downtown

yesterday i went to meet my oldest friend downtown for dinner. doing the downtown is always tricky in a car, so i rode down thinking it's always easier to find a place to park on 2 wheels. in the city (san francisco i mean) when i lived there, you could always find a place to park your bike. those spots too small even for mini-coopers and smart cars are no problem when you're two and a half feet wide. in some places you can even get away with parking on the sidewalk. and as i rode by the capitol i spotted these fantastic parking places directly in front. 10 hours parking from 8am to 6pm reads the sign, and no meters! amazing. so even as our state government continues to be embattled in a budget nightmare without any end in sight, it's nice to see them doing the right thing every once in a while. but sshhh, don't tell anybody. someone might see another tax opportunity.