On Thursday, we drove up to Sonoma in the morning, as it is close, and it was a beautiful morning. We did some wine tastings in Glen Ellen. Not much, it's hard to do a wine tasting before 3:00 for me!
That evening, we drove into San Francisco for an event at the new Academy of Sciences called "NightLife." You pay $10 for a ticket, and it gives you entry into this new terrific museum. They have a bar and appetizers for sale, but also a free DJ and music, and a lecture. Well, it WAS a young group, we thought maybe 10% of the crowd was over 40! But again, like everything else here, no one cares, and it's not uncomfortable. We wanted to hear the lecture, which was by their science director, Dr. David Mindell, speaking on "Evolution and Solving Crimes." It was so-so, he did a pretty good job, explained alot of evolutionary science. I wanted to talk to him afterwards, but people were asking annoying questions, so we left. I wanted to talk to him because 1) he went to U of M, and 2) I wanted to mention Matt to him, since they are in the same field.
Actually, I got completely distracted (not hard for me) and kept texting Matt about some of the stuff he was lecturing on, like some of the terminology and ideas. I think Matt would have presented this better, by the way, and we really wished he were there! He did try to explain some of the concepts by using Lewis Carroll and his fascination with word play; I did enjoy this part, but I really can't explain it! 
Before we went there, we stopped by our neighbor's art gallery. I will include a picture of Philip and his art gallery later, it is a beautiful gallery. We really like Philip, he is very nice, and he took us around the neighborhood where his gallery is, and introduced us to some restauranteurs and other shop owners. The flower shop woman made me a little corsage. Everyone likes Philip, as he is Mr. Friendly. As i had said earlier, his gallery is in a very posh part of San Francisco, so it was really fun.
On Friday, we did one of Dan's goals, we biked the Golden Gate Bridge. I have to say, it was more fun in theory than in actuality. It was very windy, but more than that, it was incredibly congested! It was a Friday, but it was fairly early, so we thought there wouldn't be many tourists. I think it's just always crowded. Actually, if any of you out there ever think about doing this, wait until 3:30 when they open up the other side just for bikes. That probably wouldn't have helped me, however, as I am a slow bicyclist, not entirely confident, and I get freaked out when I am constantly passed by others biking faster, I would still have been a bit nervous. Plus, I have trouble keeping straight, so I drive passerbys crazy. It would probably be like Copenhagen during a weekend!
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to parkwest side of the bridge, and carry our bikes down a STAIRWAY and then walk UNDER the bridge to bike on the east side! Yes, it was nerve wracking. It was a bit shaky, and of course, very noisy from all the traffic and cars above us. I don't usually react to bridges, but walking under it, and then riding on it was a bit nerve wracking. The bridge does sway, I will tell you that. Oh, the Kim Novak reference, can you guess it? I won't tell you!
The bridge has starred in many movies, most notably Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo , in which James Stewart pulls Kim Novak from the raging surf, just east of Fort Point.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct Per. That is where we were riding our bikes, around Ft Point. There is a mistake in that movie also. When James Stewart takes her back to her apartment to recover, he is driving her car. When he leaves the apartment, he is driving his car.
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