Archive for May, 2010
We sold 989 bowls of chicken salad and 198 bottles of water at the event for a net profit of $2336. Thanks to all the volunteers, the Mtn. View Buddhist Church, Tanimura & Antle for the lettuce and green onions and the committee of David Tim, Hoyt Nelson and Hi Fujii led by Alice Horio. A full report of financials will follow.
Uvas Canyon Hike, May 8
May 1
(pictures by David Tom)
Mother Nature blessed 17 of us with nearly perfect weather for this hike along quiet forest trails to 6 lacy waterfalls which were about at their peak for the year. Brian Lee led us along sometimes steep trails with sometimes Read the rest of this entry »
This is a repeat of a popular hike that hasn’t been done since July ’07. It includes parts of the Marina, Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights districts with lots of grand views and magnificent architecture. We will meet at the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts at the corner of Marina and Lyon (parking in the Exploratorium lot just W of the Exploratorium – NOT at the 4 hour limit lot right next to the building) at 10AM with the usual layered clothing, camera, snacks and liquids and a little money for shopping and lunch. “Facilities” are at the Palace and along some of the shopping streets plus a few blue port-a-potties. Time is expected to be less than 4 hours, but we may spend time around the Palace grounds (if renovation fences are down by then) and taking in scenery here and there. We will pass many stately homes and descend the fabulous Lyon St. stairs – surely the grandest in San Francisco (pictured below).
Signups are limited to 20 people. For more info or to sign up, contact Hoyt Nelson at stairs4@niseiskiclub.org. More detailed info will be sent a week before the hike (approach to the parking lot can be tricky).
Ever wanted to try curling? This is your chance! Throughout the year, the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club and Sharks Ice offer many low-cost curling clinics, usually at the start of each season. Curling Clinics are a comprehensive introduction to the Olympic sport of curling. You will learn Read the rest of this entry »
Puzzles
May 1
Answers to last month’s puzzle:
Find the digits to make the additions correct: (Thanks again to Greg Wong for the solutions.)
For this month, consider the following sequence of letters. Remove FIVE LETTERS and what remains is a word you can find in any English dictionary. What’s the word? AFPIOVELLOEGTIERESS
Achluophobia: darkness
Aeroacrophobia: Open high places
Agliophobia: pain
Agraphobia: sexual abuse
Agyrophobia: streets or crossing the street
Aichmophobia: needles or pointed objects
Ailurophobia: cats
Albuminurophobia: kidney disease
Alektorophobia: chickenss
