01/12/2025
Usual Sunday morning stuff. Reading the paper I saw a strong review of “Some Like It Hot”, a touring Broadway company at the Orpheum in SF. Sounded like a fun thing to do with Joanne, but then I thought, no, going to SFJazz concerts is such a pain, coming back on the CalTrain at 11pm, yuck. Then it occurred to me, I bet they do matinee shows too, duh. Checked and they do, so I wrote the available matinee dates on the review page. Took it down to breakfast and showed it to Joanne. Later in the day she emailed yes, let’s, so I booked it.
Kay says we need to fill 15 minutes at the birthday dinner this Wednesday, so I needed one more song, so I spent some time going through my collection of songs I know and picked one. Practiced all three and timed them, 13 minutes with brief intros, so that’s fine. Need to practice more. Never enough practicing.
After lunch I had an afternoon open so I decided to do something I’ve been meaning to do, register an account with ZipCar. Two Zips are in our garage now and there is a Channing House discount deal. The registration process is not too hard, and the app then says we usually approve in a few minutes, wait for an email. I waited more than an hour, no reply. Later Carolyn told me it was three days for her. So it’s after 2pm and seems I won’t be trying out a Zip today. It’s a beautiful day and I feel like a drive. So I set out in my own car, deciding to go to the Legion of Honor in SF, which closes at 5, but if I get there before 4, that’s enough time to see what I want.
Except there’s a really slow jam in Palo Alto trying to get to El Camino, and then I hit 19th avenue in SF and it’s slow and time keeps bleeding away. Finally I can see that at best I’ll have 45 minutes in the museum, so to hell with it, and I loop back from Golden Gate Park and go home. It was a nice drive on 280 with a full moon rising to my left.
Codgerville 