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We spent about two days in San Francisco and saw a good bit, although there's definitely stuff that we'll have to catch next time. Here's a quick rundown for my own sake because I'm liable to forget in my old age:
- Chinatown - our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and ordered too much dim sum
- Golden Gate Park - ginormous park
- Healthy Spirits - the first in a series of alcohol-related reasons why Cylinda may need help
- Lombard Street - crookedest street in the country or world or something like that
- Hyde Street Seafood - had the cioppino (local dish) which was great, but I'll stick to my New England clam chowder
- Toronado Pub - small bar with awesome beer list; found an imperial porter that goes straight to the top of my favorite stouty beers ever
- Union Square - awesome if you like shopping; ehhhh if you don't
- Momi Toby's Revolution Cafe - Cylinda's uncle used to own this cafe
- Paulette Macarons - the Frenchy staff let me speak French to them
- 21st Amendment Brewery - in the shadows of AT&T Park where the SF Giants play, this brewery served up some good beers, including a watermelon beer.
- Alcatraz - took a ferry out to the island and toured the prison
- Pier 39 - the lazy ass sea lions live the dream life on Fisherman's Wharf
- City Beer - this beer store had a good selection of bottles but also had a few on tap; we know the apocalypse has arrived if this was ever possible in Georgia
- Golden Gate Bridge - beautiful, like it was intended
Here's a video of the lazy sea lions:
Yes, Stevie Nicks, I'm getting older, too... I like to spend my birthdays on Jekyll Island, one of Georgia's Golden Isles. I'd say it's the best isle, but I don't want to get into this argument again because I never win. Everyone luuuuvs St. Simon's. That's fine. Stay away from Jekyll because the less people are there, the happier I am.
Although it's been a few years since we've been there, everything looked the same. That really means that there's still nothing to do and not many good places to eat. We went inland for dinner one night and ate at possibly the best restaurant in all of south GA. It's called Cargo Portside Grill in Brunswick. Other than that, we saved our eating skills for Savannah. We had Cylinda's favorite cheesesteak in the whole wide world at Bernies on River St. We ate at Lady and Sons, which is Paula Deen's restaurant. She really tried to kill us with butter, but I still seem to like her. There was an adjacent store with her face on everything...on things her face probably shouldn't be on. It was awesome.
We went on a haunted pub crawl which wasn't much of either. It wasn't expensive so I guess it was almost worth what we paid, but in the future, I don't think we'll be combining stories of spirits with the liquid spirits.
We took a damn lot of photos. If you're on Facebook with me, check it out. If not, well, you need to be nicer to me and then we'll talk about friending each other.
There were lots of sitting time, too. We sat on the beach on Jekyll and sat on benches in the squares of Savannah. Here's a video of us in Reynolds Square listening to a wonderful dixieland jazz band playing for a wedding.
We began our new year hung over and reeking of smoke in Las Vegas...with my family. It was awesome. They drove from California and we flew in from Georgia and collided on the Strip. There was lots of video poker and sports betting and Cylinda hardcore gambling into the wee hours of the night. You know, like all our other trips to Vegas, except this time, I didn't see Celine and I'll spare y'all my tears. No wait, here are a few: hoo hoo hoo.
We did see Mystere which is the first Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas. It was amazing, as those shows usually are. This one seemed to have more humor in it. We also drove north about an hour to the Valley of Fire State Park. It's a sight to see, all the red rock formations shaped by water over time. There was also some ancient Indian art paintings on one of the rocks. This is a short video of one area of the park, although it doesn't begin to capture the beauty and openess of the area.
Got a Flip Ultra video camera for just being me this weekend. It's almost idiot-proof...almost. Let's not discuss how. Just believe me when I say that this camcorder is as advertised. I took it out of its box and shot my first video in under a minute.
It's going to be a long summer for the boys...