It's good to be home
Today marked my first day back in the city of San Francisco in almost exactly two months. It is amazing how much better it feels just to be in San Francisco, even if it was just for part of the day. After New York and Los Angeles, it is like a dream world.
I spent my time through lunch in the San Jose/Cupertino area. I visited what must be one of the most poorly designed malls in the world in Cupertino at lunch time. I was out doing some geocaching and one of the caches was in the mall parking lot. As I was looking for it, I discovered that there was a Todai in the mall, and since it was about time for lunch I deciced to eat there. Todai was right inside the mall, so after finishing all the sushi I could eat, I walked through the mall. Half of it is undergoing some severe reconstruction, and the other half it just plain stupidly designed. Parts of the mall have two levels, but other parts don't. And some parts appear to have two levels, but it is just an illusion. The two ends of the mall aren't at the same elevation, so in the center of the mall the floor is inclined. It was just ridiculous.
One thing that I did get a kick out of at the mall, though, was the Santa Claus setup they had. It appears that someone forgot to order a Santa's village in time and that by the time they remembered all that was left was a Cinderella's Castle. I wish I had taken a picture, but the background for Santa were these Disney Castle-esque spires. Since when has Santa lived in a castle like that? Since never, that's when.
After finishing my horrible journey through the mall, I began to make my way up to San Francisco. I decided to take a scenic route as I was in no hurry to get to the city. So I took 280 to Highway 92 which took me into Half Moon Bay. I had never visited Half Moon Bay before. It is one of the cutest little towns! I stopped there and walked around for a little while before hopping back in the car and heading north to San Fran. From Half Moon Bay you take the CA-1 North which follows the coast line. It was such a clear and sunny day so the views over the ocean were simply amazing for almost the entire 28 mile drive.
My main reason for heading into the city was for the St. Dominic's Young Adult Group meeting which I attended. It was so good to go back there and see all of my friends again. Many of them were surprised to see me. When I left there two months ago nobody - not even me - had any reason to expect I would be back so soon. It is amazing how much better it feels to be back here. I can't wait until I actually get an apartment in the city. It's good to be home.