Twin Peaks and China Town

OK, so if anyone remembers the crazy show Twin Peaks, I don't think this is the same spot . . . though it may have been nearby?? There was no amazing pie and no midgets having weird dreams.

Saturday after hanging out with K and C we headed up to Twin Peaks, it is just what it sounds like, a mountain ( large hill?) with two peaks which, on a clear day, offer amazing views. We had a clear day but it was late in the day. We drove instead of walking to catch the last bit of light. Well, let me be the one to tell you, I am not sure we would have made on foot. Well, that is not true but it would have been a long, nearly straight up walk and we would have been hoofing it back in the dark. The road wound around and around all the while at a steady incline, we are new the area, man, our lungs haven't built capacity for these vertical climbs!!! We drove. But we have some lovely photos!!!

Then the Girl and I hit Chinatown. San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest in the country. I thought it was the first, but I don't really know for sure. I do know it is the biggest Asian community outside of Asia, I only know that because I had to look it up. We had dinner on the balcony of a restaurant that was in a pretty old building. The balcony was more like the second story ledge that someone put a railing around about 50 years ago that happens to still be standing there. Not sure how stable that railing was but we never had to test its integrity.

It is still a little surreal for us. We are on the other side of the country and we live here now. It's a little crazy. Last weekend we went to a movie theatre not far from the house. The theatre itself was a giant complex yet it was within a small shopping center. The sign for the theatre was humongous and visible for miles from the highway. As we were leaving The Girls said "You know, this sort of reminds me of Disney Land." I had to agree, we figured it was like Epcot and we were in the giant ball. We had a similar experience in Chinatown on Saturday. We ate outside on a second story balcony. We could see all the people below, we were elevated with the store and street lights and could see the lanterns dangle over the street all the way up the hill. That seemed a little like Disney Land too. Epcot of course, in China.