rainy day lunch

 I met Gini yesterday at the Magic Flute on Sacramento Street and we had some good catch-up talk in this lovely setting. Also yummy food, should you be interested. 

poetry on a rainy Thursday

 

Burning Down the Waffle House

The person at Waffle Housedrops my card and starts crying.She’s here alone until 2. It’s 2.Kind of hard to avoid the factthat I am part of the problem.With that in mind, how muchof a tip is a good tip, and whereis the line between a good tipand a messiah complex?Trying to quickly stop crying,she asks me, do you ever justget so tired? If she wants toburn down the Waffle House,I’ll go get some kerosene.There are other sandwiches.I offer her Advil. I don’t knowwhat else to do. She declines.Anyway, she says, shakingher head. She’ll be able to sitonce the restaurant is empty,meaning, of course, when I leave.
~ Danny Caine

Lily is leaving

 Top photo ~ Heather and Lily lived up the hill and Heidi and I would have delightful get togethers with these fun and energetic young women. Now Heather lives out in the burbs with her new baby and Lily (bottom photo) is moving to Denver. We had a lot to talk about over at Rob and Heidi's last night and we all agreed that Lily is doing the right thing, but we will miss her a lot. I reminded her that Emma's Room is available when she visits SF again, and she will.

pre-planning and the google doc

 Sis will be here in two weeks (!) and plans are underway for a festive Thanksgiving dinner is my little home. Grand daughter Samantha is in charge of food and has created a google document which I do not want to see, thank you anyway. All I have to do is the set-up and making sure the big doodle, Harlow, doesn't eat the little cat, Annabelle. Plus table set-up, my favorite part.

book club in Marin

 We met at Shelly's beautiful home in San Anselmo. Our book? Let the Northern Lights Erase your Name and we all had a lot to say about this unusual novel. Some good, some not so. When we got home we were all invited to Heidi's for Rob's fabulous paella. So a very social day for this blogger. The cat known as Annabelle was not pleased with my long day away and today already she clings.

our Giant hero

 I was happy to learn that Bruce Bochy is returning to the SF giants in an advisory role. He helped us get  to all those (3) World Series and he has such a nice, gruff sense of humor. He belongs here. 

celebrating Dodger Doug

 We went to Woodhouse yesterday, a small fish restaurant on Fillmore Street for Doug's belated birthday and enjoyed the yummy Dungeness crab (top) and shrimp/avocado sandwiches while we caught up on our busy lives because they had been, once again, traveling. A very happy day indeed.