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San Francisco
San Francisco has rapidly become my favourite American city. It's one of many contradictions; despite the very real threat of a cataclysmic earthquake the people are relaxed and laid back. The moustache is very popular here and courier chic is the order of the day. It's a fun place. At the same time these liberal and wealthy people are very adept at ignoring the horrific homeless problem. In the mid 80's the Regan administration decided that it would be a great idea to close all of the mental institutions and let the patients be cared for by their families. Of course many don't have a family so they found themselves wandering the streets and pushing carts laden with junk and their belongings. Their begging is unrivalled in the world and they have adopted an incredible tactics such as holding parking spaces and watching your car, to helping people break into their cars when they lose their keys. The populous is amazing and the gay scene is wonderful and open. We both got a kick out of seeing beautiful couples, dressed in open bottom chaps and leather vests wandering hand in hand through the colourful, characteristic neighbourhood.And when the fog rolls in it looks like something straight out Transmetropolitan.
We've been staying with Eli's friend Dustin, a giant man with a big heart and big sense of fun. He and his girlfriend Luz have taken us on the best tour of the city that money can't buy. He lives in Oakland which is like staying in East Kilbride, if East Kilbride was a beautiful suburb on the side of a hill overlooking a delicious bay covered in bridges.
The house has is in a similar style to our own although its a little larger and has at least three balconies, a basement bedsit, a cat and big dog called PeeNut.
The mornings have been spent drinking coffee and the evenings pass enjoying whiskey and rum out of old jam jars.
This is a city where people line up for the good stuff and after a twenty minute wait in china town we were treated to the best Chinese food I have ever had. We didn't even order, they just brought us food. Lots and lots of food. It was easily the greatest time.
We've been staying with Eli's friend Dustin, a giant man with a big heart and big sense of fun. He and his girlfriend Luz have taken us on the best tour of the city that money can't buy. He lives in Oakland which is like staying in East Kilbride, if East Kilbride was a beautiful suburb on the side of a hill overlooking a delicious bay covered in bridges.
The house has is in a similar style to our own although its a little larger and has at least three balconies, a basement bedsit, a cat and big dog called PeeNut.
The mornings have been spent drinking coffee and the evenings pass enjoying whiskey and rum out of old jam jars.
This is a city where people line up for the good stuff and after a twenty minute wait in china town we were treated to the best Chinese food I have ever had. We didn't even order, they just brought us food. Lots and lots of food. It was easily the greatest time.