The Fanciest Street in the Mission

I want to start this post by telling you about a homeless person my sister named “No Way”.  No way, is a person that has lived on and about 18th street for the past 3-4 years or so.  PHD educated, and always sitting around and reading big novels, non-fiction, etc, we think it is interesting that a homeless person with such an affluent background chooses to live on one of the streets in the Mission with the best food.  We don’t think this is by accident.

For my New York readers, the Mission District is akin to Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  A place most people in the City hear about, but typically locals to the neighbor hood frequent the bakeries, coffee shops and bars.  The only difference is, in NYC, Brooklynites tend to be the ones that go out in Williamsburg at night.  In SF, people from all over the City hit up the Missions bars and resturants, but I digress.  Will save this for a different post.

Back to the fanciest street – in just one block, you can find the best bakery in town – Tartine, famous for their morning buns that you can smell baking at 7 AM every morning on the street and ham and cheese croissants.  There is Delfina Pizzeria and Resturant, as well as Bi-Rite Grocery Store and Creamery.  I actually told my sister Diana the other day that I would die if I left SF without going to the creamery.  

Tartine on the far left corner and Patrons in front of Delfina

The start of my Stay-cation

Sammy and I arrived yesterday to SFO.  I’ll be in San Francisco for a week, catching up on sleep, eating yummy Mexican food, reading, yoga, training for my upcoming 1/2 marathon, spring cleaning, errands (think taxes, eyebrows, and teeth cleaning), as well as a birthday celebration – to welcome the last year of my 20′s. 

I’m excited to be on the Left Coast, relaxing, and catching up West Coast friends and family.  Keep posted for the fun.