Weekend in SF

This past weekend was spent in San Francisco. I flew in last Thursday and got back on Sunday (5/20). Making this trip so close to my departure seems almost frivolous, but I had some interviews with San Francisco Unified School District and would really like to work in the city. I'm hoping one of those jobs becomes a reality, as job searching is truly tedious and very worrisome. As much as everyone says, "Well, something will come up," I know my timing may be a little off. I probably should have made my departure date a little sooner. But, if need be, I can teach for a year or do lots of other things I'm sure.

I did have some time to just hang out and remind myself that this is a terrific city with wonderful sights, sounds, smells and tastes. The weekend weather was perfect with very little fog. The skies were clear. I've always felt at home in San Francisco and this weekend reaffirmed my comfort.

San Francisco is a place odd things tend to happen. Phrases like, "Oddly enough..." hold little meaning when weird stuff occurs regularly. Rusty and I met one of his coworkers at a fine gentleman's pub (otherwise known as Badlands Bar), when who should walk in but Tom Hernandez (a roommate of Rusty's from way back in our Ventura days). It was great to see Tom, even though when we were younger, we had some disagreements with Tom as we all moved out of the house on Virginia Avenue. By-gones sweeties. He looks the same and he is still with his partner of 16 years. Small world? Infinitely!

Other weird yet wonderfully endearing stuff, seeing our surrogate nephew's William and John interpretive dancing to various classical and modern musical selections (in costume none-the-less). You gotta love Montessori School and modern parenting!

Following are some pictures from a Friday afternoon at Yerba-Buena (downtown San Francisco, across from the
Museum of Modern Art).

Photo 1: The MLK Fountain. This is the top of the fountain but seemed to catch the reflection of the sunshine quite beautifully.


Photo 2: Now we know where Joe Camel went (since you can't smoke anywhere in San Francisco). This is the Zeum Carousel at Yerba Buena.


Photo 3: Rusty and I had tea in the gardens of Yerba Buena. The tea was very expensive but my Silver Springs Oolong tea was warm and soothing and wonderful for a Friday after work! (hints of ginseng and licorice, the menu extolled).



Now for the update, Rusty will be flying in next Friday so we can load all of our stuff on a truck and move it to the West coast. Rusty and Med are both driving it out there for a five day road trip before putting everything in storage.

Me? My departure is still after June 15th. Lots to do between now and then! The good-bye tour in Raleigh has officially started and will continue through the departure date I'm sure.