July flew by...

As has the entire first half of 2011. Alas, life is good, so I'm not complaining, per se. But I would like to try to slow down time.

Had a nice walk today with V and her three doggies. We spun by the SF Marathon, then walked up to Noe Valley. Met S for coffee and caught up, then walked back via the Castro. Such a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning - walking and talking with girlfriends!

Yesterday we had lunch with a great group of folks up in Geyserville at Catelli's, then went to Fritz for a wine tour and tasting. Wonderful, warm afternoon, aside from being slightly hungover from Friday's wine and dinner with SG. After Fritz we went to Truett-Hurst winery. Nice wines, beautiful grounds, and two bottles - one red, one white - shared creekside while Pickle the Dog entertained a couple of kids that had wandered up.

Evening back in the city spent playing Scrabble and eating pizza with wine.

Perfecto!

Warm July Morning

It's very rare to wake up with the window open, and for it to already be hot. After a tasty breakfast of friend egg & ham, and homemade apple crumble with a little scoop of Salted Caramel ice cream, I put on my sneakers, backpack, and bit floppy sun hat, and walked up to the Civic Center Farmers Market to pick up fresh veggies. I'm preparing a big batch up Gazpacho for tomorrow's BBQ at the Wheeler-McNultys.

I got home and was totally sweaty from my nearly 3 miles walk, with my backpack loaded with veggies and flowers. I took a walk last night, too, to Safeway at 10pm to pick up a random array of groceries: whole peppercorns; soy sauce (low salt); milk; white wine vinegar; aluminum foil; Draino; pickled okra. I had to walk back and forth across the store four times to find all the random items I was looking for. And had to ask four different people to point me in the right direction. Safeway late at night is fun, though. I saw an older strung-out hippie guy carrying his enormous bong over by the milk, desperately saying over and over to anyone that would answer, "do you have just a pint of milk?!" I happen to know Safeway doesn't sell milk in that small quantity. I had spent 5 minutes looking for something smaller than a half gallon earlier.

I'm watching a little bit of the America's cup, while I rest and cool down. It's Brasil v Venezuela, at La Plata in Argentina.

It's nice to be home. Even if I'm a little mitten-brained today.