Beautiful Summer Sunday
Mood:  hug me
Topic: Chile
I went for a walk to the Parque Arauco shopping center just before 1pm  I didn't feel like eating alone at a restaurant last night so I just had some bread and Chirimoya allegre ice cream, which my paltry freezer couldn't keep hard.

I went to breakfast this morning--it was very nice.  There was someone else there when I arrived, then I was alone.  Not a bad place but I eat there alone all the time.  They have a bar, too but nary a soul in it.

I took a walk around the block.  The street out front, Americo Vespucci, is rather busy but the twisting, often dead-end streets behind are very quiet.  Flower-decked yards surround single story houses of varied architecture, with sidewalks occupied by women walking dogs.

At lunchtime I took another walk through the neighborhoods over to Parque Arauco.  The shopping center has doubled in size I think since I last visited it.  It was fairly crowded.  I headed for Starbucks, threading through the courtyard packed with cafes.  I guess it is in the 80s, but dry.  I got a cappucino and a muffin de arándano (blueberry) and sat down to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo outside for a bit.  I walked through the shopping center but, not being into shopping couldn't find anything I wanted other than the cash machine.  A jazz band was performing in a second courtyard.  I decided I felt like US food so I went to TGI Fridays and had a big burger.  Read for a while there, too then headed back home as it was fairly warm by then.

I'm lonesome.  Missed Darb's birthday, then it was Mom's and tomorrow Dad's and Valentine Day.  May go out to eat tonight just to see other people.