return to The House

Yes, that was poor reporting from Commano last week. The VERY
colorful and interesting home in my nabe is at 25th Street and York.
Right on the corner. Even people with bad eyes (me) can see it
from Bryant Street. Why is the Panda there?

John at John's Grill

Our Bossman John (right, above) is leaving SF and we said

goodbye, good luck yesterday at John's Grill, the scene

of many Borders celebrations. He will be missed and

certainly made his mark on this city.

here it is!

I knew this house existed but where? Imagine my surprise to see it last
Monday when I walked to the #33 bus on 25th Street. The owner/painter
pays homage to the musicians in the Mission. It is a riot of wonderful
color and images and we haven't seen the last of it.

my trip to San Leandro

On Thursday I hopped on BART to visit Meriel in SL. But first I needed
my dog fix so here we have Wapo and Sam. Wonderful x 2.  We had lunch
at a little Greek place on 14th Street. That small town is becoming a
big and bustling little city these days with good food and still low
prices. Especially compared to MY city.

thank you, Cassini

It took this space craft seven years (!) to reach Saturn and it spun around
for thirteen years taking gobs of photos and samples and sending them
back to our scientists. Today Cassini ran out of fuel and purposefully
crashed into Saturn, still taking photos and making us proud. Prof.
Fraknoi had prepared me for today so I jumped up to make sure that
everything went according to plan this morning. I did.

about time, HBO

The Deuce is slang for 42nd Street. Here we have Maggie Gyllenhaal
and James Franco who star in this gritty NYC drama that we watched
last Sunday night. So far, so good.

meet my teachers!

Jon Rothmann (at KGO radio)

Andrew Fraknoi loves our universe

School started Monday at Fromm and I am where I should be. Professor
Rothmann teaches T.R. to Trump: Changing Nature of the American
Presidency and then Professor Fraknoi is our tour guide to the Universe:
Mars to the Stars (and Galaxies). The classes are packed with the over
60 set and I feel deep gratitude to be back in the classrooms again.