With a bit of a delay as life intervened, this is the last of the posts about my trip to see Caroline.

After coming back from Mariposa we had a few days in the Napa, chilling out.  On Monday we had lunch at a lovely place overlooking the valley, and then hit the outlets at Napa City.  I picked up a couple of things at Gap and J Crew.  Even with the Australian dollar not quite as strong as it was, the prices were very reasonable.

And on Tuesday we headed into San Francisco to see the High Style exhibition at the Legion of Honor museum.  It was a travelling exhibit from the Brooklyn Museum’s costume collection – flash frocks from the last 100 years!  It was the first day so Caroline and I certainly weren’t alone as we oohed and aahed our way around.  The workmanship in some of the clothes was fabulous, as was the embellishment.  The shoes, from the 1930s through to the 1950s looked surprisingly modern.  A real highlight was the room given over to an American designer, Charles James, whose dresses were in amazing fabrics like lush velvet, and very sculptural – and in some cases feats of engineering!

After that we had lunch overlooking the garden of the nearby de Young museum and took a quick trip up the tower (great view of San Francisco), checked out a small but lovely exhibit of weaving from Laos, and on hour way came across a lovely exhibit of cloaks combining glass and flax weaving from a young NZ artist.

On Wednesday we spent part of the day at Caroline’s friend Trina’s with her Wednesday quilt group, and then it was time to head for the bus at Napa City .

Photo loading isn’t cooperating today so only two: the view down to Lake Henessey from Pritchard Hill (taken on a walk with Caroline) and the view from the de Young Museum across San Francisco.