October 2, 2006
There's nothing better after a long days work than plopping down on a barstool in an dingy, dark, empty bar, lighting up an illegal cigarette and watching an Irish bartender named Elvis pour 90% vodka into a glass, top it with a sprinkle of soda and call it a mixed drink.
If that's your cup of tea too, meet me at the Mission Bar or Dovre. But if you'd rather sip on an $9 mojito and mingle in a packed bar with the pretty folk .... well, you'd be better off "slumming" it at Medjool or Blondie's, you yuppie.
The pic is of JP and Atousa. JP is modeling some Shamrock tin foil thing that he pulled down from the wall and put on his head. Atousa says "beleaeadljgreoaljsl!!!!!" in support. See, if you were here, you'd be having this much fun too.
If that's your cup of tea too, meet me at the Mission Bar or Dovre. But if you'd rather sip on an $9 mojito and mingle in a packed bar with the pretty folk .... well, you'd be better off "slumming" it at Medjool or Blondie's, you yuppie.
The pic is of JP and Atousa. JP is modeling some Shamrock tin foil thing that he pulled down from the wall and put on his head. Atousa says "beleaeadljgreoaljsl!!!!!" in support. See, if you were here, you'd be having this much fun too.
If a picture says a thousand wor...
October 2, 2006
Delores Park is a stretch of green lawn in the middle of Mission Delores.
The actual infrastructure consists of not much more than a playground, some benches and some trees, but on weekends and sunny days, the park fills with up with people and pockets of urban quirkiness. In one corner, there may be am actual tightrope that someone's left for people to try out. In another, a band may play, and some dude selling pot brownies is slowly making his rounds to all the Castro-ites and Mission-ians getting their sun. For my friend Michelle's birthday, we set up a slip and slide in the middle of the park and everyone joined in.
The terrain slopes gently uphill, and from the upper sections of the park you can see downtown San Francisco. There's an ideallic view from a picturesque bench in one corner of the park -- but good luck getting a picture in this often crowded place -- there's most like a cute gay couple hogging that spot by the time you get there.
Nearby, you can pick up coffee, ice cream or lunch, or stroll down palm-lined Delores and admire the San Francisco victorians. From picnics and birthday parties to movie nights in the park, Delores Park has something for everyone (unless you're looking for solitude), all jammed into a 2 block X 1 block stretch (they're long blocks).
The actual infrastructure consists of not much more than a playground, some benches and some trees, but on weekends and sunny days, the park fills with up with people and pockets of urban quirkiness. In one corner, there may be am actual tightrope that someone's left for people to try out. In another, a band may play, and some dude selling pot brownies is slowly making his rounds to all the Castro-ites and Mission-ians getting their sun. For my friend Michelle's birthday, we set up a slip and slide in the middle of the park and everyone joined in.
The terrain slopes gently uphill, and from the upper sections of the park you can see downtown San Francisco. There's an ideallic view from a picturesque bench in one corner of the park -- but good luck getting a picture in this often crowded place -- there's most like a cute gay couple hogging that spot by the time you get there.
Nearby, you can pick up coffee, ice cream or lunch, or stroll down palm-lined Delores and admire the San Francisco victorians. From picnics and birthday parties to movie nights in the park, Delores Park has something for everyone (unless you're looking for solitude), all jammed into a 2 block X 1 block stretch (they're long blocks).
October 2, 2006
Does the new mall actually have a name? I mean, I guess I have to eventually stop calling it the new mall because it won't be new any more. And half of it's not that new anyway; it's more like old mall with a new extension. Anyway, it's on Market, very close to the Union Square shopping area, where you can spend even more money. There's a big Nordstrom's, a Victoria's Secret, restaurants, and most importantly, a Hello Kitty store. I don't usually care for malls, but running errands or doing Christmas shopping here is pretty easy since it's on top of Powell Street BART, and it really has a lot of stuff in one place. Also, there's a really pretty dome -- it's especially nice at night.
The dome at the new mall
