"Everywhere you look (everywhere), there's a heart (there's a heart): A hand to hold on to."

today i woke up at 8:35 to roll out of bed and go to breakfast with katie at 8:45. i wandered around the dining hall after getting my eggs and cereal, but couldn't find al, jess or katie. i sat with clif for awhile as we watched terrible television and then i made a pbj sandwich to go. we had a brief staff meeting and then i filled out some health forms and copied willem a picture of asa 2010 before jess and i bought tickets to the california academy of science. we took the bart to civic center and took the bus (5) to fulton and 8th ave in order to go to the japanese tea garden and the aca of science in the golden gate park. we snuck in charles shaw cab in jess's thermos (all 750 mL fit) and had a picnic - consisting of fruit, chips and salsa, pbj sandwiches and mini chocolate bars- in the tea garden while we snapped pictures. then we walked to the museum and checked out the aquarium, the living roof, extreme mammels, the forest dome, and the planetarium. oooobviously, it wasn't as good as the american museum of natural history in nyc, but it was pretty cool (but super pricey at $16 with a student discount plus online discount). then i lost my phone... so i went back and the doorman directed me to the coat check and the attendant called her supervisor who unlocked the safe and unveiled my missing phone. it was glorious. we hopped on another bus (28) and headed north to the golden gate bridge. we took pictures and walked on the bridge and took more pictures and then walked back to the bus and scurried back to the bus heading towards the civic center so that jess could pick up her wicked ticket and i could meet judy and ginnie. i got off on pierce and walked to alamo square to take pictures of the painted ladies (the houses that were made famous by the tv show full house, the colorful ones in a row up a hill). then judy and ginnie called about dinner at a spanish tapas place, cha cha cha, on 1801 haight street. i walked along hyde and then to divisadero street and then to haight street. i walked along until i passed ashbury where of course i took pictures. and then i eventually reached the restaurant. judy got there at 8 and we hung out until 8:40. we ordered cajun shrimp, plantains and a pitcher of sangria. ginnie, albert and co. came afterwards and we ordered more food. ginnie footed the bill, but don't worry - i'll get you back soon enough. we got dropped off at civic center bart station where i met up with jess and we went back to berkeley. arriving at 12something, we hung out with john for awhile as we kept wondering if kids were trying to sneak out of their rooms...