11 of 30 - Weekend with Alex

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   It just occured to me that I never made a coherent update about last weekend. Considering that it was totally awesome, I feel I should do so.

   Firstly it should be noted, that while I was away from computerness the delightful miss gratefuladdict and LJ Idol Season V Winner boxsofrain made guest entries on emo_snal (Stacey's rather saucy entry, Ashlee's entry).

   For some reason I've always found SF particularly hard to find wifi in. The June before last I spent half the month on a roadtrip around the entire United States and was STILL able to find wifi and make an update at least once a day (even in the middle of Iowa). And yet when last year's road trip took me through SF I couldn't for the life of me find a wifi connection I could get on. Same with this time. Maybe it's because people in SF are TOO tech savvy and know to make their networks secure and/or charge vagabonds such as myself for access to the good stuff.


Awesome Weekend in the Bay Area

   I'll quote the explanation Alex gives for the occasion, in her description for the photo set on facebook:

Kris and I like each other too much to date, so instead we have a blow-out not-date every year to complain about all the things that have happened. It's awesome. This year ended in me getting pneumonia, so you KNOW it was a success.

Friday - Left Orange County straight from work at around 3:45pm. GPS originally estimated my arrival at 10:20, but after some excruciating traffic it was finally pointed at 12:30am ):

   So I finally arrive around 12:20 at night. We were going to go to a party in Daly City, so since I was running late I just went straight to the party and met them there.
   My first thoughts were just how hipster everyone at the party looked. We have some hipsters down here in OC but not like OC, where practically everyone dresses like a hipster. It's silly.


Saturday - Alex and I walk down to Burlingame's quaint downtown area and have breakfast at a lovely little diner. We pop into the library to buy tickets to see Alcatraz on Sunday and after some other errands are on our way to the Marin Headlands just north of the Golden Gate.
   There we caught a tour of a nike missile silo, which was pretty damn awesome. They had old missiles which they'd actually bring up the elevator and elevate into the launch position, and we got to go down into the hanger where six more missiles were hanging out... pure awesome.
   Then we strolled around the headlands, which were beautiful. There were a lot of abandoned bunkers and things to investigate.

   After that we had a delicious dinner at a Puerto Rican place called Sol Foods in San Rafael. I very strongly recommend it to anyone who happens to find themselves passing that way!!

   We then returned to Burlingame and watched Spinal Tap for awhile because it had come to Alex's attention I hadn't seen it and for some reason we deemed it necessary. Then Alex's friend Stephanie swung by and we all went out to the local bars.
   Eventually we lost track of Stephanie and we'd later find out that she wound up getting arrested. Oops.


Sunday - Had breakfast in Mel's Diner in SF, which I'm told is an SF institution. One of my favourite things about traveling is eating all the best local food :d
   Alex and I caught the boat to Alcatraz, and it was pretty neat. We poked around the island for about three hours. Unfortunately it began to become apparent that Alex was coming down with a caugh.
   Ate on fisherman's wharf. I had some kind of tasty shrimp stir fry. :d

   And then around 5 I think I finally headed out, arriving home at around 12:15am.
   By the next day Alex reportedly had a fever of 102 ):




( The weekend in pictures! )

Comments

Cognitive Dissonance

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Kris.

Every coffeehouse in San Francisco has wifi.

There is, like, an average of 3.1 coffeehouses per block in SF.

Moreover, I *believe* that SF itself has a wifi network that is available everywhere in the city. I know several cities in the South Bay do, and I believe SF had it earlier than they did. Like, four years ago.

People in SF are no better able to secure networks than anyone else.

This is not to mention the fact that every commercial firm of any kind in SF has at least two wifi networks.

I will tell you where one is for certain for next time. Try the 'Brain Wash' on Folsom at, I believe, 7th street. It is one of those only in San Francisco places, it is a coffeehouse/lunch and dinner/microbrew and wine/laundromat/both sexes and all orientations and degrees of transgenderness cruising spot. That's right, you can drink espresso, wash your clothes, get drunk, eat a meal and get laid in the manner of your choice all at the same convenient location. AND they have wifi (and not just so that the various customers can hook up on craigslist while they are in the same room. Or not only for that reason, anyway...).

In other words, I do not understand how you manage it. Someday, if you figure it out, you will have to explain it to me. I did not think it was possible to not get wifi reception in San Francisco.

I'm sure there is a rational explanation. Dear God, tell me there is a rational explanation.





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Re: Cognitive Dissonance

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Well to be fair I think I've only ever tried from three places in the city. On the road trip I couldn't get a wireless connection from the parking garage nor could I get one from the hostel. This trip I couldn't get one from Alex's place. I'm certain there are places I could walk to to get internet, but I'm not actually addicted to blogging enough to take time out of a vacation to find a cafe just for the purpose (: