i know a place

these chairs are in a very lovely relaxation spot.
it’s a secret sanctuary, by a boat yard.

this was after a hilly bike ride in the foothills.
it was exhilarating.

have to be sure to practice perfect posture whenever possible while wearing this.
otherwise it’s preggo city

it’s ‘my saturday’.
tomorrow i have an appointment with my counselor. third visit.

painting progress. weeeeee!

lookin’ good. pretty much how i’d had it pictured in my mind this whole time.

i will be painting the blade itself. grey-ish.

so far i’ve had a relaxing and enjoyable day. whewf! what a relief, right?

those rib-eyes were so incredible. mmmmmmmmm

at the gym.

i skipped the gym today. will most likely go tomorrow. tomorrow is kind of an errand running day.

i’ve been watching lots of ren & stimpy on youtube today. nice feeling.

i have rediscovered a body splash i had hidden away and i love it. yum yum. smells delish.

here we got caught waiting for a train so i took it as a photo op, of course.

a fine fellow. a gallant gentleman. plays a mean game of scrabble.

still waiting.
fun light.

k.

time to paint mein fingernailen.

i’m your biggest fan

the best old school mexican food fast food you can possibly get is here, this place is called Taco …. omg. i forgot again what it’s called. i always forget. [TREE!!! it's TACO TREE!]

jason ordered his nachos the right way. i ordered mine the wrong way. you want to ask for the chips on the side.

now, i know.

i’m sorry, everyone.
i really am.
just for being the ‘eff-up’ that i am.

my throat hurts from allergies and that’s really no fun.

the internet is funny.

i went to the gym

blah blah blah my dinner tonight was quinoa & black bean infused tortilla chips and …. that’s it.
some wine to wash it down.

i’m going to bed, now.
tata

tacos

i’ve been trying to get back into my old ‘whole body’ mentality and trying to remember to take all my supplements. especially since i have really been unpacking. in the last place i lived, i never really unpacked my boxes. i just put them in the garage and lived in denial about them.  i have SO much stuff and a lot of it is supplements and body care products from my last ‘job position’ in reno.

i am starting to use progesterone cream. i’m gonna try it out for the next two weeks before aunt flo comes to visit. we’ll see if that helps my rage-a-holism this month. it got kind of out of hand last month, mostly just at work.

i’ve been doing well since then because i am happier, now that i live in a better place and have a wonderful man in my life, plus a couple of really great friends. and a new-to-me car, now. things are looking up, for sure.

all the blossoms are out on the trees and that means time for carrie to sneeze. so i’m taking a Gaia Herbs supplement called Aller-Leaf.

ate this on haight. i’m still trying to use up all the pics i took in the city.

the bar.

okay now to the good stuff!

we ate at this wonderful place called the Alembic.

 

there was this guy sitting outside our window on the planter box. he was ‘sleeping’. our waitress went out and asked him to leave. she seemed pretty perturbed.

 

i could eat a whole jar of these! pickled quail eggs. yum yum!

i still have those little ‘skewer’ things in my purse. HA. i am weird like that. i hold onto strange little souvenirs and that is why i am a hoarder.

i had a drink which contained absinthe. it was good.

 

jerk spiced duck hearts with pickled pineapple. too good. gone in a flash!

 

and the bone marrow money shot! it was very fatty. is bone marrow fatty?

it was great.

 

that was all we had that time but we went back later for a hot dog.

 

a really yummy hot dog.

 

jason is a foodie, too. YAY!

 

one evening we found this wonderful situation of world class food carts called OFF THE GRID

 

def the place to be.

 

one of everything, please!

 

we had asian asada (my fave), roast duck, and wu shu char shui.

they were all wonderful but i think we were just totally over-stimulated by this point! i don’t know how bourdain and zimmern do it without getting burnt out and having everything start tasting the same.

i know bourdain starves himself before he goes on a shoot. like, he doesn’t eat until he does the scene. know what i mean?

 

i found these two tarot cards on the sidewalk while we were out walking.

i assumed they must have been a message to me from the universe.

 

that car is exactly what my first car was. an old BMW from the 1970′s. maybe it IS my old car?

