pizza slow (high quality)

17th book of 2024: "The Book of Love”, by Kelly Link ( https://kellylink.net/books/the-book-of-love, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157981682-the-book-of-love).

I kind agree w/ the haters on this one but maybe not very strongly?

the hardback cover of “The Book of Love” by Kelly Link, as I read it. Title in mixed case mixed case THE BooK oF LoVE” and author’s name upper case, both in black over a solid red background. Four rows of five moons line the cover in gold: crescent, waxing, full, waning, crescent. Alternating left and then right waning first, then waxing moons have silhouettes of faces instead of earth-shadows.

lovely weather to bicycle across the only bridge we can.

maybe some day, the other will be opened up!

photo from the visitor’s lot on the north side of the golden gate bridge on a clear sunny day. the nearer, lower two-fifths of the photo contain a near stone wall, with my red and white steel frame gravel bike leaning against it on a gravel path. the distant, top three-fifths contain the san francisco bay, city skyline to the left, golden gate bridge to the right, and sutro tower in the distance

a photo of the golden gate bridge from below, taken from the parking lot at Fort Point, an old military (US Army) base under the southern end of the bridge on the san francisco bay shorline

photo of the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island and Oakland beyond, taken from the southern bay shore approach, on a clear sunny day

☺️ aww, a man gave up his parking spot* on valencia at 23rd** for me***

double parked in the bike lane with two empty car spots to his right

** sfmta is committed to not putting in a protected bike lane here to Mission St because of nonsense complications

*** to ask me, after he caught up with us, what I’d said to him

🤗

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Hall of Justice Juror Group On Standby 601 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

https://www.worldchasetag.com/ WTC is on the TVs on the patio at the Yankee. I’ve never heard of it. Seems like one of the most pure of sports and the most lefty-spectacular. 🏃

recently returned from two weeks spent in NC, SC, and MD and if I hadn’t been at the beach, bay, or poolside every other day (and sure of imminent return to the bay) I would have a buzz cut right now

full length mirror selfie, red/white-stripe high top vans, maroon levis corduroys, black/white thin-hoirzontal-striped shirt under a black jean jacket with ‘gravely’ embroidered in cursive above the the left pocket, nearly-shoulder length hair parted on my left, flipping up at the ends in a mess because I haven’t touched it in a long time

I love that Joe Esk is bird dogging Mark F.'s (hiss) listing on the ballot as a ”small business owner" ( https://missionlocal.org/2024/06/ballot-designation-marandidates-small-business-owner-superbooty/).

I also noticed today that Mission Local’s excellent “Meet the Candidates” (e.g. https://missionlocal.org/2024/06/meet-district-5-candidates-week21-safe-consumption/ ) series puts “Job” at the top of the bio-list.

kinda funny how much this Gene Clark tune from 1967 sounds like it has Tom Verlaine circa 1977 on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjyO6DsYjEU&list=PLJQhzJ0-uTmYI6jNwU1tNSUl_Z4HmOY76&index=4

chef’s travel tip: many folks out there in the wide wide western world consider little black dots on their food to be a delicacy

to achieve this effect, find the little shaker container labeled “P” (why P? no one knows), tip it over, and shake vigorously over food to sight

Back east visiting. Took a walk and passed a bar that used to have live music where a band that was ok with young people sitting in had a weekly — a thing I tried exactly once. I sucked. The bar has been renamed and the bandstand is gone.

I win.