2 weeks on the road is tough stuff. Lots of shlepping, riding in taxis, riding on trains, more taxis and finally BART. We’re here in Walnut Creek (East Bay, San Francisco) at a lovely little place called Diablo Mountain Inn. We’ve got only until Sunday to enjoy being near the City (San Fran) and I fear that I won’t get as much time there as I’d like.
Amtrak is pleasant but slow. We didn’t get to the Inn until 11pm last night thanks to Amtrak running late (as usual) and Nick didn’t sleep well, so I’m currently cooling my heels waiting for him to get up from a nap (begun at NOON PDT, thankyouverymuch) and get shaved for tonite’s festivities. We’ve got a family dinner tonite and a birthday party for his grandfather tomorrow then we are free from family obligations. Well, *I* am, I don’t know what he might do. All I know is that I plan to hang out with Ted and Kelly and Serena and do some shopping in China Town before I head back home. I didn’t come all the fuck the way up here to sit in the motel room in freaking EAST BAY listening to traffic.
Nick is appalled by all the shlepping and shit involved with travel, but he’s green. Not like I’m a globetrotter or anything, but I know from experience that travel is just like that: shlepping and riding various modes of transport. The key is to have your goals and find a way to cram it all into the always too short time allotment you have. You can sleep when you get home, after all. ;-)
So, I plan to drag him to the City this afternoon and get in a little sightseeing – maybe the Cable Car Museum. Then we’ll come back here and get ready for the family dinner tonite.
Cheers!
Oh, and a HAPPY BIRFDAY to Russ!! Have fun at the Vortex!
OOH OOH OOH! Get me a fake black prada backpack in Chinktown! (small please)
OOH OOH OOH! OOH OOH OOH! How’s the West Coast China Town??? OOH! OOH! OOH!
Did you get to see the guys from MythBusters???
Stop in at Dolphin Dream at 1437 N. Broadway in Walnut Creek. It’s an awesome new age store ran by some friends of mine.
My hometown is Dublin, California, so you’re right in my stomping grounds.
Russell says hi, too!
Much love – Janel
We’ll try to do that today when Nick’s uncle is driving us to and from his house. We are staying on Mt Diablo Blvd at Diablo Mountain Inn if you remember the place. It’s right under the 680 – literally. :-)
We are ready to be home. I <3 the Bay area, but until my stuff, my house and my kitties are magically transported here, I pine to be home to the sweltering heat and pollution that is the ATL. ::sigh:: It’s really too bad that it’s totally impossible to afford living here with any sort of lifestyle.