To my friend Richard
Many of you know Richard Majka online or if you have been lucky enough such as Sean in Seattle or Kevin in Galveston to have the honor of hanging out with this splendid individual. Here was a little hand written thank you note I sent him after our latest California Adventure.
Our time in the bay area was so wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you....for your patience, your financial generosity, your planning, your time, your curiosity, your friendship,your humor, your ear, your smile, your enthusiasm and so much more. The golden memories I have of the museums, Lincoln highway, land's end, bolinas, Daly city, Half Moon Bay village and beach, your tree in GG Park, the critters, new restaurants and old favorites,PCH, aeoniums, cupcakes, drag queens, portobello burgers, parrots, the Presidio Post Office, gum leaves, bay leaves, albino redwoods, my bridge, Seany's Island, Sea lions, broken umbrellas, union street, my favorite tiny lawn in all of S.F., Russian Orthodox church, maytens, rimu, rainbow falls, De Young Tower, ravens,sea glass, my first visit to San Mateo County, Felton, Boulder Creek, Davenport, souvenirs on Pier 39, green grass, your stories,the thrill of driving down hill but up the light gridded peninsula into San Francisco at night, the octogon house, my time as a GPS reading street signs, cheeky ground hog? at Henry Cowell, the Tibetan room, Russian Wedding bride, relics of buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism,Sikkism,clueless cabbies, zealous cabbies, silent cabbies, creeking old ships, wet wipes and more wet wipes, The Zodiac, Z.J., sloathes plant store, my powhutakawa(New Zealand Christmas tree), Sound of Music Goats, book stores, fairy calendars, bear weekend, Olmec exhibit, grand staircases, bali exhibits that were not, City Hall, Moss Beach, Stowe Lake, Japanese Tea Gardens, me playing Buddha, rhodos and ceonathus in bloom, holocaust memorial, blue pacific, my sticky rice that was beyond sticky, Goa Portugese-Indian fusion, streets that driop off the edge of the world,succulents in tree branches, me becoming a mean, loud drunk, Manatee Crossing signs, Ferry Building, the Moo Sisters in Cow Hollow,the wood shop fellow who pissed me off on your behalf, Presidio Gate, rushing down in my pj's to the lobby to greet your arrival, your hugs and more hugs, and even getting my manatee ass wedged into a cab door, but mostly thank you for being you. Thank you, merci beaucoup M'sier from the depths of my heart. You define the word friend to me. Hugs, smiles and much love Todd.
Our time in the bay area was so wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you....for your patience, your financial generosity, your planning, your time, your curiosity, your friendship,your humor, your ear, your smile, your enthusiasm and so much more. The golden memories I have of the museums, Lincoln highway, land's end, bolinas, Daly city, Half Moon Bay village and beach, your tree in GG Park, the critters, new restaurants and old favorites,PCH, aeoniums, cupcakes, drag queens, portobello burgers, parrots, the Presidio Post Office, gum leaves, bay leaves, albino redwoods, my bridge, Seany's Island, Sea lions, broken umbrellas, union street, my favorite tiny lawn in all of S.F., Russian Orthodox church, maytens, rimu, rainbow falls, De Young Tower, ravens,sea glass, my first visit to San Mateo County, Felton, Boulder Creek, Davenport, souvenirs on Pier 39, green grass, your stories,the thrill of driving down hill but up the light gridded peninsula into San Francisco at night, the octogon house, my time as a GPS reading street signs, cheeky ground hog? at Henry Cowell, the Tibetan room, Russian Wedding bride, relics of buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism,Sikkism,clueless cabbies, zealous cabbies, silent cabbies, creeking old ships, wet wipes and more wet wipes, The Zodiac, Z.J., sloathes plant store, my powhutakawa(New Zealand Christmas tree), Sound of Music Goats, book stores, fairy calendars, bear weekend, Olmec exhibit, grand staircases, bali exhibits that were not, City Hall, Moss Beach, Stowe Lake, Japanese Tea Gardens, me playing Buddha, rhodos and ceonathus in bloom, holocaust memorial, blue pacific, my sticky rice that was beyond sticky, Goa Portugese-Indian fusion, streets that driop off the edge of the world,succulents in tree branches, me becoming a mean, loud drunk, Manatee Crossing signs, Ferry Building, the Moo Sisters in Cow Hollow,the wood shop fellow who pissed me off on your behalf, Presidio Gate, rushing down in my pj's to the lobby to greet your arrival, your hugs and more hugs, and even getting my manatee ass wedged into a cab door, but mostly thank you for being you. Thank you, merci beaucoup M'sier from the depths of my heart. You define the word friend to me. Hugs, smiles and much love Todd.