Daily updates

On Monday, I spent time with Javi at the beach, the last time I get to hang out with him until I get back in October. We had a blast and I was very grateful for how uncrowded the beach was. It was warmer than I expected, I was fine wearing shorts and being barefoot…

On Sunday I went for a hike with my hiking buddies. We decided not to do a ridge trail hike as we we getting a later start than usual. Instead we hiked the Cataract Falls – Potrero Meadow loop on Mount Tam. It’s a short 6 1/2 mile challenging hike that is beautiful, when on…

I got my haircut on Thursday morning then headed back to San Francisco for my last day of petsitting, on the way back I stopped at Treasure Island, a place I’ve never been to before. There wasn’t much to see on the island except a lot of construction, though the views of the city were…

I got out and enjoyed a couple of different art museums in San Francisco that I hadn’t been to before. I took the bus to the Museum of Craft and Design in Mission Bay where there were two exhibits to explore. One was a series of concrete journals, visual diaries, created by an artist named…

Taking the bus around San Francisco over the last week I have been struck by the diversity of people I’ve seen which is a huge contrast to the homogeneity I encountered during my time in Wyoming. I’ve also seen a huge disparity in wealth while I’ve been moving around the city, something that was not…

Recipe for a fantastic Monday – take a dog for a sunrise walk on the beach, buy coffee from a roaster based in his garage in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood, take a 12 mile walk through Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach and back with a friend and a happy dog, marvel at the beautiful…

Some highlights from my Sunday: An early morning beach walk with Otis, he did great off leash!  Finding a captivating true crime podcast, Scamanda. I highly recommend it, but make sure you have time to listen as you will get totally hooked.  Having coffee outside in the sunshine with a great book to read and…

Julie, Gabriella and I walked the lovely Presidio loop trail this morning. On our journey we found a box that contained adventure maps of the area, walked through enchanting, delicious smelling groves of eucalyptus trees, traveled past gorgeous flowers of all kinds, saw multiple beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge, explored a little of…

Friday was a fun, fantastic day, it reminded me of summertime when I was in middle school age. My sister Christina brought Javi over and we took him and Otis to the beach along with our nephew, Theo. Baker Beach was almost deserted – the dogs had so much fun chasing after Theo.  After getting…

I’ve been back house and pet sitting in San Francisco and have really been enjoying waking up early to journal and meditate. I can sit on the couch and look out the windows at the fog creating a soft morning as the day slowly begins to brighten. I am near Baker Beach so I can…