I’m back! We had a fanatastic time. I’m kind of sad to leave. But, it’s strange, I kind of missed Spokane. weird.
I went to San Francisco on St. Paddy’s day with my friend, Judy. We went to Yarn Mecca, Artfibers. I posted all about that on my knitting blog. But we also went to this place called Lefty O’Doul’s and had a Guinness draft. It was sooooo good. Totally hit the spot. We sat in a booth and chatted, caught up on stuff.
When we were going back to the BART station we had an interesting thing happen on the escalator. We were merrily going along on our way, down the escalator when there were a few bums on the bottom creating a bit of a stir. It seemed as if one of them was stuck and couldn’t get off of the escalator. All of a sudden all three of them fell down and were not getting up. It became apparant that we would not be able to get off the escalator and that we would become part of the dogpile that was being created by the downward motion of the escalator. So Judy turned around and said “oh god” and rolled her eyes and started walking up the escalator, and I followed suit, annoyed. But then I realized that we weren’t going to get to the top, in fact we weren’t really going anywhere (duh!) and the men at the bottom were not getting up! There was a lady behind me that started to panic (which was kind of stupid, I thought). FINALLY I turned around and the escalator was cleared so that little disaster was averted.
So strange.
So these homeless guys start fighting. Luckily, our train arrived very quickly, but one of the guys ends up next to us and he enters the same car as us. We sit down and this guy is standing near the door. One of the guys he was fighting with comes up to the car and reaches into it and begins beating the man with his cane! He gets a few good hits in there and then leaves when somebody tells him to stop. I am looking at all of this not really believing it when I notice that the man on our car has a switchbade opened up ready to attack. Finally the train took off, but it took FOREVER for the man to put his knife away.
So that was our little BART adventure on ST. Paddy’s day. Judy and I agreed that it was the stangest thing that ever happened to us on BART. And I’m glad I had a Guinness in me when it all happened.
Unfortunately batteries in my camera died on my way up to SF. Ugh! But I got a few pics from earlier in the week of Santa Cruz.
Tommorrow I will tell you all about my champange brunch in Carmel-by-the-sea yesterday.
We arrived in San Jose on Monday afternoon. Yesterday we drove over to Santa Cruz and spent the day there. It was weird being there again. It just all feels so familiar. I feel like I have been in an alternate universe for six months and now I’m home again. Like I’ve never left…
So first we went to UCSC to the Bay Tree Bookstore to buy a new UCSC sticker for my car. I also bought a Zen Slug t-shirt, too. I’ve wanted one for a long time. It was so beautiful on campus. The Redwood trees, the lushness of the forest, the smell of the Bay trees. It’s awesome. I’ve miss it. AND it was so nice that I actually took off my coat. TOOK OFF MY COAT! I was stoked.
Next we went to the ocean and walked around. So beatiful. I took pictures and will post them when I get back. They speak for themselves.
We drove north up the coast toward Ano Nuevo. It was just so beautiful. It was sunny and the views were incredible. I miss being able to hop in my car and drive up the California coast anytime I wanted. as we were driving I just drank it all in, knowing that I will be back in Spokane next week.
After that we stopped by our favorite hippy store, The Food Bin and the Herb Room. Raf bought some organic cookies and i got some bulk lavender lotion. There was some lady in there buying herbs to try and heal her sinus infection.
After that we went to Pogonip to try to go for one of our favorite hikes. It ended up being too muddy so we didn’t get very far.
Then, finally, we drove down to Capitola and walked around the village. Peeked in some of the shops, walked on the beach.
I can’t believe all that we packed into the day! Any one of the things we did yesterday would be an excursion for a single day.
Later on that evening we went to Santana Row because we hadn’t been there yet. We were in shock. A few years ago it was a shabby, empty outdoor shopping center. It is really nice now, although I don’t think I would want to live in one of the condos above the shops.
Today I went to SCU and had lunch with some of the people I used to work with here. It was so great to seem them all again!
I will try to update again this week. Will probably go to SF later this week.
Thanks for all of the birthday wishes! I had a good one. The people I work with gave me a card that they all signed. And then someone brought in a cake, german chocolate, which is my favorite!
I had a nice time at my mom’s house. My brothers were there with there families and it was awesome to just be able to spend time with them.
I wanted to share this little web page with you. On it is a clip of Rush Limbaugh getting his ass kicked (metaphorically speaking) on television. Granted, it was way back in the eighties, but delicious nontheless.
panopticist: A Bully Gets Bullied: Why Rush Limbaugh Never Became the Next Oprah
Is a significant day. For it is my birthday. And, just for fun, and to follow Andrea‘s example, here is a picture of me as wee one:
So, I’m not going to tell you how old I am, but I WILL tell you that I was born in 1969. I’ll let you figure it out 😉
