GOOD Coffee, SFMOMA and Hilary & Pascal 2: Electric Boogaloo

Written by Crystal
Weather: Cold and rainy, about 10C

Hooray for Cafe Ramind, they're a block down from our hotel
and they CAN MAKE COFFEE!

And good french toast, too.

Given that I'd been focusing on the NYC leg of our journey, I'd missed the fact that San Francisco has a Museum of Modern Art too! So this was my destination for today.

I must confess, I'd actually planned to see SFMOMA yesterday, but a midday flake-out saw me staggering back to the hotel for a nanna-nap.. hence, the biggest news from yesterday was that I'd found and purchased Flight of the Conchords (Season 1) on DVD :)

The gallery didn't open until 11 so I popped over to the SF Ferry Terminal to check out the farmer's market.

Gourmets unite! At the Farmer's Market

There was a statue of Ghandi in what seemed to be the middle of the car park... Not sure why it was there, but it was nice.

The Bay Bridge

We all know that other people's gallery visits are boring things to hear about, so I'll just say that it was definitely worth a walk through the chilly rain (that saturated my supposedly waterproofed shoes), I got to see Duchamp's Fountain, and the Olafur Eliasson exhibition Take Your Time blew my mind.

View of SFMOMA from the art school across the street

Then, it was off to Hilary & Pascal's for some fully-for-real enchiladas! H&P live in San Jose (about 45 min drive south of SF), so we boarded a VERY TALL TRAIN (the Caltrain) with Tony, bound for San Jose.

It's a really tall train... really

Our new favourite kitchen utensil, the Mexican citrus squeezer

Cheers! Best margarita I've tasted, no contest

And as is their custom, H&P treated us to AWESOME margaritas, SPECTACULAR enchiladas, as well as today's junk food item, Dreyer's Grand Dulche de Leche Ice-Cream.

I'm sure it goes straight to your arteries

Ohhhhhh it's GOOOD. Really, really creamy ice-cream laced with thick ribbons of caramel. Definitely rates 4 out of 5 blocked arteries (thanks to James for suggesting the rating system!)