Day Tres

Today was amazing. We went to the much-hyped Bills bar in North Beach, and it was even more amazing than I had anticipated. The fact that the Bills look amazing helped to be sure, but holy crap, the staff was super friendly and great. and over 100 people were in that bar wearing Bills gear and chanting "hey eh eh eh, Let's Go Buffalo!!" It was so surreal to be in the bar, watching the Bills in HD, drinking Blue from a bottle, and then looking out the window to see "holy shit, we're in San Francisco." I hugged strangers, yelled and screamed, and it felt like it could have been any bar in Western New York.....It was AMAZING.....and we met a couple who live on Main Street near Mill in West Seneca!!

After that, there was really no way to match that 3 hours of the adrenaline of a 34-10 arse-whooping (dude, seriously, Brian Moorman will have more TD passes than Tom Brady this season). We walked around North Beach, and bounced into an Irish pub to watch the Browns/Cowboys for a little bit. 33 beers on tap, and the most beautiful HD I have ever seen...It was cool, but it was and Irish Pub/Indian Eatery.....seriously...but where else than S.F would that happen?

After that we went somewhere that I got a little reflective and a little historic. City Lights Bookstore in North Beach (and literally a 30 second walk from China Town) is where Ginsberg, Kerouac, Buchowski, and most of the beats back in the day hung out and read, thought, and just kind of bull-shitted with each other. It's still in-tact, independent and seemingly un-manipulated. Next door, across Jack Kerouac Lane, was Vesuvio, where the same clan got their debauchery on. It's still there too, and it's supremely San Franciscoan.


We were too tired, and 5 or 6 beers deep, to walk, so we took this Scenic drive that the city has set out which takes you past the Golden Gate and down along the ocean. It was REALLY foggy, but still, it's so energizing to just smell the salt-water and see and hear the waves. And with the wind, the waves were almost surf-able.

Just an average view you get when you cross the street in S.F.

Seriously, I thought Smart Cars were ridiculous.

...the fog. the bridge.

The Pacific. Too cold for swimming, but if you have a shitty day, you just take the dog for a walk on the beach alongside the rim of the Pacific. It was too foggy to see China.