Tuesday (26th June)
Things were buzzing bout midnight, was it the fridge? People next door running a bath?
Back to sleep, awake at 3, back to sleep
Up for breakfast in restaurant, passed the steamy pool
via a fern/ bench thing
And the view at breakfast
Both had big big breakkies, walk back to room via 3 sheep/ ram things
Back in room, Thought I could see face in tree, but think my eyesight is bad and doubles things up (slightly)
Paul manged to get late check out till 1pm, back to bed!
Then to the pool for lounge
The weather was going to be hot this week
Back to the room and we packed and packed, stuff into car for final coffees on terrace
Squeak had loved it here with the French theme and all
And off we went on VERY 'ziggly' roads heading towards the coast road
We saw a place that looked amazing called Stinson Beach
And both very tired after driving 4 hours we made it to the apartment, with the Sutro tower just at the top of the road
Off to drop car back, saw amazing succulent display on sidewalk
Dropped off car (exhausted) muni to Castro, popped into Mollie Stones for essentials
Home/ unpacking/ food/ fizz/ will and grace/ bed
Wednesday
So here we are, Castro apartment for next 5 weeks!!!
Breakfast of special k with vanilla and almonds with almond milk (YUM), washing clothes
Then off to Mollie Stones for food for next couple of days
Lunch on the terrace, and later out for coffee and nuttella and banana crepe at queen malika
Looked at a couple of restaurants, popped into Mollies for flowers, back to apartment, writing diaries/ lounging and stuff
Big bang theory and do you think you can dance on fox, accompanied with brucetta, arabiatta and fruit with some lush wine from Rutherford/ Napa valley
Will and Grace and bed
Thursday
Strange dreams, the devil has a message for me, but I didn't hear it
Breakfast, yummy special k and here comes the rest of the day!
back to apartment, bit of uploading/ downloading. out for lunch to Dolores park cafe, its great to walk there, just down there street and all down hill
I had a yummy turkey/ bacon/ blue hot baguette and Paul had chicken Caesar salad
Back along 18th to Castro, popping in the shops, as you do, picked up some incense (dirt cheap sweetie) and back to apartment via mollies for some bread
Drank some mighty crazy cherry chai drink
We were on top of the world, looking down on creation....
Passed lots of amazing gardens and flowers
Even on the sidewalk there lots of colour and love
Home for dinner, chicken with sweet potato mash, the then out to the castro theatre to see barbarella, via watching a man play with his organ
Friday
Met the locals on the shelf in the apartment
Breakfast, coffee in queen malika and down to valencia st for lunch, had a very lovely watermelon lemonade and did the shops
Back to apartment, up a VERY long hill, rest, dressed and out to meet Maryanne for snacks, cocktails and dinner
Saturday
Breakfast, Malika for coffee, apartment, shower, change off to Valencia St for Therapy, Paxton Gate et al, back home via Mollie Stones (where Paul managed to get a hire DVD form a machine for 1 dollar and bought some mint Milano's
Then meal (curry) then out to the dark room theatre to see two twlight shows being performed live. Not as good as the star trek one and boy was it hot in there) but i enjoyed the pre theatre cocktail of 'body heat' in 'Laszlo' bar
Back to the apartment, and watched 'Man on a ledge' or perhaps 'film thinks we are vedge' - not very good - quaffing Sergura Viadus (£3 a bottle)
Sunday
The clodhoppers upstairs kept going till about 3am (yawn), had some odd dream about trying to sell a property and we had made furniture out of, well, crap basically, but the selling point was the huge secret room, which was another house really, with gardens on the roofs
To Malika for coffee, then out to the Castro for shopping and things, back home via Mollies for mint Milano and coffee made from our new cafetiere thing
Uploaded the new spacedogs radio show.... rest.....
Pottering round the apartment, out for dinner to firewood for pizza/ pasta/ red
Back into mollie stones to grab cheesecake (yum) and bottle of malbec, now sipping coffee and Paul researching the foods to avoid/ eat
wine/ will and grace/
Monday
Doing very little today, though having said that spent most of day creating and updating web sites and blogs, who knew it could take up so much time? but am taking the opportunity to recreate and create my online world
Now sat in the sunshine on the terrace, might go back in and do some more stuff online - quite frankly, I'm popped
Hanging round the apartment, then out after 3 to browse shops on market st, found great bookshop with lots to look at, bought Tina Fey book for Paul and one minute mindfulness for me
Drinks at Cafe Flore (delish iced chai) popped in pottery barn and back to apartment via Walgreens and Mollie Stones
Chilli for dinner with yummy raspberry and vanilla sorbet and a few strawberries so make the whole thing health health health
End of week 2