$110

 That's the "melt value" of the 3 silver half-dollars and 4 silver quarters I bought today for ... $109 and change. The guy at the antique shop just had the ones he had in his display case, so they were in a computer inventory or something and I said what the heck, I'll buy 'em. And that's enough old silver coins to "have a dog in the fight" and thus make watching the silver price interesting.

The idea being, of course, the sell the coins (as well as a ton of other things) before leaving for home in mid-2027. 

I'd been up until quite late getting a batch of things ready to list on Ebay, and decided to call it an "early" night, going to bed around 4AM. Interestingly, the police had decided to park outside the illegal night club, 4 cars at one point, so they didn't even try to set up. Pretty hilarious. 

I woke up at 1 in the afternoon, had breakfast and got over to the antique store to buy those coins. The trip started out as always with a stop in at Whole Foods, and interestingly although it was a very busy day, there were no scam booth hustlers and the petition guy with his table was also gone. I was able to ask about their Christmas hours and they're open until 7 on Christmas eve, and not open at all on the day. 

So a bit of busking is possible there on the day before The Day, and on The Day I'm not sure where I'd go but downtown Mountain View and the area around Santana Row come to mind.