Where Is Your Happy Place? Part I

What do you do when you find yourself bogged down with that stress, anger or sadness you wish you could wad up in a ball and sling shot to another universe?  I was reminded recently of finding my happy places in order to sooth my anxiety. When my demons roar, which they have been lately to a deafening degree, I try to think of at least one specific thing that I absolutely love.  

Happy Place #1… San Francisco

I love being in this city...The stacked Victorian apartments on top of mom and pop shops... 

The wind, the cool weather, the cypress trees...

The fact that it’s only an hour flight away, the nature that is in and around the city, the steep streets that lead up to beautiful vistas...  I love the eclectic outings like going to a party inside a theatre or doing yoga in an old Victorian house...

The view from my boyfriend Andrew’s apartment in Upper Market,  Philz Coffee in Noe Valley, shopping on Chestnut in the Marina (Rabat to be exact), Fort Funston and the lovely view of the beach...

  I love the fact that the city cares so much about the environment...

 Scooting around the city on Andrew’s Vespa and holding on to him tightly when we weave our way through traffic, I love our long walks with Emma Dogg,  in fact I love Dogs now!

 I love the store “Under One Roof” and how their proceeds to go the AIDS Foundation (I have to visit it every time I’m up there)

 I love that there are way too many fun things to do and see...

 Wine tasting in nearby Napa and Sonoma...

Art galleries in Sausalito, Golden Gate Bridge...

Crab in a cup at Fisherman’s Warf, Golden Gate Park, random acts of nudeness...

  And I love the man who lives there.

Where is your happy place?