 

i know i should smile when i am doing this but i usually feel really awkward and self-conscious when i am taking my picture in a public place like that, so it shows. heh.

so, that is pretty much all of the haight street adventure photos.

there might be a few stragglers coming up but not many.

phewf.

onto something new, eh!?

yah.

i walk the thinnest line

moving time is upon us.
i’m moving into this cool little, like, boarding house cum bed and breakfast.
haha.

it’ll be cool for a time.
transitional housing.

everything’s in flux.

classay.

my friend JP took this pic. JonPaul.
not too bad, eh?

generally i am not fond of having other people take my photo.
i have to be in the directorial seat.

so to speak.

the nights are longer than moonshine

my valentine’s evening was fantastic.
how was yours?

i forgot to post this picture of a dinner i assembled last week. (well, jason & i. it was a collaborative effort.)
fancy carnitas have’a chips nachos.

last night was bacon wrapped scallops. oh so good. we dipped them in a little sriracha with a dollop of ranch dressing in the middle. my brilliant creation of a dipping sauce made them that much more perfect. :-)

then we (by ‘we’, i mean ‘he’ ~ i watched, and documented) BBQ’d some korean short ribs or something. they were amaze.

jason has really great style. i love it.

plated up.
sorry all my pics are blurry.
i bet my camera’s batteries (yes, i still use a camera that has batteries. ?) are dying.
there’s some sliced avocado, cilantro garlic butter lemon sauce on the asparagus spears and
oh yes, the beautiful beautiful head of roasted garlic. yummmmmmmmmmmm.

these are the jeans which tricked me into thinking they were cute when they were actually thinly disguised MOM JEANS.
and yes, i’m a mom… but that doesn’t mean i have to wear mom jeans. nor do i care to. not even ironically.
they are hideous and have now been relegated to work pants.

what picture is this?
i don’t even know and i don’t feel like loading the visual.
oh, i checked. okay. that is my new old navy jacket. wool, bedazzled.
so ‘me’, really.

second gift was/is absolutely gorgeous. pics to come.

here’s what i gave him.

awesome lighting for it, eh?
happy happy joy joy.
i’m starting to feel the painting bug’s itchy bite.

100% chance

see? it’s MY bridge. just kidding.

was going for a silhouette but got flash instead. that’s okay, tho.

this is taking ‘under the bridge’ to a whole notha level.

i left my heart

here i am in the heart of san franciscso.
sorry, i was blogging these photos last night (in the previous post) but i got tired. so, here are a few more.

love it.

pretty!
there was this artist sitting near this tree, and he was sketching something really cool, with a pencil on a white piece of paper. i looked at it and my friend said, what is it? it was a hodgepodge of imagery but right then he was sketching some palm fronds. then he asked her if i was a scorpio (which i’m not, i’m a gemini) and then he told her she didn’t like guys who get possessive (which is 100% true) and i gave him a dollar. it was awesome.

i would like to have this car.

this picture is different from the one i put up a few posts ago.
do you know which song that is a lyric from?
it took me a while to realize it because i had too much information being processed at the time.

i need that hat. whole outfit would also be good.

hey, at least today is my friday and i really don’t have any obligations for my weekend. very nice.

i should go back to the city!
i don’t know if i will, but i’d like to!
it is so great there.

for one thing, i didn’t get a chance to go in this store because it was closed (christmas day)

who can i drag to go with me?
i have one friend in mind whom i think would love it, but not sure if he’s available. hm… we’ll see.

now THAT’s an awesome shot.

ok. out of time again. more later. :-)
bye!
have a great day!

could we start again, please?

here i am happy.

here, i am serious.

all perfectly normal behavior.

maybe i look disconcerted because of the sign which i was facing…. sign/graffiti what-have-you.

today was cool. all in all.

our team

liquor-lanche

this dress is nice.
ann taylor loft.
so nicely tailored.

was told i look like a candy cane.

spent my weekend napping and over-indulging.
fun!

we got lots of special attention at the grocery store because someone is gimpy.

seven bucks
it’s for burning man.
well, in honour of…
a souvenir
and
who knows, maybe i can utilize it somehow for work when we are supposed to be dressing up this weekend? or not.

that’s my shirt.
the people at the store thought he was a burner.
lol

strap on your fake helmets

hey, are ya going to burning man?
i’m not!
it’s coming to me!
sort of.

another picture from the reunion.
this was early in the night, obviously.
i think i lasted three hours.
all the dancing started after i left… (after i ate)

lovely photos, courtesy of the reunion photographer Adelina Milano

sorry, i have to go, now.