1. Watched a baseball game, where we ate too much, enjoyed fireworks, got free baseball caps...
...and saw Irish wrestling for the first time ever. (For those of you not in the know...which is probably all three of my loyal readers...Irish wrestling was actually a staged match with a couple little people/leprechauns.) Interesting, to say the least. :-)
2. Went to two museums. The wrong two, apparently. The manuscript museum had a small collection of photocopies of old letters, etc. It took about two minutes to go through. But the building was cool. Kind of run down, but it apparently used to be a theater/opera house, with a small orchestra pit and everything.
The second museum was one for contemporary art. We figured it wouldn't be quite our style, but it would be something different. Well...it was definitely different. One floor was made up almost entirely of videos. Odd videos. Like of a woman putting on her make-up, but the camera was in the make-up brushes. So, close up shots, to say the least. Or the one where the guy was covered in mud and veeeeeeerrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy slllllllllllooooooooooowwwlly approached the camera. Or the one where the guy did a slow and exaggerated cat walk down a long hallway. Yeah. Weird. Maybe they would have made more sense if we'd read all of the explanations beside the displays, but I doubt it. 
So the museums...not something I would do again, but definitely something we'll remember. :-)
3. Something else I probably wouldn't do again...We tried sushi for the first time. Kind of on accident. We ordered dinner "boxes" at a Japanese restaurant and ended up with a sampling of things. Among them--California rolls. I think that's what they were, anyway. I ate all of mine just because. They weren't disgusting, but they weren't exactly good, either.
4. We drove around a lot. Jacksonville is a sprawling city. I could never live there--WAY too many shopping plazas and interesting looking restaurants. :-) We got stuck in Hobby Lobby for a couple hours, trying to pick out some wall decor for our newly repainted rooms. Finally took pictures of a bunch of things and left to decide on later. Never did make up our minds...Anyway, the city also has some cool bridges and buildings.
5. We walked around the San Marco shops a little bit. Got some ice cream, ate it near the gazebo...
...and of course couldn't resist going into this shop --
The Write Touch. :-) Cute little store with stationary and computer bags and an old golden retriever who greeted us at the door. All the frames for sale in the shop had the dog's picture in them.
6. Went to the zoo. Of course! No meerkats this time, but we did have a bird freak us out. And we watched a monkey mess with the face of a giant-gerbil-like thing.
7. Met up with Jason's cousin and his wife and ate at Cheesecake Factory. Yeah. That in itself would have made it a good vacation. :-)
So...that was the summer trip for 2009. Next year, we're thinking about Kentucky. :-) Any suggestions?
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