Thursday, November 29, 2007
Loving this quote from CS Lewis
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.
If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal.
Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.
But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation.
The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly save from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."
- C.S Lewis
The Four Loves
If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal.
Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.
But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation.
The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly save from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."
- C.S Lewis
The Four Loves
Friday, November 23, 2007
Excerpt from tourista advice email
A new friend from Austin is coming to visit San Francisco in late December. Here is an excerpt of my email to her, describing some places to go see. Just posting it here so I can remember these same things if anyone else asks!
There are truly a bazillion great things to see and do in the SF bay
area, but here are some ideas for you from the local girl perspective:
1 - Union Square, San Francisco. It should wildly festive during that time, great shops, people watching, lots of places to eat. The dopey thing I love to do is saunter into the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, act like a hotel guest and head for the guest room elevators at the far back of the lobby. These are glass elevators - punch the button for the top floor and enjoy the free (and great) view! From there it is just a couple of blocks to walk into the world-famous Chinatown (which is a bit touristy but still pretty interesting). While you're in that part of town, I would check out the SF MOMA.
2 - Drive up to Point Reyes. This is a full day's trip, but one of my favorite things to do ever. So incredibly beautiful. If you have the time, you could drive out to the lighthouse and see if you can see whales, then circle back to check out the very cute towns of Inverness and Point Reyes Station. The latter has fantastic art galleries and restaurants and a funky old bookstore. I like to send people to the Cowgirl Creamery.
If it were me, I'd leave from Berkeley, drive out Sir Francis Drake Blvd through Fairfax to Point Reyes and then take Highway One back from Point Reyes through Stinson Beach, over Mount Tam, down into Mill Valley and then back to Berkeley. It's a peak time for whale watching.
If you are even a little bit of a bird watcher, this would be the day to bring your binoculars along. Actually, you'd want them for the whales too.
3 - Check out Berkeley's 4th Street - just a nice local's shopping street with a Peet's coffee, great local bookstore, an OUTLET of Crate and Barrel, and so on.
4 - If you are going to go to Green's for breakfast or lunch, it makes a very nice morning to stroll along the marina. If you're up for a bit of a longer walk, you can keep going all the way along Crissy Field to the Golden Gate bridge (about a mile and 1/2) and stand on that spot where Kim Novak falls (throws herself?) into the bay in the movie Vertigo. :)
There are truly a bazillion great things to see and do in the SF bay
area, but here are some ideas for you from the local girl perspective:
1 - Union Square, San Francisco. It should wildly festive during that time, great shops, people watching, lots of places to eat. The dopey thing I love to do is saunter into the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, act like a hotel guest and head for the guest room elevators at the far back of the lobby. These are glass elevators - punch the button for the top floor and enjoy the free (and great) view! From there it is just a couple of blocks to walk into the world-famous Chinatown (which is a bit touristy but still pretty interesting). While you're in that part of town, I would check out the SF MOMA.
2 - Drive up to Point Reyes. This is a full day's trip, but one of my favorite things to do ever. So incredibly beautiful. If you have the time, you could drive out to the lighthouse and see if you can see whales, then circle back to check out the very cute towns of Inverness and Point Reyes Station. The latter has fantastic art galleries and restaurants and a funky old bookstore. I like to send people to the Cowgirl Creamery.
If it were me, I'd leave from Berkeley, drive out Sir Francis Drake Blvd through Fairfax to Point Reyes and then take Highway One back from Point Reyes through Stinson Beach, over Mount Tam, down into Mill Valley and then back to Berkeley. It's a peak time for whale watching.
If you are even a little bit of a bird watcher, this would be the day to bring your binoculars along. Actually, you'd want them for the whales too.
3 - Check out Berkeley's 4th Street - just a nice local's shopping street with a Peet's coffee, great local bookstore, an OUTLET of Crate and Barrel, and so on.
4 - If you are going to go to Green's for breakfast or lunch, it makes a very nice morning to stroll along the marina. If you're up for a bit of a longer walk, you can keep going all the way along Crissy Field to the Golden Gate bridge (about a mile and 1/2) and stand on that spot where Kim Novak falls (throws herself?) into the bay in the movie Vertigo. :)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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