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Sunday, March 18 The Boyfriend and I walked to Indian Rock to watch the sun rise. This didn’t work out quite as planned, for two reasons. First, the fabulous views of San Francisco Bay and the city skyline are toward the west. As you probably learned in childhood, the sun rises in the east. The […]

Saturday, March 17 Today was a travel day—packing, waiting for the airport shuttle van, riding to the airport, waiting at the airport, flying, taking another shuttle van to our destination—so today’s post is all about food. SeaTac Airport, lunch at Maki of Japan (located in the food court just past the security area for gates […]

February 12, 2007 Updated February 23 with photos of the Lightship Columbia, Astoria Column, and Dismal Nitch. The Boyfriend and I began the day with a lovely walk along the beach. We started in the rain; the weather cleared up a little later. [cpg_album:198,3] After grabbing espresso to go from Long Beach Coffee Roasters, we […]

February 11, 2007 We had dinner at the Shoalwater Restaurant in the Shelburne Inn (actually in the town of Seaview). Our cottage provided a guidebook with ads, flyers, etc. from area businesses. We saw a menu for the Shoalwater, and The Boyfriend spotted a vegetarian French onion soup listed on it. (Traditional French onion soup […]

February 11, 2007 I probaby won’t have much “dish” on restaurants for this trip. The Boyfriend and I are staying at a place with a fully equipped kitchen, so we’ll make most of our meals. The Long Beach area is famous for its seafood, and since I’m of the vegan persuasion, I wasn’t optimistic about […]

February 10, 2007 This afternoon, The Boyfriend and I headed out for Long Beach, WA for a few days. We stopped in the town of Raymond along the way. (See the Willapa Bay Chamber of Commerce Web site for additional information.) I really liked Raymond for its quiet, small town atmosphere and its great public […]

(Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006) And so ends a love affair … or, so begins an indefinite hiatus. An unrequited love; I’m sure San Francisco and Berkeley won’t miss me. Nonetheless, I agree with Herb Caen, who said: One day if I do go to heaven … I’ll look around and say, “It ain’t bad, but […]

(Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006) After getting cleared through the security checkpoint at Oakland Airport, the anonymous man in front of me and I ambled off to the side of the checkpoint to organize ourselves and our carry-on bags. Facing each other, we engaged in small talk as I strapped my blue and red Teva sandals […]

(Monday, Sept. 18, 2006) My last full day in the Bay Area … for now. First, today’s bike/scooter and proof shots: [thumb:970:c:l=p] [thumb:974:c:l=p] My destination today was Herbivore, a vegan restaurant in San Francisco‘s Alamo Square neighborhood. Starting once again from the Financial District, I walked down Sutter to Gough, turned onto Fulton, and finally […]

(Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006) On my walk back from breakfast at Fellini this morning, I noticed an odd-looking vehicle driving on University. A few minutes later, I noticed a couple more. That was my first clue that something was happening in the neighborhood. My next clue was the proliferation of signs indicating part of the […]