If you look really carefully you'll see her in the window

I got my first "welcome to the neighborhood" just now as I was talking to the movers.

And the little Chinese lady across the street is keeping a watchful eye on me. Every day.

He made it....

There is a full grown man behind that stack. He's meant to crawl out somehow. If not, our monthly food expenses will increase.

Bernal heights

Obamas popularity might not be sky rocketing right now but does san franscico really have thevright target audience for thus kind if nonsense?

Sparkle Pony

It's common here that the barrista will make a nice little pattern with the milk in your latte, most often a heart, sometimes a sun, in the Mission even a smiley face.
This morning the girl was struggling with Richards coffee for an unusually long time, even for a slightly hung-over 20something on a Sunday before brunch-rush.
She poured in milk, stirred, looked at it for a while, started pouring again. Stirred, looked at it, poured again, stirred.
For a very long time.
The guy at the counter turns to her.
- It's a unicorn, she says. And keeps stirring.
When Richard gets the cup, the big blob of frothy semi-skimmed looks nothing like. Even if we try.
The coffee is slightly cold.

Saturday

Today the big PACK begins. It is time to get ready to move to our beautiful North Beach Apartment.
I am so excited I haven't been able to think about anything else.

I went to the Greek Theater in Berkeley last night to listen to Robert Plant and The Band of Joy.
That guy hasn't lost his voice. Nor has he lost he stage presence, or the curly rock'n roll hair.


It looked like he had trouble swinging the mike stand a few times though, but it was worth it. It was a good show!

I haven't stopped blogging, I am just taking a little bit of breathing space.

Observations

A middle-aged man drove past my house, picking his nose and then putting his finger in his mouth.
Surely that's not allowed.
In front of MY house?

No prank calling please!

I really wish there was a way for me to play the automated answering service at California Closets for you. It's really funny.
You could always call and check yourselves.

Bright white

Today I have faked interest over 8 different shades of white.
It was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
I narrowed it down to China White, Snow and Polar.
Once you get in to it, you can spend hours holding up fabric samples by a window.
Am still worried that Snow might be too white.

And this is window dressings, I haven't started choosing paint for the walls yet.

Here we go

- North Beach by night, not fun! says the receptionist at my gym as she tells a story about how she get's booted of stage during a drunken karaoke session.
- I will never go there again! It's, like, the worst place - ever.

Our bank just signed of on our loan.
We're moving to North Beach.

Cherry