San Francisco Day 1

20 June 2016

My day started around 4:30 am EDT and is now winding down at 10:00 pm  EDT.  Needless to say, I’m a little wiped. The first “good” news was the flight was delayed 1 hour.  The other “good” news was I was number 1 on the upgrade list for first class.  The bad news was it was a direct flight so there were no options for others to change to another flight.   Alas, I flew economy. The best news was they threw caution to the wind and used up a lot of fuel to keep us only 45 minutes behind schedule.  The 6 hour flight turned into a 5 1/2 hour flight.

I immediately purchased the week long Muni pass at the information desk and took BART to Civic Center.  It was a $20 round trip on BART versus a $50 one way taxi ride. From the Civic Center, I hopped the Muni to Church Street and walked three blocks to Parker Guest House.

The guest house has been in operation since 1997 and I’ve been staying here since 2000. It’s location, location, location.  I’m 3 blocks from the underground Muni, one block from the “J” line and 4 blocks from the Castro.  I can literally be anywhere in San Francisco in 30 minutes, with transfers.

The house now has absentee owners (they moved to the Russian River) and it has suffered over the years from a little neglect even before they left, but I still come back year after year.  They have a wine social in the evening and you meet world travelers.  Breakfast is excellent and the staff are very competent and friendly.  The ground are really nice.

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I had scheduled a 3 pm massage at M Spa, a nine minute walk from Parker.  Matthew was unusual.  I would tell you he had no massage experience except he hit every sore muscle and relieved a great deal of pain. He would also talk to himself and even chant during the massage.  Whatever, it worked.  I had a bad case of swimmers shoulder and he certainly helped that issue.

From there, I walked to the Castro and had my obligatory martini at the Twin Peaks Bar at Castro and Market.

I did some shopping and as I walked down the Castro, the Bank of America allowed a makeshift memorial to Orlando on the outside and sidewalk of their building.  A little further down, someone had written in chalk the 49 names of the victims on the sidewalk.  It was very moving.

Tomorrow, I hope to climb Twin Peaks for the second time. I brought a day pack, my camera, water bottle and boots.  Stay tuned. You may be sending flowers for a funeral.