we got trees

 I bet there are a few needles in my carpets from Christmases past, but it is just too much trouble to have a tree these days. I do have lights and some holiday decor to cheer me here and today I offer you the tree of the Blogmaid (with Cody cat) and in the middle we get to admire Sister Jane's beautiful tree and of course you can see her SF cable car ornament, right? 

codependent ~ copilot

 I use Copilot at least once a day. He/she/they is quick, efficient and (I hope) accurate. If I need a zip code it takes two seconds, or maybe I'm writing or reading a piece for the Fluf (fuckin' love you folks) group or really anything, my AI pal is there. At this point Copilot is free, but who knows if they will be charging in the future? In any event, a solid new friend.

my city sparkles

 Yesterday Nancy, Scott and I poked around in the Ferry Building for a few hours, stopping for lunch and a little smart shopping. Then we met Samantha and Luke in Burlingame for some Burmese food at Yangon ~ that little city is jumping this time of year. The bottom photo was taken at 5:15 last night courtesy of Barb and Doug and her photography skills. From their back deck and really, how could we live anywhere else? And today, pure catch-up as family flies back to cold weather in Illinois.

books, friends and food

Suze set a warm and lovely table for the book club Sunday night ~ I brought the cake as you may have guessed. We discussed Apeirogon, a fictional account of a touching story set in Israel. An Arab father and an Israeli father bond after the deaths of their daughters. Not easy, but beautiful. Our book for the January meeting is Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan who wrote Foster. It is not easy finding time to read during this holiday season, but you already know that.

 

Downtown! Theatre!

 I'm happy to report that SF Downtown was packed with happy shoppers yesterday. There were lines checking out at Macy's Union Square and a ton of families enjoying the chilly Sunday. Neti and I had fun at Waitress at the SF Playhouse and then I hopped in a Lyft as I was late to the book club meeting at Suze's ~ that was festive indeed and I shall report on that at a later date. A lot going on and it must be the happy holiday season. Yup.

our first tornado

 My little home is safe and secure but there was a lot of damage from falling trees and flying debris yesterday. Many cars were smashed around the city and a few people lost windows and roofs and yikes. The iPhone alert at 5:52am was a shocker but the trucks and workers were out early doing a great clean-up job, but sheeeeeesh.

tv catch-up time

 Well, I am finally caught up with two of my favorites: Shrinking and Bad Sisters, both on Apple TV. And thanks again to Terri, I am seriously considering switching from AT&T (which is so much better than Comcast) to YouTube TV but I can't make any big decisions while Christmas has me by the throat. Deep breath...