Part of the joy of travel is new places and new people.
The area here is not new to me, but since Im not a local it still has suprises.
A lot of my time here has been going to bookstores. Not an obsessive about books (well), I do love having a 'library' @ home. I have read many books from various university and CPL over the years for hard to find books or when too expensive - and, if the context is rite, I'd like to get books that i already have read. Munson and I took BART to Sf and then hopped on a bus to go way west to the Richmond district - book stores and dim sum. Munson knew of a key store out there, and determined to breakfast before shopping, he decided dim sum. Fuck, i thought, like i want Chinese two days ina row. he wanted cheap - i was looking for a diner/hamburger type of deal. But, again, I trusted him and it paid off.
We were late for lunch, but after processing 15 different places he decided one place was what he wanted. Late lunch crowd, sparse. Dim sum was incredible. It mita been the 3d time for me ever to do dimsum- and enjoyed the experience. Munson was very particular in getting the rite place a sitdown place where the dim is brought to you on the cart - not the place to line up and order carryout style. Munson is cheap like me (yes, Vito, he's cheaper than me, cheaper than dragon, but not as cheap as Dad) so I can be pretty comfortable w. him in restaurants (some people enjoy fine dining out - to me, all i think about is how much it costs the whole meal - not enjoyable - sorry it's the genes, or maybe environment, but it's there) getting cheap. We ate several of the servings, saying no to any seafood. Just so good - the pork, the chicken, the rice, the, the, the,.... and tea!
Then went to Green Apple books for shopping. Great store - several books bought - one too expensive and i shoulds known better-, had in my hands "Der Brand" in english (but new - too expensive), and spent maybe an hour looking about the various storefronts (has two separate store fronts) and various floors - not to speak of various levels. Nice place. We bussed it to the Haight to look for another store - but it had disappeared totally.
Bus to downtown, wandered about the tourists, and BART back to Berkeley.
The people here are not new to me, but since i'm not a local, they still have surprises.
Eve and Xmas were both generally spent @ jH's and Vito's. Her family is from LA, and her P and M made the drive w. her brother. Her sister already lives here, so she was over. Spent a lot of time hanging out there these days w. only minimal rooting about in cars or whatever.
There were a number of dinners to celebrate the parents being up. On Eve we did the traditional Italian thing of fish on Eve. This trad was mixed w. a type of Filipino fish - a nice melding of families, think i. I couldn't deal w. the fish d'accord, so instead i ate a sorta Filipino egg roll type deal. Nice.
The enxt day was Xmas, and went to the Oakland catherdral for Mass - Munson dropped me off. i got there a little late, so I didnt sit w. the family @ start, but after communion I spotted them and moved seat. the deal after mass was to get something in our stomachs for lunch - we had to go through a cheaklist of "what's open on xams for us" and went through chinese and too expensive diners and stuff - and we finally decided to got the supermarket. Good choice.
So - a revelation was that Darwinas sis and bro are very kool to hang w. i will admit that the first two times i met them i didnt have the same impression of them. I'd felt that they were kinda standoffish the other two times I'd met them - but both times were @ weddings when their sister was being married - of course they had no time for me. Unfortunalelty i took that vibe from them then. But lolling about for two days of chilling, eating, and karaoke gave me a different impression of them - really, they are great to hang out w. are very chill, and - next time Im out there a highlight will be to hang out w. them. Fun kids, fun to be w.
Ah, the karaoke. Vito and his inlaws love it - im so so. For their wedding they got a machine w. tonnes of songs - and both eve and Xmas evenings were spent singing into a mic. Both nites I stayed away, but eventually heated up and sang a few songs. I started to get into it by singing along w. the others when they had the mic - and wasnt too scared when th mic finally passed into my hands. I like kar., but really prefer to be on the stage myself - who doesnt? However, i was happy that i did a few songs.
Ate a lot. Darwina, working from the AM to the PM these busy days. She had to run the dinners, although she had a little help. Everone sat around a lot - except her. She cooked a turkey - huge job and the first one here. Giant xmas feast- turkey also had cranberry, and a personal favourite - sweet potatoes. So good - took some leftovers for petite breakfast next day. Special favourite for me was what i 'brought' for the dinner - pumkin pie from that Oakland chicken sandwhich shop Vito and I visited a few days before- and whats called 'rootbeer floats' (root beer and vanilla ice cream combined - Black Cows, anyone??).
And a present. Munson and I got a present - a pair of socks each : the only xmas gift this year for me.
Ended the twonite time w. a showing of "Chuck and Buck", a deep favourite of munson - so fave'd, he owns it. Great great film about, you know, moving on in life and being who you are. It had the air of a "napoleon Dynamite" w. a Buck being someone in that role trying to write and stage a play. The plot was great, and one really looked forward to the play. Do go see it.
