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I never write about going on the walk back. Well last week I went up to Nob HIll twice and “maintained elevation” as long as I could drifting over to Russian Hill, which makes a dramatic drop right to my block. The campanile of Arts Institute is pretty magnificent, right against the hillside. It’s one…

Wow, it was bright this morning, kind of headachey bright. I had dressed all wrong, turtleneck, big coat, and everyone was out in little sweaters. I guess it is spring… spring in California at least, that starts in February! Last night I walked home via the Chinatown gate up to the french Notre Dame church,…

It was that bright winter shining light, with the added bonus of slick streets and sidewalks. The monday after Superbowl meant that absolutely nobody was at Peets. The people working there were commenting on it too. My neighborhood is no different with a blackout, surprisingly enough. The cable car keeps going. I guess the morning…

yeah don’t know that song but it came to me. It was so warm and misty today. It was hard to see across Washington Park! I head out kind of late, around 9:15 or so. Today I was a little miffed to see so many tourists in their “is this what people in North Beach…

Super sunny this morning – the coat was overkill. Lots of new paint going on (maybe because of the sun?) the homeless outreach place was getting yellow, and Figaro the Italian restaurant was getting pink. Not that anyone notices a small band of stucco next to the window, but I guess that is technically the…

Tried to hit the important green lights this morning so no real observations made. I was walking around 9:10 so I caught the after-9 tai chi class. The weather was nice and really warm. Some commuters were just walking super fast down to financial district. It’s kind of amazing how close everything is. If you…

On the way to work struck up a random conversation with another commuter. (Oh and I got the guy-style stereotype all wrong). I was doing a big yawn and she agreed with me, that was the extent of the conversation. Incredible views, though, the rain managed to clear up the morning fog. The Bay Bridge…

I even picked up the pace today, and still it was 25 minutes. A couple of locals in front of me. Like the Marina, where the stereotype (and it’s a proven stereotype) is the blond woman with a ponytail peeking out of her baseball hat, tennis shoes, capris, and a hoodie, here the stereotype is…

It wasn’t that bright light, but it was an odd haze hanging low over the city. Since it’s so cold, it might have been fog still. Maybe somethign to do with the ground being cold and the air being hot or vice versa? The hike up the two blocks to Washington Square was an arduous…

Coming out of dentists office, you feel like you have a new lease on life. They take these hard things jammed in your skull and they actually understand it, and can heal it. I mean, never more than in the dentists office am I glad that I was born in the 20th century. Talk about…