mostly reading, walking and dinner

 We returned to Nous last night because we enjoyed it so much last year and again it was a good choice. Nice patio and tasty food after a rather lovely, lazy day of walking and reading by the Creek. John and Mary went to Henry last night while I stayed home to read the Oh, Mary script, a play we will be seeing in October in SF. It should be fun. Raucous. Two plays for us here today so best I get moving.

one terrific dinner, two fine plays

 A lovely full day with Yellow Face in the afternoon (great!) and Taming of the Shrew outside (middle photo) at night. I was up late, but slept well last night. Our second time to CocoRico for dinner and once again we were very pleased with the food and service. The weather here is milder than in past years which is just fine with us. John and Mary are going to Henry tonight but I passed on this and so a theater-free day for me. Perhaps a walk in Lithia Park? Too much food? Solo time reading tonight sounds good.

the long drive north

 I'm not great at in-car photography, but here is Shasta Lake and Mt. Shasta yesterday. There was some beautiful weather, some not great food in Red Bluff and here we are now at the Ashland Creek Inn. Dinner last night at Juliette and now we prepare for a two play day. Good to be back in Ashland for sure.

my back in the back room

 About 6 weeks ago the Blogmaid helped me select the PERFECT Lazy Boy/Girl chair and it was delivered last week much to our delight. I have some lower back pain which I'm sure you want to hear about in detail, and this recliner offers superb relief. It took approximately four minutes for Annabelle to vote her approval and now we have to negotiate who gets to sit where. 

who is the villain?

 We had never been to the Creativity Theater in Yerba Buena Gardens before, but it was an excellent experience when I met Neti here yesterday to see R.O.I. a one act play that is just so timely and interesting. The Elizabeth Holmes character really does want to save lives but of course money and power have a way of messing everything up. I had not been able to walk around the Gardens in quite sometime and that was so enjoyable (bottom photo). Lots of changes, all for the good. And what? Sunshine?

Picaro, por favor

 We had some wonderful paella on 16th Street yesterday. Picaro has been here forever and we had a lovely long lunch to celebrate Jeanine's birthday as we (Jeanine, Neti, Pat and your blogger) talked of many things and mostly laughed and enjoyed our friendship of many years.

The Mess Hall

 Doug, Barb and I celebrated Barb's belated birthday yesterday at the brand new Mess Hall at Tunnel Tops in the Presidio. Weather? Very SF, but we sat outside anyway and enjoyed the fog and the expansive views. The food was excellent and NOT over-priced. Already a popular spot and busy on a lazy Thursday.