Tagged With: San Francisco
Me, Myself & I
Last Saturday my former BFF from my L.A. days was in town; she lives in Phoenix now and we haven’t seen each other since 2004 or 2005. She’d E-mailed me the week before that she’d love to get together for dinner and drinks and letting me know that she’d be staying at a hotel out … Continue reading
Fragile
Life is so fleeting. Guess I’m kind of in a funk right now, partially due to this reconnecting resolution that I’ve made for New Year’s. You see, reconnecting with people brings up memories of OTHER people from the past. My ex-husband and I had a friend, L., who was from Switzerland. Whenever the Euros gathered … Continue reading
Holidaze
The holidays are over, thankfully! Honestly, my holiday spirit has been relatively low for several years now. Not being close (physically or otherwise) to my immediate family, I chose to spend Thanksgiving in the same place as a few years ago – Las Vegas. Rather than staying at The Venetian this time, I upped the … Continue reading
Chiang Mai Sojourn
Thursday morning was my day trip to Chiang Mai via Bangkok Airways. After hearing the horror stories of cab drivers in Bangkok, and after dealing with the horrible cab drivers in Vietnam, I was dreading hailing a cab. N. had already said that he thought the cab fare shouldn’t be more than 300 Thai baht. … Continue reading
The Journey Begins
San Francisco to Taipei to Bangkok to Koh Samui. Believe me, it was a LOOOONNNNGGG day. The trip started with the carry-on luggage Nazi of China Airlines in San Francisco. I had two carry-ons – my rolling laptop bag, plus my “purse,” which contained my DSLR, my longer lens, my point-and-shoot camera, my jewelry, my cash, … Continue reading
My Budgeting is Failing and I’ve Barely Begun
Every year I supposedly have a budget. Every year it doesn’t quite go as planned. In about 10 days I’m off to New Orleans. My plans are to stuff my face with as much fried, spicy food as possible, as well as downing multiple drinks and seeing some live music. New Orleans has things like … Continue reading
Out in the Country (Sort of)
Last Sunday I ventured out to Golden Gate Park for the afternoon. I can’t even remember the last time I was there – maybe for the Outside Lands Festival in 2008. The occasion for this visit was the Second Annual Aloha Poly Festival being held in the Hall of Flowers. Beings it was only the … Continue reading
Put Your Hands On Me
Yesterday morning was my second, gulp, mammogram. The first one was back in 2011, after much hounding from both my regular doctor and my gynecologist. To be honest, the first physical experience wasn’t as bad as anticipated, but the psychological effects were enormous because I was called back for more X-rays! It turned out to … Continue reading
The Pleasure of Your Company
I’ve been extremely anti-social since around October of last year. The flakiness of people in NoCal finally put me over the edge. You know how you make plans with someone and they’re running late? People here don’t seem to call or text at all. They just let you sit and wonder. Sometimes they completely fail … Continue reading