City Walk

I had an inclination to walk all around the City this afternoon. I took the steps up to California Street, up Powell, followed the main cable car line, saw twin elderly Chinese women dressed in matching red tops and bright purple sweatpants, walked to the bottom of the crooked part of Lombard and watched the stream of cars come down, petted the cutest pug dog with eyes that looked endlessly but endearingly worried, walked down Lombard to Coit Tower, looked out to the water and felt on top of the world, walked down Grant through North Beach, peaked into a few art galleries, enjoyed a sumptuous hamburger at Mo's, through Chinatown, scoped out the popular bakeries and dim sum eateries around Stockton and Jackson, and back down Powell to Borders in Union Square where I always seem to end up to read magazines, peruse travel and cookbooks. It was good to walk, get movement, be outside, get some air - just followed my nose and wherever a green light took me.