washing the pyramid

Posted by banane on April 28th, 2005 — in walk to work

I have a 2 block hill right when I step out my door, and it kind of tells me “damn you’re sleepy” or “damn you’re perky” each day. Well today was the not so perky day. The sun was bright out, and … Wow I can’t believe I haven’t written about this – they’re washing [...]

eastern sun

Posted by banane on April 27th, 2005 — in north beach, walk to work

I woke up early and walked out to the tip of Aquatic pier. The sun was shining from the east, a surprising thing to me since I’m such a night creature, I usually just see the sunset, versus the sunrise. No tourists!!! Fisherman’s Wharf without tourists is like Disneyland (without tourists). Beautiful, quaint, quiet, peaceful. [...]

blame it on coffee

Posted by anna on April 26th, 2005 — in Uncategorized

Friend walked by my desk at work today, kind of aimlessly interjecting “Blame it on coffee”. We batted around the idea. Is it too much? Having a crutch? How much is too much? So yes, blame it all on coffee. Random systems failing at work, hardware dying in the boxes, people forgetting to do integral [...]

no glare

Posted by anna on April 25th, 2005 — in Uncategorized

So walking on the east side of Columbus Ave has solved the glare issue for sure. I switch around the elbow to Montgomery (no SUV flippage today). Some guy asked me where Washington street, at Clay and Montgomery. I gave him wrong directions! I will go to hell for sure! I kept on peering behind [...]

SUV flipped

Posted by banane on April 22nd, 2005 — in north beach, walk to work

I’m crossing in front of Aliotos’ office buiding and halfway across the intersection hear a few horns and a crash (glass, the windshield). Look up Columbus, up the hill, and see a SUV fly into the air, flipping. It’s awesome in the horrific, improbably way. Black maybe, a little honda is stalled in the intersection. [...]

Boob Bus

Posted by banane on April 21st, 2005 — in north beach, walk to work

The mammography mobile bus was parked outside of Washington Square park. No news, just that it was there. I went through a weird novelistic fantasy that some kids did it just as a prank and one of them found out she actually had a lump. Well, that thought and/or storyline got me as far as [...]

Being Retired

Posted by anna on April 20th, 2005 — in Uncategorized

Today’s stereotype, or character generality, that I ran into repeatedly on my North-Beach-Financial-District commute: retired persons. One guy puffing on a newly lit cigarette while his wife runs for the last few seconds of a passenger sidewalk ticker. He follows her, cigarette dangling, doing a kind of short person pinwheel leg shuffle that reminds me [...]

grape vine right! Mambo!

Posted by anna on April 19th, 2005 — in Uncategorized

Oh I bet the dancers in the world just cringe at the step class instructor’s version of a mambo. Took Intro Step last night and during my walk this morning was feeling it on the feet. They weren’t built to do the L-Step or the position 2. Kind of fun to look totally ridiculous with [...]

avoiding glare

Posted by anna on April 15th, 2005 — in Uncategorized

But real quick, friend has a hilarious entry about Andrea Dworkin. Realized on walk to work, haven’t found a good foundation that has sun protection (hey, I’m in the beauty biz, I can talk about product for hours). MP-protection has 30, but is too matte and not a lot of variety. Origins’ “have a nice [...]

Effects of Daily Walk

Posted by banane on April 14th, 2005 — in north beach, walk to work

I always wonder about affect or effect. Went to the doctor to finally lick this cold and now I’m on a 3-drug cocktail. Well, I call it that to spice it up. Seems like the Daily Walk has given me allergies! I can’t be positive but it sure makes sense. In addition to the 1.6 [...]