Saturday morning, we slept in and decided to take a slow day. I approached the concierge and asked, "Where do we go to get 'anything but seafood' to eat?!" She told us that if we would go seven blocks to the north of our hotel, we would arrive in North Beach, "Little Italy." So, we took off in a different direction than we had gone all week. Here you see the park in Washington Square.
We walked the streets and looked in the little shops. A Italian street festival was taking place and they had some beautiful music and tons of people!
We chose to eat in a little quaint Italian eatery. The monte cristo, burger, fries, spaghetti and ravioli were very good!
There was a church on the square, the Sts. Peter and Paul, where a wedding was taking place! We learned that their address is actually 666 Filbert, but they will only take mail in a small office at 660 Filbert! It has beautiful architecture and a bell tower that chimed over the square. This is also the church where Joe DiMaggio and Marylin Monroe took their wedding photos. They wanted to get married there, but the church would not allow divorced people to marry in their facility. So, they went to the courthouse to get married and took their pictures in front of this church! This is the neighborhood where he grew up and there is one of his steakhouses on this square.
We stayed true to our "no seafood" day and had mexican food for dinner in the Cannery.
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