April 17, 2007

  • I got up nice and early to go riding before work. I took the familiar Corbett to Portola route but took 15th avenue up into Golden Gate Heights. Lots of climbing, jaw dropping views. This street sign reminded me of my friend Peter Fritz who is spending his retirement farming Macadamia nuts on Maui.

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    Farming Macadamia Nuts ?!? ... Don't believe me? Check out his blog:

    Peter Fritz's Blog

    I came down Funston and took a few pictures of the beautiful St. Anne's church at Funston and Judah:

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    The VIP entrance off to the side:

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    I then headed into the park where I rode around Storey Lake which was covered with ducks the last time I was here but was a little more serene today:

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    And over to the Prayerbook Cross which is basically hidden and almost impossible to photograph:

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    I stopped by the Rose Garden which is almost ready to bloom. There were a few flowers but they were kind of scraggly and I couldn't find a good one to photograph. But I'm going on Saturday and I think it will be beautiful. Then I headed down to the bike lane to Arguello and took that over to Washington which I took down through Pacific Heights. The bay looked beautiful from up on the hill:

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    I took Washington to Franklin and then Pacific through Chinatown into the Financial District. I met Chris Duplantis for lunch and we took Sofi for a walk around Pac Bell Park. She is so precious. I hope the puppy that we're getting after the Lifecycle turns out as sweet as Sofi. Because Sofi excels in sweetness. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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    After work I took Sutter to Steiner to Clay to Arguello. I love biking around Pacific Heights because of the combination of beautiful architecture and challenging hills. I managed to get this picture of the beautiful Synangogue at Clay and Arguello. It isn't easy to photograph and the light wasn't helping.

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    I then went down Arugello in the park and it out on 9th avenue which I took up onto Forest Hill. I take this route quite a bit. Forest Hill is very suburban even though it's in the middle of the city. Here's an unusual view of the big antenna that dominates the city taken from the top of Forest Hill:

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    And suburban splendor up on Forest Hill. Where are the desperate housewives??:

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    I ended up at the top of 14th ave which has a beautiful view:

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    Which is improved by the presence of my head:

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    A local hospital has this hilarious ad.

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    Poison, Poison, Poison, TastyFish:

    I had a little time left before I was supposed to be home so went up to the Twin Peaks viewing platform which has the most spectactular view of the city:

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    And one with me. If you look carefully, you can see that something pretty big was burning down by Mount Olympus. I tried to find out where it was but I was running out of time and I didn't want to be late because Mr. Poe was cooking and I was still wincing from my crappy dinner last night.....

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    It turned out to be Rigatoni with a big salad. Fabulous! Let's hear it for my wonderful husband!