I slept in and then Mr. Poe and I headed off to the Palace of the Legion of Honor for the Women Impressionists exhibit.  It was kind of a meh.  I liked the Berthe Morisot stuff but I only have so much patience for Cassatt.  I will say that it was better curated than the previous couple of exhibits I'd seen at the Palace of the Legion of Honor and I didn't find the organization of the exhibit to be distraction or irritating.  The real stand out of the day was the incredible Dale Chihuly gas that is liberally sprinkled through the museum.  It's wonderful:

  

Here's Mr. Poe outside of the museum.  Hello gorgeous!

This is the view of the Presidio from Camino Del Mar:

We went to Brothers restaurant for Korean food which was wonderful and then I went home and slept if off.  Then we took the dogs to the park and had dinner and then went to bed early. 

I headed off on a Different Spokes ride on Saturday with my friend Larry.  We had two other riders show up and I didn't know either of them.  Somehow, it had gotten past both of them that Different Spokes was the gay bike club because both of them were straight.  Ah, well, any club that would have me in it can't be too discriminatory so off we went.  We headed over the Golden Gate Bridge into Marin and then headed over to Fairfax.  Here are Todd, Larry, and Eli at the stop in Fairfax.

We headed over on Sir Francis Drake into San Geronimo Valley and then went through Samuel P Taylor Park and then over Olema Hill into Olema.  Then we climbed to the top of the valley before dropping down into Bolinas Lagoon.  It was foggy but beautiful and the tide was in which is how I like it best:

We headed over to Stinson Beach and stopped for a while.  Here are the determined beach goers.  Way to cold for me to go to the beach:

We climbed out of Stinson.  Here's Todd:

And Larry and Eli:

And the beautiful coastline:

We made it back into Mill Valley and stopped for lunch.  Then I went home and got showered and ready because We had friends for dinner.  Wilfredo and Mike and a different Larry showed.  Mr. Poe made wontons! 

Bike Mileage:
Today                                          77.8
Week to date                             213.8
Month to date                            428.5
Year to date                            7,430.5
Remaining to Goal                   2,569.5
Over (Under) plan                      982.4

After work I headed off Howard to 11th to Harrison to 26th to Valencia to Tiffany to 29th to San Jose to Wilder to Diamond to Monterey.  I took Monterey into Saint Francis Wood and stopped for some pics.  Pretty:

I took Monterey to Saint Francis into Sloat to Gabilan to Crestlake to Wawona to 35th the Vicente and down to the coast.  I came up the Great Highway and stopped at the beach to ogle the surfers:

I love the beach:

I continued on the Great Highway to Irving and then back through the Sunset.  I wanted to stay out of the park because of the big music festival they were having.  This commerical building in Irving in the Inner Sunset has really nice griffins in relief on it:

I took Irving into Carl to Stanyon to Rivoli to Schrader to Carmel to Clayton to Corbett to Ord and home.  Mr. Poe was at the movies so it was just me and the dogs.

Bike Mileage:
Today                                          42.0
Week to date                               95.7
Month to date                            310.4
Year to date                            7,312.4
Remaining to Goal                   2,687.6
Over (Under) plan                      919.0

It was a lot less foggy this morning.  Which was welcome.  And it was dry.  Huzzah.

I headed off Corbett to Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and down to the coast.  I stopped at the ocean a little south of Sloat for pics.  It was pretty angry looking but beautiful and it smelled wonderful.  I love the beach:

I continued on the Great Highway to Skyline to Berkshire to Country Club to Lakeshore to Ocean to San Leandro to Monterey to Diamond to Wilder where I got a flat tire.  %&*#!!!  I changed it and was on my way.  I took Arlington to Randall to San Jose to Duncan where I got another flat tire.  %$%^*!!!  I need a new rear tire.  I changed it and continued to Valencia to Market to Sansome and into work.

After work I headed off Columbus to North Point to Van Ness to Francisco to Franklin to Chestnut to Lyon and into the Presidio at the Lombard St. Gate.  I came around on Lincoln and stopped just West of the Golden Gate Bridge for pictures of the Marin Headlands and the beautiful afternoon:

I continued on Lincoln into Camino Del Mar and up to the Palace of the Legion of Honor.  Here's me with the parking lot behind me:

And some attempted artsy photos of the museum:

I came downto 34th to Balboa and down to the coast.  I stopped at the beach which looked beautiful:

I went into Golden Gate Park at JFK and took it to the Panhandle and then took Stanyon to Page to Steiner into Sanchez to Market to 17th to Ord and home for dinner.  Mr. Poe had made me a wonderful birthday dinner and then we went to bed early.  I was beat.

