM