Gentle Friends, I who really do not like to shop - retail anyway, made a trek downtown to Union Square to do some last minute shopping.... and I had my camera and thought you might enjoy some snaps.....
.... I got this shot from inside Macy's looking out over the Square....
.... this is one of two skating rinks here in the City - the other is way down on the Embarcadero and is the bigger of the two - but this one looked like fun and I had a cup of coffee and enjoyed just being out with the Merry Makers......... sometimes I feel so Grinchy about Christmas and how overly commercial it all is - it was nice to just relax and enjoy the bright blue day........
... Macy's decorates their windows this every year and it looks great, I took the first snap from just to the left of the star on top of the tree.....
... as I was walking away from the Square I thought how great is the tree in NM.... this used to be "City of Paris" - you can read about it HERE - and if you look closely you can just see the original skylight from the CoP building. The tree in the atrium is gigantic and a real stop for any Christmas tree lover......
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I am off for the rest of the week so the Postings will be sporadic.
Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!
Take care,
edgar
Merry Christmas, Edgar!! You are a great photographer!! So many times I will look at your photos and think "I want to stitch that!" Lol! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to have a cup of coffee and enjoy the day! San Francisco looks like such a fun place!
ReplyDeleteDearest Edgar: Ice skating and no snow how wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove all your photos, the tree is super giganticus, love it.
From my heart and home to yours
Merry Christmas
Catherine
It was fun seeing how the city looked for Christmas. It is hard not to get grinchy about how Christmas is being over-commercialized.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you are alone, Edgar, I have never known a man in my life that liked to shop. Merry Christmas, Melinda
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice experience, even with all the shoppers out! They really do have some lovely decorations.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your photos of your lovely city. Also, thank you for helping me plan our trip this past
ReplyDeleteSept. I love the photo of Macy's!
I'm afraid our Macy's in Atlanta does
not go to that much trouble to decorate.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
(Hope Santa will fill your stitching
list!)
Such a neat post. I love the tours you give. Merry Christmas Edgar.
ReplyDeletehi edgar ~ wishing you and yours every joy of the season, and warm wishes for a super~stitchy 2015!
ReplyDeleteI always love to look at your pics and to see a bit of SF. Wishing you a Merry Christmas :)
ReplyDeleteI loved your post. Thank you for sharing all the wonderful displays.
ReplyDeleteYou know years ago my family used to go to SF the day after Thanksgiving. That's when all the stores had their Christmas displays up. Do you recall Belldockies Christmas store? They used to have over 100 trees and all decorated & all for sale. And we always had lunch at the Greenhouse restaurant. Such great memories.
They have skating rinks? How neat! I would love to see that tree in th NM building in person too.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your family my dear x
ReplyDeleteA Merry Christmas to you, Rico and the Who Hounds.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Have a great holiday and Merry Christmas!AriadnefromGreece!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! It's fab to be able to see Christmas around the globe. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas Edgar. x
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was a great day! What jumps out at me the most is #1-the blue sky -- we haven't seen the blue sky since before Thanksgiving! #2-ice skating in t-shirts and short sleeves -- you can't skate dressed like that in December in Illinois, lol.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a happy experience--mall shopping is not one of my favorite things. All those wreaths hanging from the Macy's windows is beautiful
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. It's so much fun to see the pictures of your city. I love the Macy windows!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing anything that is in SF. I miss that town! Hope you and Rico and family have a wonderful Christmas!
ReplyDeleteAh . . . City of Paris! I use to love to go in there back in the day! Great pics of Union Square ~ Thank you for sharing them and have a wonderful Holiday!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely photos of a lovely city! Everything looks decorated "to a T"!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Merry Christmas!
Great photos.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas from Germany
Wonderful pics of Union Square! Everything is all decked out. Love the skaters. It all looks so 'holiday' :) Have a very Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYou'd make a great travel correspondent! Love the snaps Edgar! Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
ReplyDeleteIts wonderful to see how other Cities celebrate the festive seasons, thanks Edgar, always something for me to learn about your city when I visit here.
ReplyDeleteHave a super Christmas x
Merry Christmas Edgar!
ReplyDeletePaula
Beautiful pictures. I enjoy looking at your pictures, they take me virtually to wherever :)
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