San Francisco Muni has street cars, trolleys and trams. So, which one is this? A quick google yielded enormous amount of info.
This particupar streetcar is part of the Milan, Italy tram fleet built in 1928. It even kept its original Milan car number 1818 and original orange color.
This tram was in operation before Dad was born. I wonder who had ridden in it and what stories happend on those rides...Want to be part of its history? Ride the San Francisco Street Cars.
I could feel the charge in the air as I came up from the BART station. It was an energy that only could be found in the city. It might have been the people, the cars, the noise, the pollution... together, they pumped me up. After being away from the financial district for 3 years, it's almost like being back home.
Things have not changed all that much. Most of the stores that I was familiar with and used to frequent are still in business. I am, however, older and hopefully a little wiser. Not sure where I will be in a few more years - things do happen - but for now, I'm glad to be back in the hustling and bustling of things.
Well, after 2 years, I'm leaving my team. It has been a great ride though our team has gone through some bumpy roads.
We started with 3 and ended up with 7 - and we made a good name for HR and Payroll.
Our biggest goof was when we had to stuff checks for 2,000+ employees in 235 stores (the very first time) before the UPS truck showed up. We worked frantically and even had a plan to block the UPS truck from leaving if push came to shove. We stuffed all the checks in time but found empty envelopes and checks that had no envelopes... that was not a very pretty sight.
Our greatest accomplishment was when we had to sort 5,000+ W-2s by store numbers manually. Oh, the pains, the agonies, and the cursing... but we made it and pulled it through at the end.
Over the past two years, we lost 2 original team members and added a new one. Now I'm going, and someone will replace me... I know that she or he will be welcomed with open arms.
I wish my team the very best. They will forever have a place in my heart. 
RK and I had fusion food last Friday, 9/22/06 at E&O Trading.
I made the reservation on Open Table. I love Open Table! What a great place to review and select restaurants. It really helps with fulfilling another one of my 1,000 goals - to try out the top 100 restaurants in the Bay Area.
OK, I digress... RK went along for fusion food because he wanted to do studies for his restaurant designs. Normally, nothing can drag him to a shi-shi place.
For the study, RK and I were eyeing the decors, trimmings, materials, displays, furnitures, people, etc... E&O did good fusing East and West. Fried calamari was served with Asian dipping sauce; Indian bread was served with funky sides and coffee cream poured from a sake bottle.
E&O Trading had a energetic ambience. People were chatting, drinking, eating and really enjoying the night. It has pretty good food and our waitress was very knowledgeable. Love it! However, I was kind of disappointed with their cocktails and food presentation - little creativity. Nonetheless the overall experience was very nice. RK agreed to go back again. Now, that’s a stamp of approval and we shall have a real date next time.
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o summer has come and almost gone. Did we really have a summer? Yes, there were few extremely hot days here and there. But overall, this has been a pretty mellow summer in our neck of the woods.Not willing to let the summer slip by, we had an End of Summer Party for our buddies on 9/7/06. RK cranked up the heat for the pool so the kids were able to enjoy one last dip.The adults had the usual indulgence of fine food and wine. Many thanks to Sandra's generosity, we always got to taste different wines - what a blast to be able to have 8 bottles of different red and white in one tasting. Of course, the rest of the girls broug
ht enough food to feed the army again.Fall is only two days away and holidays are just around the corner. We will soon be hearing ho-ho-hos and jingle bells. However, they will also pass by before we have a chance to immerse in the holiday spirits.Oh well, this is life and we have to go along for the ride.
San Francisco Muni has street cars, trolleys and trams. So, which one is this? A quick google yielded enormous amount of info.
o summer has come and almost gone. Did we really have a summer? Yes, there were few extremely hot days here and there. But overall, this has been a pretty mellow summer in our neck of the woods.
