"vitamin D... lots of it"
good lord. i love california. i love how the beaches cradle the bay, so that no matter where you turn, there is the pacific ocean at your feet. i love how there is sunshine in the winter, and that when you rise in the morning, you can open a window and not be blown away by a frosty wind. i think i really love this city, and though i do appreciate boston and the life i have led there, my romance with san francisco might border on inebriation. and it's not even an idealization of the city. each time i come, i am given time to wander on my own, explore the crevices as an ordinary person and not a tourist, and i'm taken by what it has to offer, how cultured it is, how *great* the weather is.
what have i done - sunday night got in, had dinner on castro in mountainview with chris, ken, amanda and cohene. talked about getting wasted, but alas it didn't happen. on monday, frank came and picked me up from stanford and took me to hobbee's, this cool little breakfast joint. we had the coolest waiter whose name was baltazar. he was cool, not only because of his name, but also because he was extremely nice. then we went to walmart, got a poncho and picked up arnie and chris for muir woods. cohene was too lazy to come. we took the stinson beach hike and about 1.3 miles away, arnie and frank decided to go run the trail back so chris and i headed for the beach. the muir woods are stunning. it was extremely quiet, still and very peaceful, a far cry from the hectic, snow-ridden streets of boston. we watched the sun set on stinson (my first west coast sunset!!), and it was gorgeous and then took pch back down to palo alto. met up with the crew again for dinner and jason came and got me, went back to his place, and i met pomme. yesterday, i took the bart to ashby and pomme and i went to napa valley. i bought a few bottles of wine, one for my bro and one for arthur steinberg, and then we came back to the city where i met sarah lee, her friend manish, roommate nema, and ate on castro at nirvana. bad food. then i went home and played nba on playstation. today i went to sfsu and talked to some professors in psych. hot damn. gotta love it =)
in any case... those of you who might be wandering, know that i will not be in boston for very long so make sure that you take time to see me as much as you can =).
Posted by redchilipepper at February 19, 2003 12:13 PM