Happy Independence Day
Hope everyone is enjoying their BBQ/fireworks/Will Smith movie, I had an awesome day.
Since Amy is in Michigan for the holiday, she asked me to drive her to the airport and keep her car for her. So today I added some superfluous pollution to the San Francisco fog. I started by thinking of all the places I wanted to go that would be hard to reach by public transport. First on the list: Nordstrom Rack (I still want a new suit!), which didn’t have any nice suits, but from which I bought a shiny emerald blouse. I also hit the Trader Joe’s in the complex… just because I could. After that, I got back in my gas-powered Chevrolet Cobalt and headed from SoMa to Alamo Square. Oddly enough, parking was ridiculously easy. I took some of the obligatory pictures, but there weren’t many people around so I didn’t linger. I continued West to the Inner Richmond and Clement Street.
Lunch: Burma Superstar (4th and Clement), Tea Salad, Tan Poi and Ginger Lemonade. This was maybe the best salad I’ve ever had. It’s changed my whole idea of what a salad can be. And good thing too, because my name was on the waiting list for 40 minutes before I was seated at 2:38!
After my really fabulous lunch, I walked into the store next door and grabbed some shoes and a necklace ($2.50 for the shoes, $1.50 for the necklace for a combined total that’s barely more than my lemonade at lunch). Then I headed to the store next to that and grabbed some Bubble Tea with tiny, tiny bubbles. Taro Milk Tea = $2.16. Srsly! At this pace, I thought, I’d probably never leave the block (and, you know, I’d be okay with that).
So I headed to my car and drove down Clement to the Pacific and Land’s End. On one side, you can see Ocean Beach and all the surfers. Then you walk uphill and the ocean crashes against really big rocks. It’s awesome! And you could theoretically see the GG Bridge — I could see the bottom of it and lots of fog. Pictures forthcoming! I also drove through the Presidio and then up and down Russian Hill and Nob Hill. Pretty area, lots of hills! I had visions of the brakes failing and my car plummeting through the city into the Bay.
