photo by riley

...that starts out with the need to accomplish a single simple task and then evolves into one-awesome-spontaneous-thing-stumbling-into-another until all of a sudden it is late? And dark outside? And then as you finally drag your happy tired butt home there's nothing left to do but wear a big fat smile on your face until you collapse into your cozy bed? Even if your answer is "yes!" the next words out of your mouth are probably much like mine, "but not nearly often enough"...last Friday, that is exactly what happened.


photo by riley...that small blur of red is the golden gate bridge :)

It started with me agreeing to drive into the city to let someone test drive Pearl, then an invitation to shop and have lunch in the Mission with dear friends Beth and Maggie who coincidentally were heading to the exact same part of town, Riley throwing his hat in the ring and joining me. He had control of the camera, clicking our way into town...


photo by riley


photo by riley


photo by riley

we then arrived at the address and suddenly realized that the interested party was the new downstairs neighbor to my other dear friend Paula. DANG if the guy wasn't ready to buy Pearl but couldn't get her to fit in his garage! The sale was off but the fun wasn't. I am so sorry that we didn't take pictures of the Valencia Street part of our excursion...Vietnamese lunch, thrift shopping and a quick visit to The Curiosity Shoppe where the Little Pink Houses show by Lisa Congdon and Mati Rose McDonough had just that very moment finished being hung (I could still smell paint on the pieces)!

After that, a quick call to Paula and she insisted Ri and I turn around for a visit with she and her girls...


photo of paula by bianca


photo of bianca by me


photo of olivia by me

some wine opened...


and then, why not, a Summer dinner that she whipped up...her fresh green salsa, home made fajitas beautifully delivered to the table in just moments...



and, really, we didn't have any fun at all...



nope, not one bit.