Distance: 3 miles
Retire and you will be Sooo BUSY! But, come to think of it, maybe stay away from these activities.
(See yesterday's CIWT...)
(See yesterday's CIWT...)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Rx: Mat Time --- Day 5/18
Walk: No, home doing taxes and other desk stuff
Distance: 0, Home Yoga
Sports injuries and aging athletes: This is a topic that comes up from time to time in CIWT. Maybe partly so Ciwt can keep reminding herself that the time for major workouts has truly passed. The older body really has to take care.
Today she was reading about two Superior, Championship athletes in tennis, one of her old sports, who are face to face with this juncture. Rafael Nadal, the Adorable, Likable Whole-Hearted scrambler, appears to be nearing his twilight at age 29. And Maria Sharapova, age 28, has been sidelined over a drug issue, but, truly, she has been experiencing many injuries in the past few years (as has Nadal). Sad to see such athletic skill decline. But it does in every body.
Wonder if either of them will take up yoga (or already have). That would be nice.
Distance: 0, Home Yoga
Sports injuries and aging athletes: This is a topic that comes up from time to time in CIWT. Maybe partly so Ciwt can keep reminding herself that the time for major workouts has truly passed. The older body really has to take care.
Today she was reading about two Superior, Championship athletes in tennis, one of her old sports, who are face to face with this juncture. Rafael Nadal, the Adorable, Likable Whole-Hearted scrambler, appears to be nearing his twilight at age 29. And Maria Sharapova, age 28, has been sidelined over a drug issue, but, truly, she has been experiencing many injuries in the past few years (as has Nadal). Sad to see such athletic skill decline. But it does in every body.
Wonder if either of them will take up yoga (or already have). That would be nice.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
When in Drought - Part 3! (Kids) -- Day 5/17
Walk: Legion of Honor
Distance: 1+ mile, small home yoga
Distance: 1+ mile, small home yoga
Saturday, March 5, 2016
When in Drought...Part 2 --- Day 5/16
Walk: T. Joe's More RAIN!!!
Distance: 2 miles, small home yoga
Distance: 2 miles, small home yoga
Friday, March 4, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Too Many Flowers? Can't Be. - Day 5/14
Walk: Marin Driving Day
Distance: 6 blocks and home yoga
The Oscar de la Renta Retrospective is opening soon at the de Young. There is great excitement. He is beloved by the women he dressed and many others; tickets for most events have been sold out for weeks.
THEN, a month later, while Oscar's show is still up and probably filled with excited viewers, the annual Bouquets to Art
which is always beautiful and always crowded 
will also be on and also at the de Young. Ciwt thinks some scheduler might have been on vacation or something when both these lovely and Popular events were put on the calendar. Docent tours have all been cancelled during Bouquets, extra security has likely been hired, museum personnel and goers like Ciwt are getting prepared. Too many flowers sounds like an impossibility to those of us who love them, but, for a few days in April, it may be close. CIWT will be the first to find out.
Distance: 6 blocks and home yoga
The Oscar de la Renta Retrospective is opening soon at the de Young. There is great excitement. He is beloved by the women he dressed and many others; tickets for most events have been sold out for weeks.
THEN, a month later, while Oscar's show is still up and probably filled with excited viewers, the annual Bouquets to Art
which is always beautiful and always crowded will also be on and also at the de Young. Ciwt thinks some scheduler might have been on vacation or something when both these lovely and Popular events were put on the calendar. Docent tours have all been cancelled during Bouquets, extra security has likely been hired, museum personnel and goers like Ciwt are getting prepared. Too many flowers sounds like an impossibility to those of us who love them, but, for a few days in April, it may be close. CIWT will be the first to find out.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Answer: What is Sacramento? --- Day 5/13
Walk: de Young, Asian Art Museum, SFMOMA site, Union Square galleries
Distance: 3 miles
(Present)San Francisco City Hall, completed 1915
So today Ciwt was showing a visiting art friend around San Francisco and took her to the Asian Art Museum located in our Civic Center. Civic Center is home to our City Hall, a majestic Beaux Arts style building prominent among other mostly civic buildings in the same style. Ciwt told her friend something brief like "That's our City Hall" as they walked past. But, turns out, her friend thought Ciwt was saying "That's our State Capital Building" and was confused to find it wasn't.
Jeopardy fans, school children and some aware adults know California's capital is actually in Sacramento. 
But do any of us know how that
California State Capital Building, Sacramento, completed 1874
came to be? Not Ciwt, and when her friend asked about that, it was Ciwt's time to be confused.
Turns out the answer is that common one: Follow the money. In our case out here, the Gold Rush. Sacramento was a destination point for people coming to California to strike it rich. And after gold miners, shopkeepers, blacksmiths, and other service related entrepreneurs soon followed giving Sacramento an economic base.
There were other reasons as well: Sacramento was not near the ocean so there was little chance of invasion, but it was near rivers that led to San Francisco and other economic ports. And, at the time of its establishment as the capital, many of the most powerful people in the newly formed State of California, like John Sutter and John Marshall, were already there. They were among the power elite that had seen to it the City had been planned, street grids were completed and a government was in place. So, no new city had to be formed, and the Capital could be moved into an area that already been established.
So now you, Ciwt's friend and Ciwt know.
Distance: 3 miles
(Present)San Francisco City Hall, completed 1915
So today Ciwt was showing a visiting art friend around San Francisco and took her to the Asian Art Museum located in our Civic Center. Civic Center is home to our City Hall, a majestic Beaux Arts style building prominent among other mostly civic buildings in the same style. Ciwt told her friend something brief like "That's our City Hall" as they walked past. But, turns out, her friend thought Ciwt was saying "That's our State Capital Building" and was confused to find it wasn't.
But do any of us know how thatCalifornia State Capital Building, Sacramento, completed 1874
came to be? Not Ciwt, and when her friend asked about that, it was Ciwt's time to be confused.
Turns out the answer is that common one: Follow the money. In our case out here, the Gold Rush. Sacramento was a destination point for people coming to California to strike it rich. And after gold miners, shopkeepers, blacksmiths, and other service related entrepreneurs soon followed giving Sacramento an economic base.
There were other reasons as well: Sacramento was not near the ocean so there was little chance of invasion, but it was near rivers that led to San Francisco and other economic ports. And, at the time of its establishment as the capital, many of the most powerful people in the newly formed State of California, like John Sutter and John Marshall, were already there. They were among the power elite that had seen to it the City had been planned, street grids were completed and a government was in place. So, no new city had to be formed, and the Capital could be moved into an area that already been established.
So now you, Ciwt's friend and Ciwt know.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
You Can Run --- Day 5/12
Walk: Presidio, Legion of Honor
Distance: 1 mile and home yoga
Ciwt is trying to stay away from radio, tv, internet news, but its not easy on this Super Tuesday. Luckily it is....
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