C is for Cookie

Walk #40

Todays walk had some very opposing purposes. 1) Use my coupon for See Jane Run in Noe Valley 2) try Anthony's Cookies 3) get to my favorite spinning class. I guess only the cookies don't make sense. But I earned them let me tell you . . .

I left work and went down Polk onto 10th. Now, I was only on 10th for one block and I've been down 10th before, BUT on the opposite side of the street. So I was excited to find this right at the start of my adventure:

So close, street stampers.

From 10th, I took Mission to 14th to Minna to Capp. A tip from my good friend Randy, led me to this:

The concept is there, and all the correct letters. It's just the wrong letter that got doubled.

I took Capp all the way to Cesar Chavez. Now, OG San Franciscans will know this street was not always called Cesar Chavez. And though they've done their best to change all of the signs and addresses, this still occurs:

I turned on Valencia for a quick stop at Anthony's Cookies. It's no Diddy Riese, but it smelled DIVINE in there! I bought two cookies (at $1.25 a piece) for myself. I was super excited about the white chocolate chip. All too often white chocolate chips go hand in hand with macadamia nuts which I veto. But just like Diddy, Anthony knows best and keeps those pesky nuts out. Unlike Diddy , this white chocolate chip cookie was just okay. BUT I also got a cookies and cream cookie and WHOA that was one good cookie!

And now I've got "C is for Cookie" stuck in my head . . .

The beauty of San Francisco is, once you've had your cookies, the city is going to make you work them off. I took 25th to Sanchez and stopped in to See Jane Run to get some extra running supplies. It's a way cute store with a great female empowerment story. Everyone was ridiculously friendly and helpful, without being pushy. I really liked it, but it's no Sports Basement.

Up Sanchez, I found a lot of irony in the photo to the left.

Not sure that you can tell, but that steep old street that climbing is about to cross Hill St. Awesome.

And that which goes up, must go down. . .

Sanchez Street is great because not only have we already seen it spelt Sanches, but it also joins the ranks of Anzavista with the backwards Z, not once but twice!

The best part is that these stamps are about 5 blocks from each other and one is on the west side of the street and the other is on the east side of the street. I'm so glad I crossed the street when I did so I could fully enjoy each of them.

A fun aspect of the walking game is that sometimes when you're walking along a street, you'll notice a steeper

street next to you or a cool staircase, or you might think "Hey, I bet the view is awesome from up there." But inevitably, you press on with your planned route as the crushing sensation of just how many streets you still have to go, hits you. This was how I felt a few weeks ago when I took 20th St all the way out to the bay and again how I felt when taking 19th. Luckily, every now and then, you find yourself ON those staircases and staring out at those views. As was the case today on Sanchez. Even more satisfying is walking down those staircases instead of up them!

Made it to the gym in plenty of time for spinning to kick my ass before dragging myself home.

Total mileage: 6.23