Sunny on a Thursday

Well it's almost 6PM and I have been going strong since 8AM. I picked up some casual carpool passengers at North Berkeley and headed over the bridge. When I pulled up at BART there was a swarm of people standing on the curb and no other cars. I thought was going to be attacked. Three passengers jumped in and we were off.

I spent a good hour last night prepping for the first meet and greet with the schools for Kids on Track. I decided with all of the running around it would be better to take my car and pray to the lord above that I would find parking. I love the Google Maps feature that allows you to put in multiple addresses - and move them around. So, planning a route to 7 different locations was not difficult. It was pretty easy. In fact, the only parking trouble I had was for an unplanned stop in the Mission. I wanted to tick at least one 7x7 food off my list. So, I stopped at Tartine and got their morning bun. It was a mix between a muffin, a cinnamon roll and a croissant. Delicate orange sugar make it sticky and yummy, but I have to be honest at $3.75 I am not sure it was worth it. The photo is from 2006 and the price has gone up. And to be honest they did not look that good. Nevertheless, the case of baked goods did look amazing. Cakes and tarts, brownies and cookies. I still need to go back and get some fresh bread and then some cheese from Bi-Rite down the street.

Another time.

I started walking down Guerrero to my first school on 23rd, but when I saw the giant hill, I decided to turn around and get my car. All in all the schools were receptive. It was too early for most (since SF Trolley Dances is not until October) and the only school that I paid to park informed me that they were closing at the end of the school year. There's a good bit of follow up and approaching other schools, but it was a good start.

But the highlight of the day was the first Yoga by the Bay. Two of the teacher trainers in my class started doing yoga outside at the Berkeley Marina. We are making it a regular thing. A donation based class for us to keep practicing and to continue building community. The ground was uneven which made the usually challenging balance poses next to impossible. However I left with my headache gone and a little sun on my face. I wasn't planning on teaching, but I did lead a little cool down- twisted belly and boat pose before savasana. As I left. Vlad started instruction of some pranayama and Christina planned to close the session with a little meditation. It was such a nice feeling to do yoga by the water with the breeze and the sun.

I will sleep well tonight.