Bike Mileage:
Today                                          42.0
Week to date                               95.7
Month to date                            310.4
Year to date                            7,312.4
Remaining to Goal                   2,687.6
Over (Under) plan                      919.0

I managed to get out of the house on time this morning which was great but unfortunately it was both foggy and wet.  Oh, well.  I headed off Corbett to Clayton to Waller to Stanyon to JFK and into Golden Gate Park.  I headed over to Stow Lake where the fog was very thick and it was a little creepy:

I headed over to MLK and took that to La Playa to The Great Highway.  I followed that down the coast and stopped a little south of Sloat for a pic pf the ocean in the fog:

Me with ocean behind me:

I continued on the Great Highway to Skyline to Lake Merced to Winston to Cerritos to Ocean.  I stopped for a pic of the tudorlicious coffee place on Ocean at Faxon:

I took Faxon to Southwood to Plymouth to Greenwood to Hazelwood to Staples to Foerster to Monterey to Diamond to Chenery to Randall to San Jose.  This is Randall at San Jose looking towards Bernal Hill.  Which you can't see at all beacause of the fog.  But the sun is just starting to burn it off:

I took San Jose to 29th to Tiffany to Valencia to 14th to Folsom to Fremont to Sacramento to Sansome and into work.

I slept in and just came down Market into work in the morning and then headed home for lunch to check on dogs.  After work I headed off Market to Turk to Arguello to Cabrillo to Funston and into Golden Gate Park at the Rose Garden.  Which still really smells like mildew.  Can't they do something about that??  I got on JFK and took it to Bernice Rodgers toMLK to La Playa to the Great Highway to Cutler to 47th to Vicente.  It was seriously foggy in the Sunset:

Me at Sunset and Vicente:

I continued on Vicente to 18th to Ulloa to 17th to Taravel to Vasquez to Garcia where I stopped for a pic of the gloomy, gloomy fog:

I continued on Garcia to Idora to Laguna Honda to Portola.  Where it was very sunny.  I just don't get it.  Here's proof:

But you could still see the fog rolling in:

I continued on Portola to Corbett to Ord and home for dinner.  Mr. Poe had to work late so I took the dogs to the park where Rufus behaved himself (!) and Ashley was enchanting as usual.

Bike Mileage:
Today                                          25.2
Week to date                               53.7
Month to date                            268.4
Year to date                            7,270.4
Remaining to Goal                   2,729.6
Over (Under) plan                      904.3

Mr. Poe and I got married again in a little ceremony at city hall followed by a lovely lunch at the Palace.  Our friends Nathan and Daniel, Mr Chris and David and Courtney and Regan came to the ceremony and Chris's mother Carolyn joined all of us for lunch. 

City hall is a beautiful venue for a wedding.  It's such a glorious building:

  

My friend Nathan took the rest of the pics.  He's got a great camera and he takes wonderful pictures that tend to be my favorite.  My Xanga profile pic??  It's a Nathan too.  It will be worth more when he dies.

In the East Hall waiting for the ceremony:

We got married at the top of the grand staircase:

Mr. Poe looking statuesque:

The ceremony:

Pics from lunch after:

After lunch we headed home and took the dogs to the park. It was a perfect day.

I just went down Market into work on Monday.  I came home for lunch and then rode after work.  I took Howard to 11th to Harrison to Mariposa to Hampshire.  There are a lot of pretty homes on HampshireL

This house is probably from the 1870's

 Check out this incredibly cool mural:

I took Hampshire to 29th to San Jose to Wilder to Diamond to Monterey.  I stopped on Monterey at Plymouth to take some pics:

I took Monterey to San Anselmo to Vicente and down to the coast.  I came up the Great Highway and stopped by the beach at Taravel for soem pics.  It was so beautiful at the beach and much less foggy than I expected:

Surferlicious:

I continued on the Great Highway and got a shot of these dogs where La Playa branches off:

I went into Golden Gate Park at MLK and took it to Middle to JFK to the Panhandle to Stanyon to Page to Scott to Duboce to Castro to 17th to Ord and home for dinner.

Bike Mileage:
Today                                          28.5
Week to date                               28.5
Month to date                            243.2
Year to date                            7,245.2
Remaining to Goal                   2,754.8
Over (Under) plan                      933.7

I went home for lunch to check on the dogs and then just went home up market to after work.  Rufus loves Sofi so much.  And Sofi is spellbound by precious little Ashley.  They played and played and then everybody collapsed around eight.

Bike Mileage:
Today                                          19.7
Week to date                             165.9
Month to date                            214.7
Year to date                            7,216.7
Remaining to Goal                   2,783.3
Over (Under) plan                      987.2