A Twelfth Night progressive dinner
through Heritage
Square in Riverside.
(Horse & carriage ferried us betwixt 5 private
homes where we ate, drank, and
made merry in Victorian surroundings.)
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Before the fireplace in our "dinner house."
(VJ realizes her gown is not of Victorian period,
but at least she's getting use of the
Maid-of-Honor dress from her sister's wedding.)
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We drove to Oakland by way
of Yosemite
for Robin's next gig.
(*Somebody* was surprised to find snow on the ground.)
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Yosemite Valley enshrouded in mist.
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Bridal Veil Falls.
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The view from our hotel in Oakland
(the Bay Bridge and San Francisco
skyline behind us).
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Author Jack
London's old hangout in Oakland --
the First
And Last Chance Saloon.
(This tiny dark hole is listed
on gobs of historic registers.)
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My camera is level -- the bar and floor
are sloping sharply downward
(damage from the 1906 earthquake).
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Teatro
Zinzanni featured Love, Chaos & Dinner
(of course).
Would you believe we're in a tent
by the water on Pier 29 in San Francisco?
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After the show with "Cookie,"
the mercurial
drag queen chef (sans costume obviously).
The evening was like dining
in the middle of a circus ring. :-O
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Robin with the creepy Mssr. Voronin,
a Ukrainian magician who reminded us
of Count Dracula & Johnny
Thompson.
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Listening to the bizarre "music machine" in the
Teatro Zinzanni tent lobby.
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A side trip on our way home
for MORE Victoriana.
We toured the bizarre
Winchester
Mystery House in San Jose.
(Think Winchester
rifle...)
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Several doors open right into walls.
(?!?)
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Mrs. Winchester's stockpile of Tiffany
windows.
(Don't you love the spiderwebby one in the middle?
It has 13 inset stones -- her favorite number.)
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Vicky Jo ducks down to enter
the curious "séance room" while our
tour guide holds the door.
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Atop the 40-bedroom house near the bell tower.
(It's rumored she rang it at midnight
and 2AM. Aren't you glad she's not your neighbor?)
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Robin shmoozes with director Wim
Wenders
after enjoying the 5-hour-long
director's cut
of "Until
the End of the World."
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