Saturday, March 10, 2007

First Impressions of San Francisco

March 10th; week one.






Well, I'm an official state resident of California: I got the Cali License Plates on my truck. Somehow I passed the driving test, (got them fooled, heh, heh, heh, heh!!).

One observation about this place...how unremarkable a lot of things are. I was told by many to expect a freakshow with the people here. Not so...none of the stereotypres people warned me about are very accurate. SF is politically left of Boston, but not by much. There are no fewer Hybrid Cars here vs. Massachusetts, there are slightly more gas-guzzling F-150s and other big trucks like mine out here, most with bigger tires than what I got. There ARE a lot of lesbians in my neighborhood, (I've found out that the Sunday Night screenings of 'The 'L' Word' at the Wild SIde West Bar a block from my house is THE event to be at around here. However, aside from that the gay culture isn't in your face, mostly what I see are down-to-earth California people who are laid back & nice to talk to.


The Wild Side West has a great beer Garden and a friendly crowd. I think I'll be taking friends there when I have visitors from the East Coast.

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