Up to San Francisco

Dale and I flew up to San Francisco on Jan 19-21st. Peter Stalder picked us up from the Oakland Airport and we drove across the bay bridge to his place in the Castro. It was a beautiful weekend with sunny clear weather and not too chilly either. We went to dinner on Friday night at a nice restaurant in the Castro called "Catch". It was very good, we met my ex-Eric Jansen, as well as Will Fellows the Author of "Farm Boys" and his partner, as well as another couple friend of Eric's , Jerry on the gay historical society and his partner. We all had a great time and it was nice to see Will Fellows again as the last time I talked to him was when he did the book interviews, several years ago.

The main reason we went to SF was to see the play adaptation done a few years ago. It has played in New York, St. Paul, and now San Francisco. Following dinner there was a reception at the New Conservatory Theatre on Market Street. We went to that to meet the playwright, who also grew up on a small farm in Wisconsin. We then saw the play. It was amazing, and touched so many areas that I could relate to. I didn't expect the play adaptation to be so deep, and also I thought the characters were a very good composite of all the people in the book, and much of the writing was so very well done, with a lot of great "inside" perspective that was definitely ratable. After the show there was a short Q&A with the author, playwright, director and the entire cast. It was great and a great time to find out more details of the show! Well worth it! If you live in or get to SF please see this, you will enjoy. http://www.nctcsf.org/

Saturday morning Eric and I got up early for a nice run with the Frontrunners through golden Gate park. http://www.frontrunners.org/ The day was again beautiful and it was delightful to run through the green, lush, and wonderful Golden Gate Park to the ocean and back! After we had a nice homemade breakfast at Peter's place in the Castro, and then Eric took me to the radio station for a quick interview for the "Out in the Bay" radio show that he hosts. It was fun! The rest of the afternoon we took it easy, and Dale did some repairs around the house for Peter. I then met my friends David Bicha and David Mahr at the 440 in the Castro for Drinks. It was great to see them again and we decided to all go over to their place near twin peaks for dinner and more visiting and relaxing. It was a great evening, and we soon were tired out for the evening.

Sunday we had a leisurely breakfast and then Eric took us to the Airport to catch our flight back to Long Beach. It was a great visit and a good visit for all of us! We will have to get back again soon to San Francisco with great friends, and a great city, what more could you ask?