Aviva's Birthday breakfast at Zazzi's

This palce is about six blocks from Aviva and Mathew's apartment.  its famous for its hollidaise and always seems to have a line.  We wait on the patio in the back.  Picture was taken by people across from us. 

Zazie

Great breakfast

Where we went for Aviva's Birthday - we've eaten there twice - its so good

Birthday breakfast

Susan, Aviva, and Mathew at breakfast for Aviva's 32nd birthday

High on a hill it calls to me San Francisco

Aviva's birthday.  We went and took two walks - what a beautiful city and Aviva and Mathew live in a GREAT part of town.  Cole Valley area which is near Golden Gate Park and UCSF

Susan and Aviva at top of hill
Susan and Aviva on trail.  Aviva says this area is owned by UCSF. 

Another view from Aviva and Mathew's apartment

Aviva and Mathew's view from the patio

Aviva & Mathew's back yard

The owner of the partmetn lives next door and has this pool in his backyard.  Makes for a beautiful view out the den and bedroom windows and the patio

Stornetta hike - BLM

The Stornetta Family (Clover Farms)  tired to donate land to the State of California but they could not guarantee stewardship of the land due the the State's fiscal crisis.  Instead the family donated land to the Bureau of Land Management.  The ocean views are fantastic including blow holes, an island accessible only a very low tides, views of the Pt Arena Lighthouse, lots of sea life.....  There's even a couple of waterfalls that cascade into the Pacific. 

With another recent land purchase, there's nearly ten miles of continuous oceanfront public land. 

There's a group called the Thursday Ramblers and we go on quite a few of the hikes. 

To get an idea where we live - scenes of our surroundings



Point Arena is the closest real town to us though we live in Manchester which has a school, post office, and market but not much else.  So Point Arena, about 12 minutes away is where we go when we go "to the city".  Its got a wonderful theater and library as well as a medical office.  We joined the Coop, have our bank account there, and go there at least a couple times a week.  Not shown here is the pier area with three more places to eat and a small gift shop.  Also shown is a sign for a breakfast, lunch spot about a mile out of town at Rollerville we pass each time we go to town.  And some pictures of the Manchester Grange we're invovled in as well as a colorful bar we frequeent