I always thought I'd end up living in some glamorous cosmopolitan city a la carrie bradshaw. Instead, I live in this quaint little unincorporated town smaller than my hometown, surrounded by refineries. I'm not complaining. it has it charms. Like . . . little Latin Carniceria markets where I often purchase Hellman lime mayo, El Mexicano soup packets, Inca Cola and, of course, La Satena empanada tapas - staples of any good Latin meal.
But besides the Latin food and cheap gas stations it has really nice people who always say "hi" to you even if they don't know you. They seem to have a love-hate relationship with their town. It happens to be nestled in the "Richmond Hills" as I call it because the city of Richmond surrounds it. So, it's close to Tilden Park and the San Pablo Dam Reservoir. The reservoir itself supposedly has a ton of bass that locals fish. Personally, I prefer Tilden Park and trails I can get lost on. But this weekend I felt like doing something a little more off the beaten path.
After loitering (as opposed to littering) outside Starbucks, I headed toward Crockett - home of the C&H Sugar factory off the Carquinez Strait. Talk about quaint. So cute. A little on the not-so-happening side, but I'm guessing that because everyone was still at on of the many churches on the main street. I just wanted to get over to the other side of the highway and get some shrimp linguini at the Dead Fish and enjoy the view. But I'm broke so I had to make my own version of that. And this afternoon I got lost in Rodeo. Talk about desolate. I knew it was the end of the road when I hit a large 76 Oil refinery with smoke coming out of all these chimeneys. Wasn't that where the alleged Zodiac killer worked?
ok . . . i need to go down to oakland, or something. time to get some city vibe.
But besides the Latin food and cheap gas stations it has really nice people who always say "hi" to you even if they don't know you. They seem to have a love-hate relationship with their town. It happens to be nestled in the "Richmond Hills" as I call it because the city of Richmond surrounds it. So, it's close to Tilden Park and the San Pablo Dam Reservoir. The reservoir itself supposedly has a ton of bass that locals fish. Personally, I prefer Tilden Park and trails I can get lost on. But this weekend I felt like doing something a little more off the beaten path.
After loitering (as opposed to littering) outside Starbucks, I headed toward Crockett - home of the C&H Sugar factory off the Carquinez Strait. Talk about quaint. So cute. A little on the not-so-happening side, but I'm guessing that because everyone was still at on of the many churches on the main street. I just wanted to get over to the other side of the highway and get some shrimp linguini at the Dead Fish and enjoy the view. But I'm broke so I had to make my own version of that. And this afternoon I got lost in Rodeo. Talk about desolate. I knew it was the end of the road when I hit a large 76 Oil refinery with smoke coming out of all these chimeneys. Wasn't that where the alleged Zodiac killer worked?
ok . . . i need to go down to oakland, or something. time to get some city vibe.
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