Sproingggg!

Wow! Spring arrived with a vengeance this weekend! There are about 5 days a year when the temperature in San Francisco tops 90 degrees– and today is the second day in a row. We are temperate people here and this is too hot for us. Ok, it’s too hot for me, and especially too hot for Maggie. She wilts like a flower in the heat. We put lots and lots of water through that tube on days like this.

There are benefits to the hot weather, though. First of all it is BEE-YOO-TEE-FULL outside. The flowers and the water are just jumping off the landscape. Also, the hot weather gives Maggie a chance to wear some cool shorts she received as a birthday gift. Generally she is bundled up as we sit in the cold fog waiting for the bus to arrive. Even days that turn out nice generally start out cold. Maggie was resplendent in her colorful garb this morning as she got into the elevator and was laughing her head off at the warmth of the sun so early in the morning.

With weather like this it’s difficult to get into the Monday-ness of things. It was a fantastic weekend hanging with dogs on the beach Friday night, being local tourists Saturday and just hanging back on Sunday. By the time we got the dogs to the beach on Friday night it was C O L D. The weather was clear and beautiful, but the wind was blowing and very chilly. Saturday was a nice day and not too hot. We spent the morning walking around Fisherman’s Wharf acting like tourists.We went out on the Hyde Street Pier and looked at the historic ships, including the ship that was used as the Don Johnson’s office on Miami Vice [Funny, that wasn’t listed in the National Park Services information.] We saw crabs trying to crawl out of their pools at the fish markets and perused the wares of the street artists.
The best, though was our stop at the Musee Mechanique on Pier 45. (Check it out http://www.museemechanique.org/index.html) It is a collection of antique attractions from amusement parks, especially Playland at the Beach. For you locals, even Laughin' Sal is there! (My hero!) It’s free to enter and look at these beautiful machines and you can play with any of them for about $.25. The carnival noise and atmosphere is fun, but it’s constant and it was a little overwhelming for Maggie after a while. She looked like a deer in the headlights after about 30 minutes so we wandered back outside into the sunshine. Maggie has her very own Laughin' Sal anyway, who needs to spend a quarter on that?

Enjoy the sunshine. You know the fog will be back. After all, it’s almost Summer!

Laughin Sal