Category Archives: San Francisco

Bell Tower

Across the street from our Airbnb is St. Cecilia Catholic Church. The other day we heard the full rendition of Glory Glory Hallelujah from the bell tower.

This is what the outside of our place looks like. We’re on the bottom floor. That’s our rental car on the right.

And this is George. He had just come home from golfing. He and his wife Sheila own the house and are very nice.

This is a special picture for Bruce. When we we went to turn the tv on to watch the World Cup semi final between US and Germany, we were able to figure it out quite easily. I thought this was quite clever and was surprised you, with your handy dandy label maker, hadn’t thought of this…

We walked into town yesterday.

The metro station (above) is only about a half mile away. We’ll be taking it into downtown SF today for the Fillmore Jazz Festival. We’ve only got half day because of the holiday and the Jass Fest is free!

Below – the next block up. Typical looking SF neighborhood.

1959 Jaguar

Flowers along the way.

Blogged on Amma’s iPhone from SF with LOVE.

I’m at the other OB

I haven’t even been gone 24 hours and it looks like I’ve already missed thunderstorms and an Ocean Beach house fire. Luckily the 2 people inside and their pet turtle made it out safely.

http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/07/01/turtle-saved-from-ocean-beach-fire/

You can’t beat this find on Airbnb Where I’m staying. Here’s the living room/kitchen area.

And here’s my bedroom.

This is really awesome. There’s a real sword on one of the shelves as a decoration.

Jack fruit anyone? These things are as big as large watermelons.

According to Wikipedia, “It is native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, and is believed to have originated in the southwestern rain forests of India, in present-day Goa, Kerala, coastal Karnataka, and Maharashtra. The jackfruit tree is well suited to tropical lowlands, and its fruit is the largest tree-borne fruit, reaching as much as 35 kg (80 lb) in weight, 90 cm (35 in) in length, and 50 cm (20 in) in diameter.”

Maharashtra? I’ll be there next month!

1st class today – 8:30 am.

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Bay Area – Day 2

We had a BIG day yesterday. I use the word “big” from an Alo perspective – Big Truck, Big Boat, Big Bart. Just about everything really cool is Big.

We started with breakfast in Walnut Creek, then a drive through the tunnel to the ferry. We took two legs to Sausolito – Oakland to SF, the SF to Sausolito.

The day started out cold, windy and rainy, but the weather improved as the day went by.

Here we are approaching Sausolito (in the background).

Stopping to check out the bay, the birds and the sea lions.

While Alo napped in his stroller, we took a rest at a park on the south side of town. The peninsula across the bay is Piedmont, and on the other side of that peninsula is Tiburon. From where we stood, the houses look very expensive. As with the houses on the hill in Sausalito, they all appear to have very good unobstructed views.

In SF waiting for the ferry back to Oakland. “Hi Birdie.”

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San Francisco

Giants! Somehow Robb made his way into Candlestick Park for the Giants win over KC Saturday night & managed to show proof from three different locations.

Part of the reason, I’m sure, that he posed in three different locations is that according to his text, he snuck in, so he didn’t have a seat. I don’t know all the details, & can’t really say what that says about Candlestick Park’s security, but WOO HOO… We watched the game on tv & he got to see it in person!!! San Francisco’s welcome gift to Robb!

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Ocean Beach

There are two. Ocean Beaches, that is. Hop on the Metro above to get to the “other” one.

Here’s a night picture of the courtyard at the motel where I stayed. View from my room looking toward the street.

And views from the plane on my flight back to SD.

The photos before the sun rise are the Bay Area, and the photos after the sun rise are of San Diego.

Back to work today.

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Give that girl a box of Snickers …

Teacher training workshop completed. It was a lot of work, but great. They don’t call it an intensive for nuthin!

We got done early yesterday, so Lynn and I took the Metro (which stops right across the street from our motel) downtown. We started off at the Asian Art Museum, and from there walked to the Wharf where we ate dinner at a little Mexican restaurant, similar to Wahoo’s, and caught the Metro back home.

The picture above is of the front of the museum.

Here are some pictures I took during our outing.
Up at 3am this morning to catch my flight home.

Alo and Maya courtesy of Bruce …

Alo looks like he’s getting ready to crawl away.

DND – Studying for his next big final …

Blogged from SFO with LOVE!

The Abode of Iyengar Yoga – San Francisco

Above – another photo of Alo taken from Akuch’s FB (6 months old)!!

Below are some pictures of the interior of the yoga studio where I’m doing my training – people setting up for lecture.

The pictures of Guruji below on various walls. Some of the photos have glass frames, so there is a glare.

Ganesha

Patanjali

Although yesterday was a “short” day, I didn’t do anything exciting. Recovering and resting is important here. Tomorrow we’re done at 10:30. That’ll be the end of the workshop, and I plan on “living it up” by going to the Asian Art Museum where there’s a collection of Indian Yoga artifacts. If you’d like a preview, look here:
http://www.asianart.org/exhibitions_index/yoga

Blogged from San Francisco with LOVE!

The Abode of Iyengar Yoga – San Francisco

Here are some pictures of the interior of the yoga studio where I’m doing my training. People are setting up for lecture.

The pictures of Guruji below on various walls. Some of the photos have glass frames, so there is a glare.

Ganesha

Patanjali

Blogged from San Francisco with LOVE!

Grandkids First

Papa took my turn babysitting Alo yesterday.
Alo wasn’t going to smile for Papa, but I do like his skeleton outfit!

More Zoo

What do you call the turtle enclosure at the Zoo?

Why, a “turtletorium,” of course.

San Francisco trip second:

After an hour delay due to the weather, the plane finally took off. Above the storm…
My friend, Lynn, who I met at SF airport.
This is the courtyard at the motel where I’m staying. My room is at the very end.
Looking up at the sky through the tree in front of my room.
I was starving when we arrived, so we walked to this little cafe around the corner.
Then went for a walk to the beach two blocks away.
Storm drain.
Kinda like Venice Beach, but not …
I don’t have a clue what’s up with this …