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In Which I Fail to Get a Sandwich
Apr. 1st, 2017 08:05 pmThis morning I awoke with the plan to get a sandwich at Cheese 'n Stuff and carry it into the hills with me. I was going to eat by the Steam Trains in Tilden and hoped to make it all the way to Wildcat Canyon Park before I dropped down off the ridge and circled back to Tilden to catch a bus back.
But, plans, contacts, the enemy, and all that.
Cheese 'n Stuff was closed in honor of April 1.
And huge swaths of Southside don't open before 11am. Because students are usually too hungover to be out and about before 11am on Saturday.
No worries, I recently identified Montague's Gourmet Sandwiches as a possible sandwich backup. I had to wait 30 minutes, but I figured the courtyard of the dorms right next door would be safe enough for me to work on my computer without getting mugged. (Results: marginal; I had a skeevy guy sit down about five feet from me, play with his headphones for a while, then leave when it was obvious I was keeping an eye on him.)
Montague's had no bread. Maybe at 11.30, they said. But it was obvious it was a maybe.
No worries, IB Hoagies isn't as good as a cold sandwich for packing up into the hills, but acceptable.
IB Hoagie's was closed with no explanation as to why, though it was by now 10 or 15 minutes past their 11am opening.
I vaguely considered getting a low-quality sandwich at Subway, but the one right next to campus seems to be price gouging students with higher prices than the one just several blocks further south. And I wasn't going to overpay for a low-quality sandwich.
So, Taco Bell it was. And by noon, when I thought I was going to be up at the Steam Trains, I was instead still ascending Panoramic Hill.
The problem, I suspect is that southside is just too dependent on students. And it's Spring Break. So, some of the stores just didn't bother to open, and Montague's had their bread order all messed up because they'd been closed earlier in the week.
With that all said, the hills were entirely beautiful. It's flower season. They're in full bloom and just covering the hills, which were yellow, red, purple, and gold. It was gorgeous.
It was also a rare clear day where you could mostly see the City, the Golden Gate, and the Marin headlands.
And warm! Wonderfully warm!
I made it from South Berkeley, up to the Steam Trains, over to Inspiration Point, then about a mile and a half up Nimitz Way, before I decided to drop down to the Tilden Nature Area.
But it was one of those days I could have walked forever.
(I actually walked about 13 miles.)
But, plans, contacts, the enemy, and all that.
Cheese 'n Stuff was closed in honor of April 1.
And huge swaths of Southside don't open before 11am. Because students are usually too hungover to be out and about before 11am on Saturday.
No worries, I recently identified Montague's Gourmet Sandwiches as a possible sandwich backup. I had to wait 30 minutes, but I figured the courtyard of the dorms right next door would be safe enough for me to work on my computer without getting mugged. (Results: marginal; I had a skeevy guy sit down about five feet from me, play with his headphones for a while, then leave when it was obvious I was keeping an eye on him.)
Montague's had no bread. Maybe at 11.30, they said. But it was obvious it was a maybe.
No worries, IB Hoagies isn't as good as a cold sandwich for packing up into the hills, but acceptable.
IB Hoagie's was closed with no explanation as to why, though it was by now 10 or 15 minutes past their 11am opening.
I vaguely considered getting a low-quality sandwich at Subway, but the one right next to campus seems to be price gouging students with higher prices than the one just several blocks further south. And I wasn't going to overpay for a low-quality sandwich.
So, Taco Bell it was. And by noon, when I thought I was going to be up at the Steam Trains, I was instead still ascending Panoramic Hill.
The problem, I suspect is that southside is just too dependent on students. And it's Spring Break. So, some of the stores just didn't bother to open, and Montague's had their bread order all messed up because they'd been closed earlier in the week.
With that all said, the hills were entirely beautiful. It's flower season. They're in full bloom and just covering the hills, which were yellow, red, purple, and gold. It was gorgeous.
It was also a rare clear day where you could mostly see the City, the Golden Gate, and the Marin headlands.
And warm! Wonderfully warm!
I made it from South Berkeley, up to the Steam Trains, over to Inspiration Point, then about a mile and a half up Nimitz Way, before I decided to drop down to the Tilden Nature Area.
But it was one of those days I could have walked forever.
(I actually walked about 13 miles.)