August 31, 2010

  • Monday, August 30, 2010

    I went for a ride after work which seems uncharacteristic after the lazy summer I've had which has left me so far out of shape that I'm currently exploring the limits of the tensile strength of my pants.  At least Mr. Poe is back to work so I'll be back to a more or less normal schedule where I'm forced to come home at lunch to check on the dogs instead of eating a calorie laden burrito at my desk.  It wasn't particularly cold but it's incredibly foggy.  I headed off down sutter and stopped at Buchanan for a pic of Japantown:

    I continued on Sutter to Fillmore to Clay to Spruce to Washington to Arguello to Cabrillo to Funston and into Golden Gate Park at the Rose Garden.  Sadly, the Rose Garden has recently been vandalized by some disturbed person who cut down a bunch of the bushes.  You can read more about the case here.  Survey the damage:

    I hope that's the end of his/her tirade because this garden is one of my favorite places in the city even in all this fog:

    Me:

    A foggy view of the De Young from JFK:

    I headed down JFK and stopped at Spreckels Lake for pics.  Incredibly foggy:

    I continued on JFK to Bernice Rodgers to MLK to The Great Highway and down the coast.  I took Taravel to 47th to Ulloa to 17th to Taravel to Dewey to Laguna Honda into 7th to Hugo to 3rd to Frederick to Stanyan to Haight.  I stopped at the famous corner of Haight and Ashbury for a few pics.  The Haight is a little light on the hippies these days.  Too expensive:

    I continued on Haight to Scott to Duboce to Castro to 17th to Ord and home for dinner.  I took the dogs for a nice walk up to Ashbury Heights after dinner and then headed home for bed.