I took Ryan's advice about going outside on Saturday. It was a beautiful day, and I took a seven-hour, seventy-four-block walk around San Francisco, from the Ferry Building along the Embarcadero up Chestnut Street to get a haircut, and back through Chinatown. Wow! San Francisco is neat, and I rarely actually walk around unless people are visiting me. So thanks for the advice, Ryan.

I stumbled upon the San Francisco Art Institute, where my mom used to work in the 1970s. It's an incredibly beautiful tiny little campus up on a hill in the northeast corner of the city; there are amazing views from up on the roof, and you can walk right up out on it. I hadn't been there in over a decade.

On Sunday, I went to Berkeley so Sumana could help me with my collage (still not done!), and whom should I run into outside a new vegetarian Japanese restaurant...

I ended up staying over in Berkeley at a friend's house so I could go by the voice-recognition dealer's place in the morning. Well, they made me make an appointment (for Wednesday) and sent me away empty-handed. So I dropped by Transvirtual looking for Rob, and didn't see him but did see Jim. I'll catch up with Rob at LWCE.

I also read The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth over the weekend, and I highly recommend it (although I didn't find the ending very satisfying).

The U.S. Government Bookstore has moved from 2nd Street to somewhere else. Oops.