to be, or...

 I discovered the amazingly talented (and very nice) Eddie Izzard when I worked at Borders. He is a British comic and so much more. Yesterday I met Mary (of Ashland fame) at The Strand on Market Street for a completely sold-out one person play of Hamlet ~ Eddie plays 23 characters! What a treat. After the performance we walked to Absinthe on Hayes Street to meet John (of Ashland fame) for a delicious dinner and lots of catch-up chatter. Such a special SF Sunday.

Hands Off our democracy!

 Heidi, Karen and I took BART to Civic Center where we met up with grand daughter Samantha and her fiancé Luke and a few thousand other people. It was a warm and wonderful day and hope rises when we see so many people who care so much about our country. All across the USA patriots were protesting and once again it makes me proud to be an American. I urge my readers to donate to Indivisible and to send letters and get involved. And, oh yes, I was a bit (a lot) exhausted when we finally got back home.

G-men win ~ one l-o-n-g game

 It was a gorgeous day for our Home Opener and the Giants finally won in 11 or 12? innings. I watched on tv and I took a good walk and came home and the game was still on. What a battle. So nice to see a sold out crowd and that "new" ballpark (The Jewel) is now 25 years old. How is this even possible? And now the Warriors are on a winning streak and how can I possibly leave town next week? But I will...

three for my Lindakindle4

 Yesterday I downloaded a couple of mysteries for the trip. I had already started James for our next book club and I like it a lot. But we all know that a couple of maybe-trashy novels help calm the nerves during long trips into other countries/worlds. I leave the USA  one week from today ~ eeeeek!

duck soup & fat ham

 I gave my SF Playhouse ticket to Neti because I will be on the Danube for our regular scheduled play. Ahem. But Amy had an extra ticket, thank goodness, so yesterday we saw this excellent, fun one act play, Fat Ham (based on Hamlet) and I'm so glad that I did. But first I needed the big bowl of duck noodle soup at King of Thai for lunch. Oh yum. Then this exuberant play was a total delight with a cast of seven terrific actors and I do recommend that you see this if you have the chance. By the way, Doug's SF Theater Blog is linked here ~ he is a really good reviewer and I always abide by his recommendations. Well, almost always. In any event, a happy Wednesday for me in the heart of my city.

bargain matinee

 Back to the Alamo yesterday with Amy doing all the heavy lifting again. Eephus is a sweet little baseball movie about a small town ritual that will be ending for this group of mostly out-of-shape, mostly middle age men. Quiet humor and nostalgia. Sweet, but not for everyone unless you love baseball. Oh, EEphus is the name of a very slow pitch, or so it seems.

making life better

 So far, so good with our Giants. I love having these games to look forward to and last night we beat the Astros after winning the series in Cincinnati. I'm starting to learn the names of the new players and listening to our old favorite announcers is music to my ears.