Black Friday

Union Square Tree in SF

Today is Black Friday, which is the day when most retail stores generate enough sales for the year to move from the red (unprofitable) to the black (profitable) side of their cash flow reports.  Some stores had specials that started at midnight and many others opened at 5am.  I'm happy to report that I was very content in a warm bed at 5am.  I managed to end Thanksgiving with family and successfully avoid stuffing myself into a coma.  I just didn't want to ruin the good trend, so I happily woke up after sunrise this morning to go to the city with my mom.

As expected, it was pretty crowded in the city.  One of the things I love about the Bay Area is the BART train.  I really wished we had the equivalent in Seattle because it's so nice to take a train that travels 70 mph and avoid traffic and parking hassels.  Taking the train downtown is wonderful.  The stations are underground, so they don't add to traffic congestion.  Each train had several cars and ran frequently.  Going into the city, we had to wait 10 minutes and coming back home we had to wait 4 minutes for a train.  But, I can go on about this topic for a while.  All in all, the sales were okay and I'm just not into the shopping frenzy, so we stayed a few hours, had lunch, then came back home.

Brian & Jennifer

Brian, Tyson & me

Jordan

I did get to visit my brother, Brian; and my sister-in-law, Jennifer; and their dog, Tyson.  It was a nice, short visit and I head back tomorrow morning. 

Sunday is the Seattle Marathon and I have to go!