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Monday December 03, 2007
Shopping in Chinatown
Every year since 1982, Sally and Lorene and I have gone Christmas shopping in Chinatown two weeks after Thanksgiving. We worked together at the Atari Sunnyvale Research Lab where Sally and Lorene were the Librarians. Together, we catch an early train from San Jose to San Francisco, take the bus downtown, and then start walking up Grant Avenue. Chinatown begins inside the Lion Gate at Bush Street. We spend the morning shopping on the left side of Grant. Then, we walk up Washington to have lunch at Sam Wo, walk down Ross Alley to visit the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory. Then, spend the afternoon shopping our way back down the right side of Grant. We go home by train and share fresh fortune cookies while showing each other our new treasures.
Chinatown has a vast variety of goods for sale, something for every taste. The prices are good (and often negotiable). Observant shoppers can find specialties there years before they appear in regular retail stores. This year, I brought my camera along:
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Hotel Triton lobby
(bathroom stop): 
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Statues on
Bush Street: 
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Statue being moved
inside: 
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Morning on
Grant Aveue: 
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Buddas
for sale: 
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Teapots
for sale: 
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Teapots
for sale: 
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Toy Tea Sets
for sale: 
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Glitter
Madonna: 
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Last Supper
in glitter: 
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Jewelry
for sale: 
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Jewelry
for sale: 
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Toy Dog
in silk coat: 
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Pet dog
behind counter: 
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Bugs in plastic
for sale: 
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Ross Alley
view: 
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Ross Alley
street plaque: 
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Dolls
for sale: 
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Dolls
for sale: 
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Shoes
for sale: 
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Stones
for sale: 
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Grant Avenue
at night: 
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson
Posted at 11:01PM Dec 03, 2007 by katysblog in News & Reviews |
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