Women's Basketball: Cal vs. UCLA 1-20-12

I forgot to post this, but eight days ago I got to see two Top 25 women's college hoops teams in action at Haas:

UCLA during the pregame shoot

Cal(in yellow) getting in position for a rebound

UCLA's Kacy Swain taking a free throw

A view of the Cal defense

Cal's Gennifer Brandon going for two

Cal's Layshia Clarendon taking a free throw

It was a good game and Cal won:

Cal Wins

The 49ers Are On The Plane To Super Bowl XLVII

The 49er Faithful Flag

Today (1-27-13), I had to fly out of San Jose and saw signs up for event parking which to me was a little strange. Since, I got to the airport like two hours before my flight I decided to see what was going on. Well, the 49ers were flying out of San Jose airport to New Orleans and Super Bowl XLVII. Right when I got there they were about to arrive and I took a couple of pics:

49ers families headed to the plane

The 49ers plane

Joe Staley (in plaid shirt and sunglasses) getting off the bus

The 49er Faithful

Coach Jim Harbaugh getting off the bus with his daughter

The 49ers boarding for New Orleans and Super Bowl XLVII

Old Football Books Saved

The 1984 Complete Book of Football

A couple of weeks ago I was walking around and stumbled upon a garage sale in my neighborhood. I took a look and saw these old football books and I asked how much. The lady said she was going to throw them away. I said I give you two dollars for the books. She agreed and I saved these great books from the dumpster:

This book was cool as it counted down the days with the New York Jets before their historic  Super Bowl III win

Johnny Unitas-Do I have to say more

Football Stars of 1969

This was the first year of the true merger

The season after the Dolphins perfect season

And this one is my favorite:

The reason I love it is that it describes some of the chaos of the 1966 season for both the NFL and AFL as the merger was announced in June and they played Super Bowl I six months later.

Hopefully, I can find another batch of old books that need to be saved.

Middle Age and Goofy-A peek inside my closet

Got to love the little bears

I am what you would call officially middle age. In my mid-40's, but I am I guess for lack of a better term -goofy. Even though I have a few flecks of gray in the hair, I still try to have fun in life. It is what keeps me going. I know I don't dress fashionably as some, but I would say that I dress reasonably. Most times in polo shirts, long sleeve polo shirts, button-up shirts and khakis or slacks and decent shoes. No pictures on me in that or anything else.

But over the last year I have been buying some T-Shirts for casual wear, just to have some fun. Usually, I would just go over to Cal and buy a T-Shirt or buy something at some ballpark and have my so-called weekend wear. But since a friend hipped me to Haight St. T-Shirts and like the stuff their, I have been finding more outlets for my unusual (some say eccentric) tastes. Love the fact that I have many different team shirts from around the globe You can be the judge:

Old School Yomiuri Giants (Nippon Professional League)

Got have some Slugwear

Edmonton Eskimos (Canadian Football League)

One of my favorite record shops-Rasputins

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Nippon Baseball League)

Oakland Oaks (Original Pacific Coast League)

And I must share a couple of my new ballcaps:

2013 Stockton Ports (California League) Five O'Clock Alternate Logo Hat

Just bought: 2013 World Baseball Classic -Team Australia

And my favorite shirt (which many people think is too goofy):

Replica 1992 Lithuanian Other Dream Team shirt

I guess you can say that this is a little look into my style when I am not working. As people say Goofy

Turn Your Trash Into Art

The San Francisco Main Public Library has some amazing exhibits. I was walking around looking for books and they had this one called Trash to Treasures. Artists turned everyday trash into amazing pieces of art:

These dolls were created by Sandy Drobny. It is Fabric woven from plastic shopping bags, caution tape, sponges, vinyl tablecothes, flash cards, rubber inner tubes, zippers, juice pouches, ribbon and duct tape

Garden Flower-Remi Rubel/ Made out of wire, toy car wheel, bottle caps, metal and aluminum can

Ferris Wheel-Viviana Paredes. Made from Foozball pieces, steel

Bus Shelter Bowl-Reddy Libe. Fused tempered  glass

Thank You Bag-Lauren Dicioccio- Hand-embroidery on machine with cloth wire

Pastille Box-Lauren Dicioccio-Hand-sewn cotton and satin

Mum, Fall Harvest-Karrie Hovey-Phonebooks, latex paint, plywood  and sofa legs

After looking at this exhibit I will always look at my trash as potential works of art.

An Old Time Candy Shop-The Fizzary

I love old time candy stores. Not the liquor stores or the mall places that sell candy. But an old candy store that my mother grew up with as a child. She was a kid in 30's and 40's in small town Iowa and she would tell me about the soda and candy shop in her town. Well, I think I found one in the Mission District near the 24th St. BART station in San Francisco. It is called the The Fizzary and they sell soda in the bottle. Not the brands that we see everything, but the handcrafted stuff under different cool labels, I learned that The Fizzary is run by the same people who created Taylor's Tonics:

As you walk in

Another view

Some of the products

Root Beer Heaven

Got to love the name

Besides soda, they also sell old time candy (stuff I grew up with):

Loved them back in the day and still

These are so good

Pez is always good

Got to love it

My booty for the day:

Got to love the titles

They were both good

The Fizzary is a cool place. The place is a cool throwback, prices are good (all sodas are $1.50) and the staff is super nice and cool.I think it might be a regular stop for me.