It is drizzling here in Santa Cruz and the temperature feels like its around the 50's. The weather this December has been alternating between warmth and sunshine with temps in the 60's and cold and rainy, with temps in the low 50's. This was a good day to hang out in the bookstore and play on the computer while sipping on a Thomas Kemper root beer. I found an interesting looking vegan chicken sandwich at New Leaf grocery just down the block and had that with it. I worked on a video of one of the many neat building murals you tend to see around here and in San Jose and San Francisco.
I was talking with Robert last night before we started watching Deliverance in the car, and we agreed it just didn't feel like Christmas. Minimal decorations, very little music in the stores, very little Christmas spirit. I suggested that it might be a bigger deal for people with small children and more might be going on in the way of holiday spirit in schools and churches. Then again, it could just be a sign of the times.
They gave out free samples today of both cookies and a flavored coffee at the cafe in Borders downtown. Now there's some holiday spirit! While munching on these goodies I processed this video clip of a wall mural on a business building in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Stoves and Fireplaces. I don't think anything rivals San Francisco and Santa Cruz for paintings you'll find on the cityscape. I especially love it when things that are particularly ugly become a canvas for something rather pleasant, or at least entertaining.
I was talking with Robert last night before we started watching Deliverance in the car, and we agreed it just didn't feel like Christmas. Minimal decorations, very little music in the stores, very little Christmas spirit. I suggested that it might be a bigger deal for people with small children and more might be going on in the way of holiday spirit in schools and churches. Then again, it could just be a sign of the times.
They gave out free samples today of both cookies and a flavored coffee at the cafe in Borders downtown. Now there's some holiday spirit! While munching on these goodies I processed this video clip of a wall mural on a business building in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Stoves and Fireplaces. I don't think anything rivals San Francisco and Santa Cruz for paintings you'll find on the cityscape. I especially love it when things that are particularly ugly become a canvas for something rather pleasant, or at least entertaining.
