Just a Sci-Fi Kid Like Me

We went to SF for the day. Scott insisted we had to go to this one place called Mama's for brunch. This involved waiting OUTSIDE in line for two hours. Kristin and I kept our place in line while Scott got us hot drinks elsewhere, then held our place in line while Kristin and I went to a bakery because at 11:30 we were HUNGRY. Finally Kristin said to he'll with it and went exploring and had pizza while we continued to wait and then finally got what became lunch. It was good but not THAT good (luckily?) Scott disagrees and so I have bonus points which is why we're going to see Tangled tonight. :D

Anyhow, after that we went to City Lights bookstore and all misbehaved, followed by going to Ciocollato where I got sweets for friends and coworkers. We'd planned to go to the Deyoung museum, but by then we were tired and damp and came back to Kristin's where we are now watching the D&D cartoon until movie time.

Tomorrow it'll be back to Texas. I packed all my stuff safe and sound, and can't wait to see the fur children again!

1. Sushi Ran in Sausalito is amazing.

2. We drove thru Berkley. I was on a freeway Chris was once on, probably. My dorkitude even scares me sometimes.

3. Will likely kidnap Friend Kristin for Thanksgiving, thus saving her from a day of peace and quiet and Lego Rock Band.

... I'm a crappy friend, aren't I?

So the weather today was quite nice so we rode down through Carmel and Big Sur. My cold attempted to rally and nursing a low grade fever and mild grumpiness we forwent hiking and instead went to the Hearst Castle, which I got a kick out of largely because of Xanadu in Citizen Kane. We had dinner at a great Iranian place in Monterey, and when the hostess asked us if we'd ever had Iranian food before and we were like yes, she asked if we were in the army. This greatly entertained me. Scott pointed out that there's a US Army language school in town so it makes sense, but I pointed out that we hardly look the part (him all scruffy, me with long hair and cargo pants and Emergency!coffee tee).

Anyhow I am nursing some tea and hoping the cold goes away. It's very annoying because I want to go out and have fun, except I also want to do nothing but curl up in a blanket with tea. *grump*

I have been behaving though, not checking work email or working. I wrote maybe half a paragraph of fic but that's mostly because Scott keeps interrupting me. Silly whicket!!

Aquarium tomorrow for realsies though.

Woke up this morning feeling like my usual self. At the B&B; it is lovely. They have cookies!!

The drive to Monterey was beautiful. I like looking at the sky here--there's echoes of dark clouds against the light, and the trees on the hilltops look like slashes of calligraphy. We drove through some rain and there were heavy patches of mist like smoke in the air.

So I'm sitting on the couch in the common area and Scott put the Cheshire Cat behind my head for a photo. I took some photos but my iPad doesn't like my automatic files set up, so it is likely there will just be a massive pic spam when I get home next week.