unrepeatable's san francisco review

6.29.2006

destination MUNI

i decided to head out to the embarcadero this evening. i decided a movie would be a good idea. a movie and a MUNI. the more i take MUNI, the more it seems like a destination in and of itself. i could have easily hopped on the BART and been there in 20 minutes, but the MUNI was so much more fun. the extra stopping allows an influx of more colorful characters and the fact that most of my ride on the J-Church is above ground lends itself to excellent people watching both inside and outside the train.

there was a father and the two children he barely had control over. he was trying diligently to make them sit still enough to snap their picture. they must have been about 3 and 5 or so. little, but old enough to get into things with the deliberateness of a more developed mind. i don't know if he got the picture, but if he did it would be the sort you treasure.

as we passed dolores park, there was a young goth couple clinging to each other as if letting go meant losing their whole world. they were sitting intertwined on the grassy hillside next to a stately older couple. though the older couple were not physically touching, you could still feel the intimacy of all their years together as they sat and watched the sun play against the downtown skyline.

i got off the train at the embarcadero station and walked through the empty streets of the FIDI, looking for an open coffee shop. standing on a corner, waiting for the light, a blind man approached me and asked for the location of a building i'd never heard of. i told him i didn't know where that was and he thanked me. the stop-hand turned to the go-man and i stepped of the curb. the blind man followed and walked across the street and up onto the sidewalk on the other side with more confidence than i have ever had do anything in my life.

i eventually found a latte and settled into the theatre and waited for the movie to start. a few rows down two couples were talking to each other. the female in the hetero couple kept a hand on her date's back the whole time. nonchalantly possessive.

after the movie i walked back through the empty embarcadero center. the city at night is so beautiful.

6.25.2006

review reviews

i love yelp. mostly because of the cool maps. i like looking things up and seeing where they are and then dragging the map around and finding new places. it is becoming an obsession.






6.17.2006

patios and ddr

After my 700th outfit change, I finally made it out of the house and into the waiting car of some friends. We were on our way to the El Rio for an afternoon of bands and cocktails. I was especially looking forward to the cocktails.


Turns out the bands weren't half bad either-- mellow and not too intense, perfect for a sunny patio garden in the middle of the afternoon. The crowd seemed to be mostly friends and family of the bands, which was nice. Especially, I'm sure, for the bands. The drinks were a bit weak, and the wooden stools were unsitable, but all in all, I dug the El Rio.

There was one thing the patio was missing- a grill. Well, there was a grill, but no one was cooking anything on it, so we decided to head out for hamburgers and a movie. Where could we get both? Why the Century 20 in Daly City. Which is next to the Fuddruckers, home of the world's greatest hamburgers (I had the chicken sandwich). We had a lot of time to kill before the movie started, so we went over to the video games where my arm was o-so twisted into getting up on the Dance Dance Revolution.


I am not good at this game. I think the little guy is doing what I am doing, but he isn't. He is doing his own thing. He is doing what I am supposed to be doing. I am not doing what I am supposed to be doing, I am falling over and using the wrong foot and going backwards. But that doesn't stop it from being fun.



(not my feet, btw)

It was a good day. A bizarre mix of genres, sure, but a good day.

6.16.2006

blinded by science

A friend and I decided to attend the California Academy of Science's Third Thursday event this past third Thursday.

It was pretty good times. There was a steel drum band and a cash bar and penguins. What's not to love?
We looked at ants through magnifying glasses (though none were set on fire).
We checked out the dark and sparkley piranhas. I was hoping they'd drop in a cow so we could watch the piranhas eviscerate it, but no such luck. My favorite part was the penguin pen. They basically stood there and mocked us. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking, penguin.
We even got to view a turtle orgy. Turtles are like rabbits, but reptilian.


The piranhas were nothing compared to the interactive displays. That arrow totally had it out for me. Stupid arrow.


6.03.2006

are we not men?

While having coffee in the Macy's Union Square store, we happened to notice Devo go by in a firetruck.