Saturday I got up early and headed over to meet David and Gordon and we got on BART at 16th and Mission–  which is a fucking freakshow at 7:30 on a Saturday morning.  We headed over and met Larry at Macarthur BART and headed over the ridge.  Larry picked this crazy route up to Skyline that had some gratuitously steep grades.  Shady bitch.  We headed to Moraga and then Walnut Creek where we stopped for snack and picked up a couple of riders.  Then it was up Mount Diablo.  It was a lot cooler than it could have been which was welcome but the climb up Mt. Diablo was still pretty hard and cruelly, steepest at the very end.  I got some pics at the top:

 

 

Me:

 

 

I stopped frequently on the way down for pics.  It was such a gorgeous day:

 

 

Me:

 

 

The gang at a ranger station:

 

 

We headed back to Walnut Creek and stopped for lunch downtown.  It’s super cute down there.  Then we headed back to Oakland.  I got a couple of pics as we headed up gorgeous Pinehurst:

 

 

Then it was back to Oakland and back home on BART.  I had dinner and got cleaned up and went to bed very early.  It had been a long ass day.

 

Bike Mileage:

Today 76.4 Week to date 111.0 Month to date 76.4 Year to date 5,559.1 To Goal 2,440.9 Over (Under) plan 781.0 YTD Mileage vs Last Year 300.2 Rolling Year 6,736.6 Since Inception 10/1/07 46,026.8

Thursday I got up and walked down to the criminal courthouse on Bryant St for jury duty.  I got assigned to a court room immediately which was unfortunate.  People are chose randomly and I never got selected so I just sat around all day and waited for them to tell me to go home.  I headed over to Westfield for lunch and did a little shopping.  The shiseido lady at nordstrom gave me this little spa thing as a gwp that I wasn’t so excited about but I did use on Mr. Poe:

 

 

Friday I came into work on Muni and then went for a blissfully drama free spin class over lunch.  After work I went and met up with my friend Mark who I hadn’t seen in 20 years.  We went to a Rosa Mexicana where his friend was the chef at.  It’s super fantastic and they totally gave us the hook up:

 

 

Here’s Mark with his daughter:

 

 

And with the chef:

 

 

I stumbled home early and went to bed.  I had a big weekend planned.

Tuesday I came down Market into work on my bike and then went and visited with Mr. Chris and then headed home up Market.  Wednesday I came into work Market to Laguna to Post to Kearny to Clay to Sansome.  I headed home for lunch and then went for a nice ride after work.  I headed off Sansome to Pacific.  I got a bunch of pics of some of the dazzling homes on Pacific as I headed West:

 

 

Gorgeous woodwork:

 

 

I continued on Pacific to Lyon to Jackson to Cherry to Washington to Arguello and into Golden Gate Park.  I headed over to Stow Lake and got a pic of the Chinese Pavilion:

 

 

I headed over to MLK and down to the coast.  I headed down the Great Highway to Lawton to 34th to Noriega to 18th.  I can’t remember where I saw this pretty house in the Sunset:

 

 

I took 18th to Santiago to 16th.  This is the view looking south down 16th:

 

 

I took 16th to Taravel to Merced to Hernandez to Laguna Honda to Portola to Corbett to Ord and home for dinner.  After dinner I checked online and received the sad news that I had jury duty the following day.  Developing.

 

Bike Mileage:

Today 26.5 Week to date 34.6 Month to date 578.9 Year to date 5,482.7 To Goal 2,517.3 Over (Under) plan 770.4 YTD Mileage vs Last Year 223.8 Rolling Year 6,713.6 Since Inception 10/1/07 45,950.4