Bob HorowitzFeb 27

It's sunny and warm right now and the forecast forecasts 74°F (23.3⁰C).

So I might go outside today because I can't go to the gym. The little snack bar in the lobby has started frying bacon on weekday afternoons for their sandwiches and the delicious delicious delicious smell permeates the air throughout the entire building. How the hell is anyone supposed concentrate on their workouts under those conditions? Srsly.

#photography

Show threadTomasz SusułFeb 27
@BobHorowitz I so much miss this view ... thanks! I remember visiting coast of France years back with lots of kites on the Ocean.
Show threadBob HorowitzFeb 27

@TomaszSusul *nods*

I find it easy to forget San Francisco is a coastal city. The ocean is only 4 miles west from our house but there is a tall hill between us and the water... and traversing the city is a very slow process. We do see the bay to the east though, from our deck.

It is winter for you... a very different kind of winter than here. Our seasons blend together. It never freezes. Winter is moderate, summers are cool, rain is modest (65 days a year) and the ocean is cold enough to require wetsuits year-round. Fog is our main weather event.

Show threadTristan Colgate-McFarlane
@BobHorowitz @TomaszSusul have you ever read Two Years Before the Mast? I've only been to SF once, and hope 8 never go back (I didn't much like the people if I'm honest), but looking west off of the golden gate, and imagining sailing down that coast, through that tiny gap, and into that incredible bay!! It's breathtaking.
(Also, I f'ing love the Bay Bridge, that thing needs more love, the golden gate is pretty, but the bay bridge is epic!)
Feb 27 at 7:52pmWeb
Show threadBob HorowitzFeb 27

@tmcfarlane
I'm slowly working my way through Gary Kamiya's COOL GRAY CITY OF LOVE... 49 essays about the history of San Francisco. It's a wonderful book. One of the essays describes the feeling of soldiers returning from WWII, finally sailing underneath the Golden Gate bridge... a symbol of home and everything they loved.

@TomaszSusul

Show threadTristan Colgate-McFarlaneFeb 27
@BobHorowitz @TomaszSusul if you've not read Two Years... it's well worth it. An 1834 account of years spent on the Boston to SF trade route. SF was a few hundred buildings at the time. There's an account of lug cargo up and down the cliffs. Incredible stuff.
Show threadTomasz SusułFeb 28

@tmcfarlane @BobHorowitz

Your stories, which are exceptionally vivid, have definitely tipped the scales. A trip to the seaside is no longer a question of whether to go this year, but when, even though the journey takes me about seven hours by car.