Saturday, January 2, 2010

Day Two!

It's a nice and quiet start of the new year. My resolutions are nothing new. I have been conscious about drinking water and I have indeed flossed for the past 2 days. Unfortunately my mouth hurts since it's been a while since I flossed last. I added both the task of drinking more water and flossing every day to 43 Things. The folks that got the flossing thing to work did so at night. So, that's what I am doing as well. I also added getting into shape and one more that I just cannot remember. That's not a good sign, is it?

For the last 2 days, I've carried my water bottle around with me. When I took the Mission Mural tour today I ran out rather quickly. I guess it would have helped if the bottle was full when I started. However, I refilled since I've been home and have been drinking with my leftover dinner of tuna, roasted sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts saute.
Hold up, I just learned something new.

I didn't realize the correct spelling of brussels. Since it is always followed my the S of sprouts, I never knew there was an S at the end of brussels. Hm. Fascinating.

Due to my lack of income, I have been staying home lots. However, there is a website called Johnny Funcheap that lists some cheapy events. There were a few interesting places to go in the last few days, but to be honest, I really did not want to go by myself. I jumped the box today and decided to take one of the free City Tours. They offered 17 different tours around the city. I couldn't get my ass in gear for one of the 10AM tours, so I opted for one of the 11AM ones. I found out today that the organization offers 45 different tours. Since I am not sure how long I will be living here in the Bay Area, I think I may need to create a list similar to the one when I left Atlanta. All of the places I wanted to visit. These tours are at least a start. The tour ended around 1:20PM and I was a little hungry. I completely forgot to do a double duty and research the 100 SF Food List items in advance. There were a few near 16th Street that I knew about, but none close to 24th. So, I decided to hit Roosevelt Tamale Parlour. I ordered a chicken tamale
and a shredded beef enchilada. However, halfway through I realized they were BOTH chicken. So, they apologized and brought me a shredded beef enchilada. Wow. It was delish. Super fresh and smoking hot. I am so glad I asked. And like usual, there's leftovers for tomorrow!

If you have not guessed. I've included Highlights from today - Murals from the Mission District.

Gratitudes:
1. the Food Network
2. free walking tours
3. my ipod
4. blue skies
5. leftovers

4 comments:

Unknown said...

omg -- i love your blog!

we are bordering on soul sister material because just today i was checking all museum websites to find out their free days and writing them down on my calendar. so thanks for the fun cheap sf tip/site! and free walking tours. i too am all about exploring.

good to see you tonight at hugh's
isabelle

Hope Mirlis said...

thanks so much isabelle! let me know when you are going. i would love to join you if my schedule allows!

Unknown said...

i have thursday off this week -- if your avail, let's plan!

Hope Mirlis said...

ooh, that sounds good. i should have the early part of the day off. i will know tomorrow for sure. email me your contact info: hamirlis@gmail.com.