Landing in San Francisco Tuesday, Nov 20 2007 

Airport and Beer and Daily and Photoblog and Travel krmb 2:25 pm

15 November 2007
Thursday and my last full day in San Francisco. I finished up at the office a tad early and went to a local place called the Elephant Bar for dinner. Before walking in, however, I walked over to the bayside and snapped quite a few pictures of planes landing and taking off from San Francisco International Airport. The light was fading so the quality isn't quite what I'd like, and the telephoto on my little camera doesn't have quite the oomph I might like, but still the photos aren't so bad. Here's one:
Inbound Plane.
I even managed to get some of the "mountains" and a sunset. Anyway, the Elephant Bar was overpriced and the beer taps weren't working, so I left. I'd spotted earlier in the week a place called Finn McCool's so I plugged that into the handy Garmin GPS device that I got with the rental car (a sleek Pontiac G6 GT) and went there. They didn't serve food. I had a few beers, stopped at the In-and-Out (again) and went back to the hotel. I had an early flight out. Sometime in the dead of night, I started feeling uncomfortable and by about 3am or so was full-on sick. I slept fitfully the remainder of the night until my 5:30 wake-up call. I blame Paul and Laura for making me sick. :-)
Cheers.

~KR (15 November 2007)

Listening to:
Everything I Do, I Do It For You by Bryan Adams
on Billboard Top 100 of 1991

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
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Aperture: f/5.5
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Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode

 

The Swingin’ Door Tuesday, Nov 20 2007 

Beer and Daily and Photoblog and bar krmb 2:12 pm

14 November 2007
Back in 2002, Terrill & I did a whirlwind tour of the Cargo facilities in our system, visiting 12 cities in 9 weeks. One of those stops was San Francisco/San Jose where we spent a week. During one of our nights out we located a fantastic pub called The Prince of Wales in nearby San Mateo. Sadly, I wasn't keeping a journal nor carrying a ubiquitous photo-taker with me, so have no record of it as it was. In January of this year, it ceased being as it was and has become The Swingin Door, having been sold. The Prince of Wales had at one time been The Swingin Door as that's the name the bar had opened with back in 1955. Apparently it was a swingin' joint in its heyday and was frequented by many a famous personality. It would seem the new owner would like to recapture some of that original mojo.
Swingin' Door
Personally, I preferred The Prince of Wales the way it was, but certainly if I lived in the area I'd happily return to The Swingin' Door for a pint or two and an award-winning hamburger. I did not, during this visit, venture upstairs which apparently is quite the place to be having been voted San Mateo's Hottest Spot for Entertainment. I was plenty entertained by the clientele.
Cheers.

~KR (14 November 2007)

Listening to:
Fjarskanistan by Amina
on Animamina

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode

 

Papier Mache Me Tuesday, Nov 20 2007 

Daily krmb 9:26 am

Papier Mache Me

19 November 2007

I can’t even imagine how behind I’d feel, if I hadn’t driven home from faire on Sunday night!  As it is, I have no idea if I can finish all I want to, or not.  But, I keep plugging away at it.  Before going to bed at almost four a.m., I had waistbanded both my skirt and my petticoat, drafted two bodice patterns for me, and one for Kathleen, cut out one bodice for me, sewn the mock-up, done the fitting, and begun sewing the real thing.  I was about halfway through watching the Phantom of the Opera movie (which I love) for the second time in a row (it’s one of the rare movies I own on DVD that seems to automatically restart if  you leave it in the player!) when I realized it was after three a.m. and I really did need to get some sleep.

The photo is of the “dress form” I have of myself, made at a Costumer’s Guild gathering a couple of years ago.  I had actually forgotten all about it until last night.  And I’d have to say, it’s pretty wonderful to have, especially now that I’ve used it.  I was wearing my corset when this body double was made, so it is pretty much my shape in a Victorian corset.  I’m a little bigger now, but not much.  It is made from pre-glued paper tape—essentially it is papier mache.  I wonder if there’s a psychological connection between me remembering to use this, and watching Phantom?  “Lot 665:  a pa-pee-ay ma-shay music box . . .”  ;-)

~MB