Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Staycation day 1 of 7. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to Golden Gate Park. Visited the de Young Museum, which was free today. I saw The de Young Open 2023 and Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence and visited the tower and the garden. I walked and rode Muni to Tartine for lunch: ham and gruyere hot sandwich, chai latte. About $27 after a $2 tip for counter service. Afterwards I rode Muni and walk to the Conservatory of Flowers. I walked through once before purchasing a $2 audio tour on CloudGuide and walking through again. The audio tour was just okay. It had valuable content, but the content didn't always match the reality. Some of the tour stops did not seem to have numbered stop signs that I could find. The navigation in the app is a bit problematic since it's not clear that you can swipe left to go to the next stop. I kept hitting the back arrow which forced me to Start Tour several times over before I figured out the swiping by happenstance. You can also navigate via the menu in the top right corner, but that's essentially pogosticking. After one stop I just want to go to the next stop, and if you don't know to swipe it's harder than it needs to be. Even if you know to swipe, numbered stop signs existed in the physical world, but in the app there was no corresponding number, so I was never sure I was in the right spot for the right listening. I visited the dahlia garden, then walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick prepared orzo with leftover chicken pot pie filling. Water to drink. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we talked. Patrick went to bed.