Real Summer? No Thank You --- Days 15/171 = 180

Walks: Hood

Distance: Average 3.5 miles

12:40 PM, San Francisco, CA

88 f

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• Precipitation: 0%
• Humidity: 35%
• Wind: 3 mph
• UV index: 11

88 degrees with little wind may not seem hot to many of Ciwt's readers.  But, like many other San Franciscans, Ciwt is still wearing down in  our 'summer' months.  Give us our fog and cold and wind; we're not prepared for the heat.  That comes in our glorious, sunny fall months.  

Can You Hear Me? --- Days 15/169 & 170

Walk: Opera Plaza Cinema & Hood

Distances: 4 miles

Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall in Tuner

So, Ciwt would give the thriller plot of Tuner maybe B-. Slow to get started and lots of holes when it did.

BUT all A's for moviemaking elements!

Acting:  Great to see Dustin Hoffman; it's been a while.  And to see him with the soon to be very important young star he once was: Leo Woodall.  Quietly riveting.  The third cast member, Havana Rose Liu was (also quietly) superb.

Sound:  Tuner isn't a quiet movie.  Well, sometimes it is.  In fact it makes the most original use of sound Ciwt has ever encountered in a movie.

Cinematography:  Again, wholly original.  Amazing use of color and perspective.

Overall, Ciwt was truly delighted to see the second of well made, grown up, serious movies in a row.*  Fingers crossed for more 

*See previous CIWT

Is It Raining? --- Days 15/167 & 168

Walk: Apple Cinema

Distance: 4 miles

Can you imagine Brendan Fraser as Ike?  Ciwt couldn't the entire time she sat watching him play that role in Pressure. But that's Ciwt.  Most audience members in reviews thought Fraser was outstanding as Ike. And probably they are younger than Ciwt who actually remembers Ike as both General then President. 

She also couldn't imagine being so riveted by a humorless, personality less, autocratic English military officer.  But she hung on every word and movement of Jack Scott playing just that type of man. To her, Scott and the 'pressure' of the tight and true D Day decision making plot pulled the movie together and made for informative, involving, tense watching.

Ciwt would recommend going. But she was also an American History major and has been a buff ever since. Many reviewers thought Pressure might be boring for viewers who don't enjoy history.

So, dear readers, the choice is up to you.  Pressure indeed.

Hello, Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye, Hello..... --- Days 15/157 - 166

Walks: All over San Francisco

Distances: 2 - 8 miles depending

So a loyal reader asked "What have you been doing since May 23?"   Ie, why haven't there been any CIWTs?  

The answer is "Houseguests."  Back to back to back houseguests.  Since life around here usually consists of Ciwt and cats Tawny and Puff, houseguests completely confused our routines. In good ways Ciwt thinks.  She enjoyed having friends around, seeing them relate comfortably to her new home, and just generally enjoying their company.  Even her cats came out from hiding and figured out how to train new people to give them attention and hugs.

Then there was the staring into space, wandering around her once again houseguest-less space, stripping beds, washing and folding towels and generally readjusting to old routines.  Same for cats who sniffed and looked around, then settled back into following the sun to their usual hang out places.  

Finally, to settle in herself, Ciwt went to the movies.  Stay tuned for her thoughts on those....

True Confession --- Day 15/152 - 156

Walks: Hood

Distance: 4 miles average

True Confession:  Every time Ciwt walks by this house she gets envious.*

*  Envy is the 2nd Deadly Sin

See San Francisco Run --- Day 15/151

Walk: Monday Errands

Distance: 4 miles

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Touching Sheep --- Days 15/144 - 150

Walks: Hood/Presidio

Average: 4 miles

Not a very eventful time recently so Ciwt was Delighted to see our local Vogue theater was showing a movie with  a Rotten Tomatoes 94/96 critics/audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  That was all she needed to buy her ticket to The Sheep Detectives.  As usual she didn't read any of those positive reviews because she prefers to read them after she's formed her own opinion.

She did notice the movie is filled with stars and, obviously from the title, is a detective movie.  So off she went expecting to see that whole list of stars and be challenged by a knotty mystery.  Hugh Jackman filled the screen in the opening scene, and Ciwt sat back to see what star was going to appear next.  Imagine her surprise when it turned out to be a talking sheep?!  And then another and another.  Somehow it hadn't occured to her that would happen, even in spite of the title: The Sheep Detectives.  

Her expectations sank; she thought about revising her no reviews ahead of time policy, even leaving, but ended up glad she stayed.  The mystery was a bit ho hum to her, but the sheep were stunningly believable.  To a fault: they slowly grabbed Ciwt's heart and proceded to break it several times.  If she'd read any of those reviews, she would have learned that much of the audience - especially the adults - end up in tears.  Ciwt was quite melancholy for hours after.

She can't really tell her readers or whoever might ask to go no matter what.  But she can say you will be impressed with the movie making - ai, cinematography, script - and deeply touched by those sheep.  Oh, and maybe bring a couple of tissues.

Happy Day, Mothers Everywhere --- Day 15/143

Walk: cold, windy TJ's 

Distance: 2.5 miles

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