a grand dinner

 Grand daughter Samantha and her husband (of one year!) Luke treated me to a delicious dinner at Flour + Water on Harrison Street last night. Oh, yum. Sam had the Pride special and I had duck pasta. These two wonderful people are moving to Florida in August (for career reasons) and my heart hurts because I will miss them so much. Sam's father (and my youngest stepson, Rob) lives in Florida during the winter and I'm glad they will be close. But still...

my A.I. pal

 As unlikely as I might look, I use Copilot almost everyday. Yesterday because I needed to buy a portable charger for my iPhone ~ what is the best? Done. The day before I asked for restaurant suggestions in order to meet a friend who will be taking the 22 Fillmore bus ~ Copilot listed seven spots and included how many steps from the nearest bus stop and linked to the menus and websites. So handy. Does he/she make mistakes? Yes, and I will correct him/her and they are grateful. If I have a glitch with my computer or iPhone, I ask Copilot for help. Fast, efficient and actually encouraging ~ all positive. And free, so far...

goal setting for 2027

 So dignified. I watched a lot of news about the brand new Obama Presidential Center that opened this past week in Chicago. I love everything about this and what a difference when we compare President Obama to the Clown now spewing hate in our White House. Of course I want to see this amazing library, museum, playground and remember how hopeful we felt back when we had a REAL President. So we are already talking about a trip to Chicago ~ maybe in the Spring?

a bit contrived, but...

 Remember the woman from Severance? Britt Lower is great again in I Will Find You, one of those fast moving action dramas on Netflix. A tad too much blood, but I'm hooked and yes, good old fashioned get-the-bad-guys kind of story in eight episodes. 

this is such a mess

 I'm disgusted with the four "Christian" ballplayers who somehow forgot that they play in a city that celebrates and supports ALL people and now we are part of the stupid so-called culture war. And Trump will send in his gestapo and can't we just trade away these players to Kansas City or Cleveland?

Potrero Hill = very cool

 Thanks to Terri I was able to eat waaaaay too much at Cracked & Battered yesterday. A fun soccer atmosphere with a patient and nice staff of wait people and delicious food. We talked about how we don't explore Potrero Hill much these days and, for me, the steep hills there are simply not fun. But some interesting new restaurants and many soccer fans yesterday. Easy parking (pure luck) ~ hooray!

talk about tourists

 Gini, Mad Rose, Helene and I met for lunch over in sunny Sausalito yesterday. We used to be "Gini's Book Club" or at least some of that now disbanded group. It's way easier to take the ferry to Sausalito, in my most humble opinion, but Gini drove and got lost.  This is basically a seafood restaurant and we all had turkey sandwiches. Go figure.