Tomorrow starts a long weekend. That means if I’m going to get birthday shopping done for my muse, I need to do it today. It’s much easier to keep secrets from her when she’s at work.
First it’s another battle of wills at Delessio.
This woman is making four incredible cakes at once. She’s a bakery ninja.
I’ve never seen this sign before, but it’s not new. I’ll have to stop in and see what sort of flying thing they make.
Some of today is spent retracing steps to places I’ve enjoyed during my time of.
See the top window? That’s one of my favorite downtown offices.
Being a port city, San Francisco has a lot of excellent places to find gifts for a muse.
If you know she’s reading your blog, though, it’s best to show pictures of places you went into and places you didn’t, to keep her guessing. Otherwise she figures things out. Sorry, love.
These are great stores, and they’re a big part of this city’s history. Gump’s opened in San Francisco in 1861, and Shreve opened in 1894.
She knows about one of her presents already.
She’ll be taking some classes here:
If you haven’t been to The Crucible in Oakland, I’d recommend looking into it. They teach welding, electronics, blasksmithing, stone carving, fire dancing, and all sorts of other cool stuff. The muse is going to take their glass kiln-casting classes, because there’s something specific she wants to make out of gears and glass.
See, if you know her well, she’s easy to shop for. Maybe the Crucible sells those outfits too.
What brings me back to this dome isn’t shopping, but hopefully some bad sci-fi.
As it turns out, the new Vin Diesel movie is actually not as horrible as the reviewers think it is. I wouldn’t make a very good critic. I’d much rather enjoy a sci-fi movie than hate it, and usually that’s enough.
The last time I was here, I was above the dome, not below it. Either way, the view is nice.
Back at home, I have a mini-project to do. The muse’s new mobile phone charges from USB ports, but only specific ones. It’s very picky, which is a pain.
…so I’m building a “no whining” cable for the phone. Using this, it’ll charge off of anything.
It works perfectly, and the phone’s a lot less fussy now. No matter what you plug it into, it charges right up. It’s not 100% safe, but that’s not required of anything, ever.
The 2-year-old cat has decided resistors are really (really) fun. (sigh)
…and the 18-year-old cat fell asleep on his face without actually lying down.
Tonight we’re heading to Epic Roasthouse. We’ve been there for brunch, but never for dinner. Good food, friendly staff, and a fantastic table outside.
…and very nearly another seltzer fight.
Random assertion: An all-female blacksmithing class is just about the sexiest thing you’ll ever see, but don’t get in the way.
Steganographic data: 1822/6.4
Days remaining in Secret Plan 158: 3
Secret Plan 158 
I found your site on Google and read a few of your other entires. Nice Stuff. I’m looking forward to reading more from you.
That photo of Raster is absolutely hilarious. Good thing you didn’t get another kitten, not sure he’d have much appreciated that.