Back in Seattle and packing for a meeting tomorrow in Portland. After the two days on the road to get back from San Francisco, the drive to Portland is going to be a snap. I'll fly next time though, that's for sure.
Full tank of gas - check. Beef jerky to kill road hunger - check. iPod playlist full of four straight hours of aggressive electro -check.
San Francisco was great, as it's always been. I took Cecilie, Magnus and Kajsa to most of my old bars & hangouts - Noc Noc & Toronado on Lower Haight, Warakubune on Church (Tiffany the waitress still remembers me from the 90s!!), Lucky 13 and the rest. It was great to see family and old friends (cheers and due creds to Ananda, Kavita, Marissa, Marcella, Marton, Nada, Jake & Jesus!) Wish you could have been there Jeremy & Diana, but hope you're raising a glass in Switzerland.
I'm glad I went, and I'm glad I was there with Cecilie & crowd - it helps to overwrite the old vibes with the new. Also, it's a different experience having a car this time - I was perfectly happy being carless for five years when I lived there, but it's nice being able to skip town and hit Sonoma & Redwoods country. I just wish it could have been a little warmer!
Feels strange to be back at work now, coming back online and hearing about the hot war in Georgia. Now traveling again already. I still feel disassociated. I want to write again - badly - but have no time.
Posted by case at August 11, 2008 02:48 PM