Biking to Work --- Day 7/314

Walk: Fort Mason FOG and Design Art Show
Distance: 4 miles

Cat's Got My _____ --- Days 7/311,12 &13

Walk: No (stomr), No (storm), Crissy Field
Distance: 0, 0, 2.5 and yoga

Ciwt is glad she has cats because she can blame them for:

Deleting emails she was sure were in her inbox,
Misplacing things she can't find,
Not making the bed or washing the dishes,
Letting Ciwt get away not writing CIWT for 3 days!

Watch what other cat owners put up with in the video above.

 

                          Sneaking Away

Whale Out of Water --- Day 7/310

Walk: PGCC Book Group (An American Marriage)

Distance: a few blocks, a few asanas

So Ciwt was walking on Crissy Field the other day when she spotted this: 

Whaaa?  Looked like a whale out of water and on Crissy Field field.   

So she walked closer:

and closer

Until she was so close she could see the huge ocean creature was made of PLASTIC! 😱 

Then she was able to read a sign that told her that every nine minutes 300,000 pounds of plastic, the weight of a blue whale, makes its way into the ocean.  Turns out the whale out of water is also out of the Monterey Bay Aquarium; it is visiting Crissy Field to make people aware of our plastic footprint and is just one visual, educational part of the Aquarium's campaign to take on plastic pollution.  If you can't visit the whale at Crissy Field, you can read more here.

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation-and-science/our-priorities/ocean-plastic-pollution

Heeeere, _____?? --- Day 7/309

Walk: Crissy Field
Distance: 3 miles, Yoga

                     Okay, which cat are you?

What Did You Think of.......? --- Day 7/308

Walk: No, Home Reading (Enemy Women by Paulette Giles)
Distance: 0, but good Yoga

Back to back reading groups coming up this week, so Ciwt is turning pages as fast as she can.

Maybe Destroy Your Ticket --- Day 7/307

Walk: Embarcadero Cinema (Destroyer)
Distance: 2 miles, small yoga

Nicole Kidman in Destroyer

Ciwt Oscar prediction: Destroyer will not win the Oscar for Best Costume.  The drab, dirty outfit above is what Nicole Kidman wears during the entire interminably slow, nihilistic movie.  

Appreciating Grey --- Days 7/305 & 6

Walk: 1. Hood   2. Crissy Field
Distance: 1. 3.5 miles  2. 2 miles

The rainy weather here in San Francisco is the color of Ciwt's cats with, they say, six more days to go.  Ciwt's creative brain has returned to semi-hibernation, but she found a blog, Limitless San Francisco that puts a nice spin on What to Do When SF is Grey.

It's January. Winter, even if it is California winter, is here, and SF is cold, grey and foggy (Ciwt: and rainy). While I'd much rather have some sunshine and a comfy place outside to bask, these grey dreary days present their own bit of wonder. The mood is calm, the streets are more empty than usual, and Netflix and chill is completely appropriate.

If you do venture out, head for the best fire pit in town or into a cafe for some coffee. Bring a book, catch up with someone you love, and just take it easy. Winter is a time for rest, don't be so worried about filling your schedule or wasting the day at home. Watch a movie, read a good book, try a new recipe or have a drink. 

Take this time to focus on any resolutions you may have made, but balance them with mellow activities and good company. Add a few blankets and pretty lights to your living or bedrooms, and make yourself a winter's nest. The City will still be there when you're ready to venture out. Plus, everything starts blooming right around Valentine's Day!

Oh, That One --- Day 7/304

Walk: Iyengar Yoga, LP Nails
Distance: 2 miles, Big Yoga

As her own yoga teacher and pose picker for the past few years, Ciwt wasn't quite ready for a ten minute headstand in someone else's class today.  Oh, well, as yoga sage Pattabi Jois famously (and often) said, "All things coming..."