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saturday in the city

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Yesterday was a wonderful day spent in the city with maiki! We went to see the Maira Kalman exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and it was wonderful. I bought three books in the gift shop: Fireboat, What Pete Ate and the Principles of Uncertainty. I had been anxious to visit the museum for some time and was happy to have finally made it there after a few failed attempts. We also checked out the work of the scribe of the “As It Is Written: Project 304,805,” in which a young woman is writing out the sacred Torah scroll at the museum. There are 304, 805 letters to meticulously write—its pretty amazing!

For lunch we went to the Samovar Tea lounge in Yerba Buena Gardens, a favorite place of ours. I tried new things and they were both delicious: vegan thai iced tea and the rice jook with tofu. We decided to walk around the city a bit, which means we will inevitably end up in Japantown. We went to New People and I bought a perfect little pearl ring that I had been eying made by mei-5. Its gorgeous!

renegade craft fair

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So the Renegade Craft Fair was super awesome. Since we had just returned from vacation and I had bought myself lots of birthday presents I really tried to show restraint at the craft fair. It was tough but I decided on a few perfect items with my big splurge being issues 3-6 of Uppercase magazine. I also got a canvas bag from Dutch Door Press and a string a colorful paper garland.

maiki bought a gorgeous notebook cover and lots of other notebooks too. The weather was actually perfect and we love walking to Fort Mason from the BART station. I had some of the best food ever that day as well: japanese curry from Delica, meyer lemony lemon cupcake from Kara’s Cupcakes and cold tofu and a glass of Humanitas cabernet from Bushi Tei Bistro. It really was a perfect day.

academy of sciences

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I visited the California Academy of Sciences yesterday for the first time with Jason and Joanna. We had found out that teachers (and other heroes!) receive free admission until March 15th. It was easier to get to than I had thought and we ended up taking the N Muni train pretty much directly to Golden Gate Park. I loved all of the exhibits and was happy to see lots of frogs and alligator/crocodiles! I took a few pictures of fish, frogs and such but most did not come out that great. We were all laughing about their albino crocodile that looked like he was made of stone. We confirmed that he was alive but he is very lazy. I would like to return when I have more time to spend. Also the Japanese Tea Garden is very close by and visiting there is a must!

Strong beer in San Francisco

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Today maiki and I visited the Magnolia Brewery in the Haight. This week they celebrated both strong beer month with 21st Amendment and SF beer week. Together maiki and I drank the six featured strong beers and ate delicious vegetarian foods. As always it was an excellent experience and we met some awesome folks. We would love to return before the end of the month and bring Justin along. Also we need to visit 21 Amendment to finish the strong beer tour. ^_^

new timbuk2 bag

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I finally purchased the wool Timbuk2 bag that I have wanted for a long time. As a bicyclist it really is the best bag for me because it doesn’t get in the way or slip off my shoulder. I have never been a purse fan either and have been searching for so long for a good bag to use. The wool was a special order and almost out of stock. I went for the extra small since I don’t usually carry my laptop and it has worked out to be the perfect size for me.

I carry just the essentials: the book I am reading, iPod, headphones, cell phone, sunglasses, prescription glasses, moleskine, pen, altoids, Kiehl’s salve, camera and money.