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My best friend Kali surprised me yesterday with a phone call saying that she was coming up to San Francisco.  And later that night, we were reunited!  The next day, I felt obligated to take her to my new favorite place in the city, Polk Street.  After lunch at Toast, Kali, my boyfriend, and I visited stores like Terrasol, Belle Cose/Molte Cose, Picnic, Favor, Cris Consignment, and Out of the Closet.  We meandered down Polk (and stumbled across some cute French bulldogs) and finally found our way to Ghirardelli Square, where we briefly encountered their annual Chocolate Festival!  We taste-tested a few chocolate cookies, but forewent the $20 ticket for 15 samples.  Afterwards, Kali and I visited The Magazine on Larkin St., which has loads of old glossies for fractions of their original prices.  And across the street, a beautiful alleyway with painted flowers was too pretty to pass up.

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