Archive for the ‘Reasons I dont live in the city’ Category

And then…

Drunken shopping. Always a bad idea. But I had to walk south on the Magnificent Mile. Oh look! The place where Cub Scout and Brownie are registered. I printed out the registry. Crate and Barrel use a horrible semi-touch-screen Windows system. I [redacted ranting]. I said, “[redacted swearing] “, and went to the register and [...]

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An expensive day (so far)

I had only one goal today: find a dress for tomorrow’s wedding. I failed at finding a dress. Instead, I bought three jackets, three camisoles, two pairs of jeans, two pairs of shoes, and a turtleneck in a pear tree. Luckily, I brought a dress with me. I think I can wear one of the [...]

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Fail

Today is off to a bad start. Got to Caltrain and the parking lot was full, so I decided to drive to SF. Didn’t have enough gas, so I had to stop and fill up. Got to the highway and there was plenty of parking, so I immediately got off and went to a different [...]

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Bay to Breakers

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:Howard St,San Francisco,United States

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Ginko Biloba

Image from Greenspade. I saw a tree like this while “walking the dog” today. It was the sun, brought down to earth, on an otherwise dreary day. The colors on the trees and on the ground this morning were spectacular. A difference between fall here and on the East Coast is that we don’t get [...]

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Birthday party FAIL

I tried to go to a birthday party in the city. I got all dressed up. Drove up. Hit traffic. It wasn’t too bad. Then I tried to find parking near Pacific & Hyde. On the hills. I drove around the block. Around a bigger circle. I drove around for an hour. And then I [...]

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