Hec, that does sound like a wonderful day. I think you're going to have to lead a tour for us next May. Of course, I will have to starve myself for a week before I get out there so I won't feel too guilty eating all that nummy food!

Oh yay! Anywhere on public trans I can get to, so downtown is fine. Or we could meet in my hood and see where we want to go from there.

I think you're going to have to lead a tour for us next May.

Of course. It's just there are so many parts of San Francisco worth exploring. North Beach is a whole day, as is the Mission (each with significant subneighborhoods - like the Basque places in North Beach). But this is a funny little pocket of town that JZ had never been too. It's near the French consulate, and the little French church, and Cafe Claude, and Le Central and Cafe De La Presse are all within a two block radius. Also the Goethe Institute and various Italian joints, so it's pretty Euro down there and typically crawling with EuroTourists as well. Which can be fun in a hanging with the Chic People way.

May all the Bitches have all the love their hearts can hold in this coming year. And blessings of every kind!

Sail, I just e'd you my cell phone, etc. And I haven't been to Lush in ages, so this'll be an excellent excuse.

brenda, why don't you e me directions to your place? Then we can go public transpo or you can be my navigator while I drive. That can be decided once I get there, depending on where we plan on going. I'm up for an adventure!

Hec, I'm afraid however long I spend in SF is not going to be long enough to do everything I'd like to do. That said, I've done quite a few of the more common things, Pier 39, Chinatown, Napa/Sonoma, Sausilito, bay tours, etc. I'm up for something a little off the beaten track, whether it be Eurochic, pirate stores, stuffed mice museums, etc. You might consider hiring yourself out to the highest bidder for personalized tours, with your knowledge of all the little nooks and crannies of SF. Or, if you're up to the effort, providing maps of different areas by interest with nifty sights marked out. I know I'd appreciate something like that!

eta: Bwah! In the time I composed my post, brenda read my mind. Scary!

Juliana and I are spending the evening drinking sparkling wine (second bottle has been opened) and watching pretty people on TV. First the Thomas Crown affair, and now X-men, which is a very different kind of pretty, and allows for Halle Berry mockage.

Perkins! juliana! I want to be drinking sparkly with you. I'ma pout, now.

Mariah's dress is unflattering and makes her look fatty fat fat. (She's bigger than she used to be, but not as big as that atrocious thing is making her look)

And Dick Clark is cool, man, his speaking is impared by the stroke but you can still hear that excellent speaking voice.

happy new year all - we are off to our neighborhood party....