In Scottsdale, Arizona

Now we are in our rooms at the Hospitality Suite Resort. It's pleasant  with a kitchen, living room, and bedroom, and we will be comfortable here for the next few days while Terry is working at the startup company he consults for.  We were dog tired and starved coming in to Phoenix and so as soon as we got settled we went across the way to a vegetarian restaurant in a strip mall. It was full of happy diners. We had excellent hummus and spicy main dishes. We'll be back.

We enjoyed ourselves greatly in San Francisco. Last night we went to Scoma's on Fisherman's Wharf, and we each had a whole cracked crab,  cooked with plenty of garlic, and served with drawn butter.  Heavens!  What a treat. There is nothing as good, I think, as Dungeness crab, in the way of seafood. And I do enjoy the hands-on aspect of eating crab this way, with the bib and all. 

While Terry was busy at the planning committee for an upcoming conference,  I went around town with the group of wives, including a friend, Joan,  who has been a friend since the Swiss days when Terry and her husband, Allan, worked together;  we always meet for this annual occasion.   The brakeman flirted outrageously with us, and we didn't mind. Look at the fare!

 

I thought about how I used to take the cable car to my violin lessons when I was a teenager. San Francisco isn't my town, really, since I left so long ago in 1964 and never lived in SF proper for more than a few months but was more of a Berkeley girl.  I was born there, though! These days there isn't much of the funky stuff left that made it SF so exciting once upon a time.

I'm glad the cable cars are still running.

End of the line at the wharf.

 

Comments

[gigi-hawaii]

I lived in SF Sept-Dec 1968 on Clayton Street near the Panhandle and Haight-Ashbury. Hated the fog, rain, cold, and gloom. The sun went down at 4:30 pm, imagine that!

Please post photos of Phoenix, as I have never been there!

[musings]

Oh what fun! I loved those cable cars when we were in San Francisco. You are so lucky to have spent so much time there. Those suites with the kitchens are too wonderful. Have a great time. Arizona is beautiful!

[Florence]

We've only been to SF once. We went in August and nearly froze. We were dressed for Texas August which is decidedly not SF evening August. All three of us had to buy heavy wool sweaters. Loved the city though!!~

I'm envious of you being in Arizona. Some of the best birding spots are in southeastern AZ.

[Brandon]

"Please post photos of Phoenix, as I have never been there!"

Neither have I.

Have a great trip.

[Joy]

San Fran....always a good time. I was there for a fun day with Julie and Jory when little Olive was born. What a nice picture of you and Joan...~Joy

[Hattie]

Gigi and Brandon: I will post pix.
There is not too much exciting right around here where I am, although it is nice this time of year, before it starts getting too hot. This is a day of rest for me, since the past few days were very hectic.
Kay: One funny thing. When I sat on those seats it all came back to me! They are very hard!
Florence: We always could spot the tourists in August. They were dressed in summer clothes! San Franciscans were likely to call it San Francisco's "natural air conditioning," caused by the fog rolling in from the Pacific, and to look upon this as a positive thing. I prefer Berkeley, which has a better climate.
Joy: I was glad to visit my sister here. She was the one who stayed, and she has so much lore about California and the Bay Area, past and present. It warms a place up to have family living there, doesn't it.