The best kinds of weekends are the ones that surprise you. Or maybe, more accurately, the ones in which you allow yourself to be surprised — when you put in a little impetus up front [take a different route home from work, say, or wander aimlessly through new neighborhood] and then let the currents carry… Continue reading How’d we end up in Sausalito?
Category: Around the world
One day I will be a fighter pilot . . .
In case my last post left you with a narrow-minded impression of San Diego, let me do right by the city and prove that it does house attractions that are not tossed out of a net and wrapped in a tortilla. For me, the uncontested highlight was the Midway Museum. It’s a full blown aircraft… Continue reading One day I will be a fighter pilot . . .
Fish Taco Fever
I had two goals for this past weekend’s road trip to San Diego: SUN and FISH TACOS. Before disappointing anyone else, let me say that no one warned me about SoCal “June gloom.” They told me the weather would be beautiful. They gave me 18 beach recommendations. I envisioned flitting about in a bikini soaking… Continue reading Fish Taco Fever
Quintessential SF
The Academy of Science, with Sutro Tower in the distance I’d been snooping around The Bold Italic a bit too much lately and decided that, having been in the city for over two and a half years now and purportedly a “local” myself, I needed to consider answers to their Found Locals questions. You know,… Continue reading Quintessential SF
The Clay Street Hill Railroad
I pity the tourists that queue halfway up Powell St. and stoically endure a barrage of preachers and tap dancers and hot dog vendors in order to ride a famed cable car. I could tell them that they should go up a few streets and hop on a train without the wait, or that maybe… Continue reading The Clay Street Hill Railroad