Jewelry & Pearls

My mom was visiting last week and one of her objectives was to find a replacement for a jade necklace that she lost last year. She had come to SF a few years back and randomly stepped into a Chinese jewelry store and bought it. When she came to visit me she told me her intentions and all she said was, «I remember it’s a Chinese jewelry store near Fisherman’s Wharf». Thanks that really narrows things down.
En route to Napa we stopped in SF at 10am on a Sunday. I insisted going early to avoid tourist traffic and it paid off as we found easy parking. No offense to the elders or to women, but I had serious doubts we were ever going to find this place with the uncertainty my mother exuded.
Unbelievably, like a shaky divining rod (I have images of Inigo Montoya using his sword to find the secret tree) my mom found the jewelry store within 10 minutes of walking.
My mom spent a good 20 minutes shopping around and apparently they were having a huge sale, more than 50% off. Wow, imagine that, an inflated ticket price being marked down for a special sale … at a Chinese store!
Nevertheless, my mom left very happy. No reason for me to come here again but a good experience for us all and then we were off to Napa.