The area here is not new to me, but since Im not a local it still has suprises.
A lot of my time here has been going to bookstores. Not an obsessive about books (well), I do love having a 'library' @ home. I have read many books from various university and CPL over the years for hard to find books or when too expensive - and, if the context is rite, I'd like to get books that i already have read. Munson and I took BART to Sf and then hopped on a bus to go way west to the Richmond district - book stores and dim sum. Munson knew of a key store out there, and determined to breakfast before shopping, he decided dim sum. Fuck, i thought, like i want Chinese two days ina row. he wanted cheap - i was looking for a diner/hamburger type of deal. But, again, I trusted him and it paid off.
We were late for lunch, but after processing 15 different places he decided one place was what he wanted. Late lunch crowd, sparse. Dim sum was incredible. It mita been the 3d time for me ever to do dimsum- and enjoyed the experience. Munson was very particular in getting the rite place a sitdown place where the dim is brought to you on the cart - not the place to line up and order carryout style. Munson is cheap like me (yes, Vito, he's cheaper than me, cheaper than dragon, but not as cheap as Dad) so I can be pretty comfortable w. him in restaurants (some people enjoy fine dining out - to me, all i think about is how much it costs the whole meal - not enjoyable - sorry it's the genes, or maybe environment, but it's there) getting cheap. We ate several of the servings, saying no to any seafood. Just so good - the pork, the chicken, the rice, the, the, the,.... and tea!
Then went to Green Apple books for shopping. Great store - several books bought - one too expensive and i shoulds known better-, had in my hands "Der Brand" in english (but new - too expensive), and spent maybe an hour looking about the various storefronts (has two separate store fronts) and various floors - not to speak of various levels. Nice place. We bussed it to the Haight to look for another store - but it had disappeared totally.
Bus to downtown, wandered about the tourists, and BART back to Berkeley.
The people here are not new to me, but since i'm not a local, they still have surprises.
Eve and Xmas were both generally spent @ jH's and Vito's. Her family is from LA, and her P and M made the drive w. her brother. Her sister already lives here, so she was over. Spent a lot of time hanging out there these days w. only minimal rooting about in cars or whatever.
There were a number of dinners to celebrate the parents being up. On Eve we did the traditional Italian thing of fish on Eve. This trad was mixed w. a type of Filipino fish - a nice melding of families, think i. I couldn't deal w. the fish d'accord, so instead i ate a sorta Filipino egg roll type deal. Nice.
The enxt day was Xmas, and went to the Oakland catherdral for Mass - Munson dropped me off. i got there a little late, so I didnt sit w. the family @ start, but after communion I spotted them and moved seat. the deal after mass was to get something in our stomachs for lunch - we had to go through a cheaklist of "what's open on xams for us" and went through chinese and too expensive diners and stuff - and we finally decided to got the supermarket. Good choice.
So - a revelation was that Darwinas sis and bro are very kool to hang w. i will admit that the first two times i met them i didnt have the same impression of them. I'd felt that they were kinda standoffish the other two times I'd met them - but both times were @ weddings when their sister was being married - of course they had no time for me. Unfortunalelty i took that vibe from them then. But lolling about for two days of chilling, eating, and karaoke gave me a different impression of them - really, they are great to hang out w. are very chill, and - next time Im out there a highlight will be to hang out w. them. Fun kids, fun to be w.
Ah, the karaoke. Vito and his inlaws love it - im so so. For their wedding they got a machine w. tonnes of songs - and both eve and Xmas evenings were spent singing into a mic. Both nites I stayed away, but eventually heated up and sang a few songs. I started to get into it by singing along w. the others when they had the mic - and wasnt too scared when th mic finally passed into my hands. I like kar., but really prefer to be on the stage myself - who doesnt? However, i was happy that i did a few songs.
Ate a lot. Darwina, working from the AM to the PM these busy days. She had to run the dinners, although she had a little help. Everone sat around a lot - except her. She cooked a turkey - huge job and the first one here. Giant xmas feast- turkey also had cranberry, and a personal favourite - sweet potatoes. So good - took some leftovers for petite breakfast next day. Special favourite for me was what i 'brought' for the dinner - pumkin pie from that Oakland chicken sandwhich shop Vito and I visited a few days before- and whats called 'rootbeer floats' (root beer and vanilla ice cream combined - Black Cows, anyone??).
And a present. Munson and I got a present - a pair of socks each : the only xmas gift this year for me.
Ended the twonite time w. a showing of "Chuck and Buck", a deep favourite of munson - so fave'd, he owns it. Great great film about, you know, moving on in life and being who you are. It had the air of a "napoleon Dynamite" w. a Buck being someone in that role trying to write and stage a play. The plot was great, and one really looked forward to the play. Do go see it.
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