Apologies in advance for this uncharacteristically racy post.  But there's been a lot of chatter lately about St. Mary Cathedral's (a.k.a. the St. Maytag Washer Cathedral) infamous Two O'Clock Tittie.  It also appears at 10 AM in mirror image for you early risers or people who simply prefer leftward facing profiles.  Fitting metaphor for catholicism or are San Franciscans just sex-crazed?

In other news, I uploaded a bunch of pictures from the last few weeks of summer.  One of my fav's is the panorama from Grandview Park.  In Firefox, click on the image and you can scroll around on the original image which is several screens wide.  Things to see include the Golden Gate Bridge, Sutro Heights Park, the DeYoung, Transamerica, etc.

What the hell? For the last week almost every day has seen record high temps of around 70 degrees.   This is AWESOME.  When things like this happen I don't let it go to waste -- some recent outdoor highlights have been a night ride to Sutro Heights Park, jogging through Golden Gate Park, a lunch ride to Twin Peaks and Mt. Sutro, going to balmy Alcatraz for the first time, kicking back on Dolores Park on a blanket, and working from my favorite garden cafe sitting under a tree surrounded by blooming azaleas and drinking an iced coffee.  In January!  It's gunna end soon so I better get back out there and soak it up!

Magazines and newspapers are always publishing various "perfect day in San Francisco" lists.  Last Saturday came pretty close to a perfect Karsty day, so here's the rundown:

• 8 AM: Read the weather forecast: temps in the 70s, no clouds and no wind.  O-yea!
• 9 AM: Kicked it in Patricia's Green and watched all the beautiful hipsters sip their Blue Bottle coffees.
• 11 AM: Rode through the Panhandle and discovered the ritzy Ashbury Heights neighborhood on my way to the tiled Moraga Steps.  A bit above the top of the steps on the top of a big hill is Grandview Park where I took in the panoramic view from the Pacific to downtown.

• 12 PM: From a grassy perch in the sun under a tree I read my book.

• 1:30 PM: Called Mom and Gramma while taking a few pictures.
• 2 PM: Time for a nap.  I dozed off while listening to the sounds of lawmowers, cars being washed, kids playing, etc.  Summertime noises in January!
• 3 PM: Biked home, taking a new route over Mt. Sutro.
• 6 PM: Met a few friends in Zeitgeist's beer garden.
• 7:45 PM: Walked over to Davies Hall (2 blocks from my house) to hear the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Symphony #1, one of my favorite pieces.  I picked up a rush ticket a few hours before for only $20 and it was front row center, right in front of the first cellist.  Sweet.
• 10:15 PM: Walked down into the Mission for a friend's birthday party where I enjoyed a (1) calorie beer.  Mmmm, it's the perfect heavenly bubbly ambrosia to cap off a full day,  I generously offered a MGD EL64 to one of the party's attendees.  He thanked me profusely for the gift.  I felt like God.

None of the day's activities were super out of the ordinary, but they are a great sampling of some of my favorite things to do in SF.  And the perfect weather was just icing on the cake!