San Francisco's Dog Days

5:00 a.m.: Warm and foggy. An eery yellow crescent moon hung in the eastern sky. My dog and I stood on Nob Hill gazing at this moon. I don’t know what he was thinking. Probably something like "I hope she doesn’t howl". I was thinking "hmmm, looks like an earthquake moon, feels like earthquake weather’. Don’t despair, reader. I am not a seer. Further research shows that this weirdness is due to a combination of things. Warm weather in the central valley sucking in the fog from the coast (as usual) and the third day of a fire in Morgan Hill in the south bay. Air quality is bad. If you can’t stay inside today, then move slowly. No rushing about allowed.

I think will wander over to TARTINE BAKERY for lunch and then to BOMBAY ICE CREAM for a scoop of saffron rose or coconut ice cream.

4:00 p.m. update:

Went to Tartine for lunch. Lovely open face Croque Monsieur with bechamel, yellow tomato slices and ham for Mr. Muse, I had the ham and cheese croissant.  Slice of chocolate layer cake and a lemon tart to finish off the meal.  Love the food.  Hated the music today.  Oh, well.

It is now cool and windy, very windy.  Too cool for ice cream. I feel like I might be going crazy with these weather changes happening so quickly.  Maybe a week in Las Vegas would convince me to stop complaining about our weather.  No, too drastic a measure....

Comments

[Bacchus]

Bombay Creamery is one of my favorite places in the city. I went down there on Saturday thinking the hot weather would make ice cream a necessity and not a luxury. They were completely sold out of the rose and saffron ice creams. The coconut was a great runner up though. Glad to know that other people appreciate the bold rose flavor.