Sunday Chill

Well, it wasn't TOO cold here today, really. Just low 50s and a bit humid so it felt colder than it actually was. We headed over to the Haight for the first time in ages to shop and have brunch. We haven't been there in ages, so it was interesting to see what's changed. The biggest thing is the former Sketchy McDonald's and its parking lot on the corner of Haight and Stanyan are now the location of a sort-of high rise (about ten floors, I think?) that'll offer retail on the ground floor and housing above. It's actually a nice building -- sometimes those new constructions are boring boxy things that look like slightly unshuffled stacks of storage containers -- so I'm curious to see what'll happen there in the next year or so. The rest of the main drag looks its usual bedraggled self, slightly dirty with the permanent funk of weed, but we noted there's been a bit of retail turnaround. A surprisingly large amount of vintage clothing stores have shown up, which could be either a really interesting turn or it could fall flat. Who knows?

Either way, I'm quite happy that I've got today and tomorrow off as I had quite the weird work week. [This, by the way, included TWO power outages. One on New Year's Eve and the other on Saturday. Apparently the first one was a grid issue, but the second was a power-down on purpose due to a gas leak some blocks away. My boss was NOT thrilled.] I have very little planned for tomorrow other than doing some laundry and ripping some of our recent dvd/blu-ray purchases/gifts! 


Hope everyone has a good week ahead!