Sunday, December 30, 2012
Cleaned the bathroom. Breakfast at home: oat-and-honey granola with unsweetened soy milk and Tina's dried blueberries, 8 ounces of vegetable juice. Rode Muni to the Castro. Brunch with Matt S at Starbelly. He wore a blue-and-white t-shirt, a Catholic high school sweatshirt, Baldwin blue jeans, a black winter coat, and pale maroon canvas shoes. I wore a black short-sleeved t-shirt from 2xist, a brown long-sleeved waffle knit shirt from The Gap, a brown-black-and-alabaster winter sweater from Zara Boys, brown pants with red-black-and-beige-plaid cuffs also from Zara Boys, field/bracken Keen Briggs shoes, Ray Ban RB 3044 Aviator sunglasses. While waking to Muni we encountered Ray F on his way to brunch with others and briefly said hello. We rode F-Line to Powell Street and shopped in Union Square: UNIQLO (still noisy in checkout), Industrie Denim (friendly staff). We stopped for bubble tea (Matt) and green tea (me) at Floating Boat Sushi Restaurant (700 Grant Avenue). More shopping in Union Square then we took the J to the Mission: Urban Outfitters, Sephora, Afterlife. We walked past a store called Planks which Matt told me was owned by Dave Eggers, and we stepped inside to browse pirate gear for sale. The shop was beautifully designed, but I didn't understand who needs a shop for pirate gear. Later after looking it up I learned it's really just a front for writing tutoring for kids. We rested for a few minutes watching a fish tank theatre. We walked to the Castro and dined at The Dancing Pig, then had a drink at Hi Tops. We rode Muni back to my place, and he stopped in for a few minutes before I gave him a ride to meet his friend Holly elsewhere in the Sunset. I was thankful that he accepted an external hard drive that I no longer needed. Around 10:25 PM, I encountered noise problems with upstairs neighbors.