Downtown continued .. part two .

Finally found that little Railroad on Bunker Hill , that is a big part of History in Los Angeles . I don't know if any of you remember , a few years back .. there was an Accident with those Cable Cars and someone had lost his Life .. as the Cable snapped and send the Car down that steep Hill to a sudden stop . Throwing People inside to the front all in an instance .

Anyway , this Historic Ride had a complete do-over and it is suppose be a lot safer now .

For my LaoPo , this was interesting ( but only maybe a 100 meter's long ) as she was trying to say repeatedly " Angel's Flight " til the name stuck . So for 25 Cent's one way , wasn't to much .. no need for the Plastic ! It took us up to a wonderful area , that had many Shop's and seating for Concert's around a Fountain .. really nice place to relax for many Business and average People like us . Have to remember this place when Summer is among us .

After some Refreshment's and Rest stop , our next stop was going back to Chinatown . We had come down actually to buy some Bamboo Plant , some Tofu Coagulator ( as we make our own Soybean Milk now and are trying to do the same with Tofu . Qing also wanted a Bamboo Sheet for our Bed ( as this is very common in China in the Summertime to keep cool at night ) , one sleeps on top of that .. instead of the Cotton/Silk sheet . Now all that been to China , know about how hard their Bed's are .. compared to ours here . This is now something I have to see for myself and see how I ever going to sleep on hard Bamboo ? I know they used them in Car's ( Driver Seat ) to stay cool .. so we'll see if they work also in Bed ?

Well , the Tofu Coagulator nobody had heard of it . Come to think of it , I didn't even see a Soybean Milk maker either .. only hundred's of Rice Maker's . One down , two to go .

Stopping at one for the first Shop's , we noticed this Guy had some of those Bed Covers at $25 ( 5'X6' ) just right .. I thought . Even bargained this Guy down to $20 already , when Qing took a closer look and began un-rolling it a little . Out of the Blue , the Store Manager was called over .. to look at what Qing had found wrong with that Sheet of Bamboo . It did look alright to Me ( I would have bought this without a complaint and left ) , but not my LaoPo . She actually found "one" little 2 mm wide Bamboo piece was twisted .. out of thousand's . Yes , twisted and that was the end of that Sale .

For us Westerner's , it's strange to not buy something with sooo little wrong .. but on the second Hand .. I'm glad I have a Wife that is both Frugal and a smart Buyer . This is after all , born into every Chinese .. and add's only to my Benefit . haha

Next stop , a large Market Place upstairs .. there we see ( Qing did first ) another one of those Sheet's . What made this one so much better ( at double the Price though ) , it was polished Bamboo and a lot smoother to the touch and obviously much better quality/workmanship . It was a instant Sale , as we both agreed right away . Now we both can feel good , Qing now and maybe me later .. having to sleep on it . One out of two down .

The only thing left now , was the Plant's . That was of no problem .. as dozens of places carried them in all shapes and sizes .. with an equal price range .

As the afternoon came to an end , it was back to the Freeway to head to a Restaurant for Dinner near our House . That happened to be ( after Olvera Street ) a Mexican Restaurant .. why not ? After some great Dinner and some nice Pinot Noir Wine , we both appreciated the wonderful Day we spend together .. and called it almost a Day . We must not forget " Dessert " ahhhhh .. or should it be .. mmmmh ?