embarcadero with the girls

You already know I miss the City. Yesterday I took the Little Wickies to the Embarcadero. We took the train which was a big adventure for them.

Meandering kids in the Financial District are few and far between. But, there aren't a whole lot of toddler-walkable areas near BART to chose from.

We saw Mama's old building.

(picture by Katie)

Unfortunately, they were already constructing the ice rink and there was no place for them to run around at Justin Herman Plaza.

We had some chowder in a bread bowl,

then crossed the street to explore the Ferry Building.

We walked out onto a couple of different piers and took in the sites.

It was hot -- a rarity in the City.

We walked back through some of the Financial District and picked up cookies at one of Mama's favorite old haunts -- Specialty's.

Katie posed with a trolley.

She really wanted to get on and take a ride. I explained we had a stroller and couldn't board the trolley -- although, someone straight refused to get in the stroller...

so we pretty much didn't need to bring it anyway.

Nothing like having a bunch of suits stare at you as you strap your screaming kicking baby into the stroller before descending down to BART to go home.