Sunday, February 6, 2011
Slept in. Breakfast at home: organic plain yogurt with Mad River Farms dune preserves, fresh sliced organic banana, apple-cinnamon granola; 12 ounces of nonfat milk. Cut my hair, showered. The morning forecast for today was 70 degrees, so I decided to ride my bike somewhere new. Finally got around to planting paperwhites, a Christmas gift from Cindy. Drove to REI, bought a bell and a helmet-mount rear view mirror. Drove to Chris and Nate's old place on Townsend, parked the car, pulled the bike out of the trunk. Rode to Mission Bay, ate lunch in the sun: "turkey" sandwich, tortilla chips, water. Rode to 3rd and Mariposa, then along Bay Front Park to China Basin Park, crossed the 3rd Street Bridge, then continued behind AT&T Park and along the Embarcadero up to Green Street. Turned around, rode back to the car mostly along the same route—a nice ride. Drove the car to Dolores Park, sat in the warm shade for about an hour, ate another "turkey" sandwich, tortilla chips, water. Changed from khaki shorts to long pants (grey cords) in the car. Drove to the Castro, bought toiletries at Walgreens, browsed at A Different Light Bookstore and bought 2 books. Danced a bit at Badlands. Drove to Danny, Romy, Drew, and Phil's. Walked to Tartine, picked up a small devil's food cake. Dinner at their place: mostly veggie dishes with rice. Dessert: the cake, tea. Afterwards they requested a slideshow of my Asia trip photos I have uploaded so far. Drove to the Castro. Stopped at Badlands. They were playing 80s tunes but the dance floor was too crowded and stuffy. I went to Trigger, danced a bit to hip hop. I went to The Café, danced to Sir Mix A Lot's "Baby Got Back." Home. Shower. I learn from David H's photos on Flickr that the afternoon forecast at 2:12 PM turned out to be 77 degrees. I picked a good day to ride my bike—sweet!