Well, after 10 plus grueling hours in the air, I arrived home, tired, but not sleepy. It is now 9:35 PM PDT and I am ready to got out to see what has changed but of course I won't do that until tomorrow. My ears are still popping but hopefully this White Zinfandel and a good night's sleep will rectify that situation. And thanks Tim, for your message.
Night all...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Downtown Blues
Guess I just find downtown SF too depressing lately. For one thing, it is too crowded...too many people in too small a space, etc. Hopefully my fourteen days in Thailand soon will help in unwinding and getting my act together. This is my favorite wintertime vacation place but nine hour flights are getting very tiresome, at least in coach. First class or business class might be better but who the hell can afford those fares?
New projects of interest here in the city are the extension of the T-line Muni Metro line into the Central Subway, the completion of the remodeling of the Metreon with the opening of Target later this year and closer to home will be Trader Joe's and CVS Pharmacy's move into the old Cala Foods building at Hyde and California. BTW, that Central Subway project is in its earliest phases of construction but tunneling may actually begin by the end of the year.
Then there is the new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers to be built in Santa Clara. SF sure screwed up on that one especially with so much land available at Hunter's Point including access to the Bay for which ferry service could be launched for games as it is for the SF Giants at AT&T Park. Also, with the new Muni T-line running down Third Street to a point fairly close, it could have been extended into Hunter's Point for access to and from the games.
Sometimes I think that officials do not look at the big picture here. Are district elections the reason with each supervisor involved with his or her own fiefdom. If so, let us go back to citywide elections ASAP.
Oh, this is too much to think of early Sunday morning.
BFN
New projects of interest here in the city are the extension of the T-line Muni Metro line into the Central Subway, the completion of the remodeling of the Metreon with the opening of Target later this year and closer to home will be Trader Joe's and CVS Pharmacy's move into the old Cala Foods building at Hyde and California. BTW, that Central Subway project is in its earliest phases of construction but tunneling may actually begin by the end of the year.
Then there is the new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers to be built in Santa Clara. SF sure screwed up on that one especially with so much land available at Hunter's Point including access to the Bay for which ferry service could be launched for games as it is for the SF Giants at AT&T Park. Also, with the new Muni T-line running down Third Street to a point fairly close, it could have been extended into Hunter's Point for access to and from the games.
Sometimes I think that officials do not look at the big picture here. Are district elections the reason with each supervisor involved with his or her own fiefdom. If so, let us go back to citywide elections ASAP.
Oh, this is too much to think of early Sunday morning.
BFN
Friday, February 24, 2012
Life in the City of San Francisco
I have grown very tired of this city during the past 37 years of living here. It used to be a neat city and it still is in many ways but after traveling the world and seeing other things and how life could be if the government had a spine and would enforce its laws, I get very frustrated with this mess of a city. The benevolent dictatorship of Singapore is a perfect example of a very well run city...no filth and garbage on the streets, a well run and efficient mass transit system, people not standing in doorways and or on corners smoking pot, no stinky and smelly homeless and beggars on the corners looking for a handout. Even in the less efficiently run city of Bangkok I do not find such problems either.
Guess I have just burned out on this place but I am too old to move anywhere else now and could not afford it anyway. Moving across town is hard enough but moving across the country or to another country would be next to impossible. Oh well, at least I have enjoyed my stay here and have many fond memories and now must make the best of a bad situation here.
Guess I have just burned out on this place but I am too old to move anywhere else now and could not afford it anyway. Moving across town is hard enough but moving across the country or to another country would be next to impossible. Oh well, at least I have enjoyed my stay here and have many fond memories and now must make the best of a bad situation here.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Still here...
Haven't done much with this site recently as there have been too many other things on my mind. Guess part of it is due to sheer laziness but after a ten day trip to Singapore I am reminded of what a chaotic and dirty city San Francisco is, as if I needed to be reminded, and now I am home again to bums, beggars, homeless people, and doing the "poop-shuffle" as I avoid stepping in or on dog or even human excrement. Harvey Milk's "pooper-scooper" law has done little good.
Sure, this city has its charms, but street life is not one of them. Public transportation if greatly lacking also. There is also modern and innovative architectural designs which the NIMBYS in this town would never allow so most everything is rather dull. NYC is much more interesting in that regard.
Then there is the crime rate. While it may not be statistically any worse than many U.S. Cities, one does not feel safe anymore here especially at night. Unfortunately city officials are too timid to do anything about it and all sorts of people from the "hood" (wherever it is located) come into the city to rob, steal, and cause mayhem.
Guess I would prefer to go back to the idyllic life of my childhood if possible.
And now we have the Republidiots conducting debates on who to have as their presidential candidate.
There should be a national primary and a direct vote but those controlling the purse strings in Washington are not about to let that happen.
So what is one to do? Certainly there will be no changes in this country in the near future and perhaps not in the distant future also. It's very discouraging to say the least.
This could drive a person to drink and probably has on more than one occasion.
Sure, this city has its charms, but street life is not one of them. Public transportation if greatly lacking also. There is also modern and innovative architectural designs which the NIMBYS in this town would never allow so most everything is rather dull. NYC is much more interesting in that regard.
Then there is the crime rate. While it may not be statistically any worse than many U.S. Cities, one does not feel safe anymore here especially at night. Unfortunately city officials are too timid to do anything about it and all sorts of people from the "hood" (wherever it is located) come into the city to rob, steal, and cause mayhem.
Guess I would prefer to go back to the idyllic life of my childhood if possible.
And now we have the Republidiots conducting debates on who to have as their presidential candidate.
There should be a national primary and a direct vote but those controlling the purse strings in Washington are not about to let that happen.
So what is one to do? Certainly there will be no changes in this country in the near future and perhaps not in the distant future also. It's very discouraging to say the least.
This could drive a person to drink and probably has on more than one occasion.
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