Mother in the Bay Area

because mother wandered off the day before:
mel: remember we are on the buddy system! touch your buddy!!
alexa touches melodie
mel: touch your buddy mom!
mom: OOHH! touch your BUDDY... i was touching my BODY

walking outside of Pier 1 on Embarcadero and passing a homeless man pushing around a large cart of stuff:
mom: what is this guy?
alexa: he has no home
mom: his "home" looks pretty big to me!

passing gas station 76:
mom: when i first moved to the US in 1976 i saw this gas station and thought "wow! america is really cool! it changed the gas station sign for the year!"

after going to Trader Joe's for the first time:
mom: i think we need to go to Joe Traders again
us: its Trader Joe's mom
next time
mom: i think we need to go to Joe Traders again