My Favorite Place in the 'Hood

A sunny day!  Hooray!  I gathered up my book and heading across the street to my favorite reading perch, the Big Wooden Box Thing Near Pier 41:

 I love reading here.  The views are million-dollar, it's sunny and oddly uncrowded, even when Fisherman's Wharf is busy.  I discovered it when I first moved to the city and worked on Alcatraz as the boats we went out on were right next to it at Pier 41.  Many days I would arrive early to spend time here...can it really be 15 years since those days?

The book:

The Best American Science Writing 2010.  I enjoy non-fiction and this series is fantastic for an overview of the year's best science writing.  Geeky but fascinating.

However, the reading was not to be today as the wind was fierce, a risk one takes on a pier in the Bay. 

Whitecaps:

It's not always so frothy, thank goodness! 

So I said hello to the sea lion neighbors and headed home: