Sunday, November 14, 2010

Lupus Walking Walking Walking

As you know, Erin and I participated in the Alliance for Lupus Research Fundraising Walk a week ago.  It was a stunningly beautiful day in San Francisco!  Perfect for the 3-mile walk.  Our team raised $1660! Thanks to all of our sponsors!

Here is some public art in the Justin Herman Plaza, where the walk began.









A sight along the way.  Coit Tower is so pretty!


Team Oompa Lupus at the half-way point!


A sight on the return trip.



The team captain (R) and her biggest fan.





A street view.







Our hotel was about a block away from the Transamerica Building.


























We decided to spend the rest of the weekend in the City, and we spent most of our time shopping and walking. Everywhere we wanted to go was just within walking distance (5-8 blocks) of our hotel, and walking is the travel method of choice in San Francisco, so we did so.

The theme of the weekend, we soon established, was Walking the Wrong Way.  Every time we set out, and I mean *every* time, Izzy led us in the wrong direction at some point. We ended up walking who-knows-how-many extra blocks because of it.

Trish is my hero!  She was a trooper.  She walked the whole way, uncomplaining (of course; I have never known Trish to complain, but this time she had good reason to!), and kept up with us all the way. And thank goodness for her iPhone, which led us the right way after Izzy had led us the wrong way.

We shopped in the huge Westfield Mall at Union Square on Saturday afternoon, and then walked to The Stinking Rose for a delicious garlic dinner.  On Sunday, we walked, walked, walked through Chinatown.  We shopped, and we had dim sum for lunch.  I love spending time in Chinatown!


I'm already looking forward to next year's walk.  It's always a joy to be in San Francisco.  And it's not too late to donate for this year.  Just click here and give!  Thanks!

3 comments:

RetroMag said...

Sounds like you had a great weekend. Congratulations for the money your team raised. And of course I was happy to hear about Trish.

Poss said...

looks like a good time was had by all

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