Two Saturdays ago it was completely necessary for me to get out of Dodge. So, I gassed up the car, got on the road and found myself in Burlingame, aka Land of Delicious Thai Food and Home of the Sibling.
I’d been feeling the need to go a botanical garden or something like that; when I lived in San Antonio, there was a local botanical garden that I frequented – it was only $4 a pop with student ID. I liked going there because it was quiet and pretty, and filled with flowers and plants. The irony being that I hate to garden, having suffered an eye injury when I was nine in the line of duty (directly contributing to my eyeball issues – while I am fine, I can’t watch or even talk about anything to do with eyeball injuries). But: no matter; I like botanical gardens.
There are a couple of botanical gardens around here, one in Berkeley and one in San Francisco. We know that I abhor both those cities, so it’s doubtful I’ll get myself over to those gardens. But I’ve always wanted to go to the Filoli Gardens, which my parents had gone to a few years ago and I had always wanted to go, but I think I was living in Texas then. So I looked the gardens up and discovered that they are but 12 mere miles from the sibling! I thought they were much farther south and would be annoying to get to.
But they aren’t. So I emailed Abby and asked if she wanted to go, and she agreed, and so I headed over there in the morning and we went over to Coconut Bay, where we had the chicken red curry lunch. It was extreeemely hot and cleared our sinuses. Still delicious though! Best Thai food ever.
Then we headed out to Filoli, which is basically an English-style estate out on the peninsula. It definitely has Jane Austeny vibes and you can tour the first floor of the house and the extensive gardens, including the daffodil fields.
It was pretty cold and cloudy when we went, but still fun. Since then, it’s been really sunny and nice out – but then again, spring has sprung. I miss my winter! Cold, cloudy, and blustery is my favorite sort of weather. You know how some people get depressed in the winter? Season disaffective disorder or whatever it’s called? It’s the opposite for me. Give me fall and winter – you can have your spring and summer! So I’ve been in a bad mood this week.
Monday I finished my Hearts Afire socks. Tuesday I had a migraine and stayed home from work. Wednesday I was gone all day for work – I had a meeting in the evening and barely got home in time to start watching Lost. I am not super interested in Sayid-centric episodes but, um, I will say that for awhile I thought he would be sympathetic to young Ben, but then he totally wasn’t and did what I thought he’d do since last week… Lost is getting interesting! I’m glad it’s ending and we’re actually getting anwers.
Anyway, so I will post about the Hearts Afire socks next time. I’m also working on the periwinkle Malabrigo earflap hat, which is about half done.
See the entire Filoli Gardens set here. It includes interior shots of the house, too.