Blogs from California, United States, North America - page 1144

Booked a trip through Travelocity. Man, their last minute deals were pretty good. Was set to spend the holiday weekend in Dallas until I found this. Flights to San Fran were $300...this was flight and hotel for $400/ Of course...no knowing what the state of the hotel will be....... Got to S. F. airport with no drama and as taxis are not cheap took the Bart down town. Very easy to use now they link directly to the airport. ($5 whereas taxi woulda been $40) Wasn't too sure where to get off as we didn't know where hotel was so just headed to Market street and walked. Good job we only had a small backpack as hotel was quieter a walk....all down Market, Along Embarcardo, into fishermans wharf. Quick stop at the seals ...arhhhhhhhh. HOTEL. Sweet, ... read more

I went to the hostel that we where staying at 2nd St 1 block from the beach and I saw this hippy lookin bloke with dreads and a beard. Then I realized it was Kev, we sat in our room and caught up for a while then went down to the beach and hired a double bike and rode along the beach to Venice beach. Really nice, lots of shops and the gym on the beach. That night we drank a few bundy rums (that I bought in Sydney duty free) with our 2 German room mates. Kev loved it, he hadn't had bundy for time. The next morning we got up early and got a bus into L.A and then a bus to Vegas!... read more

This whole thing was written in the terminal of SFO waiting for the flight to Seoul / Incheon. It isn't all that interesting, but it is certainly representative of the kind of things that run through my mind when I'm under a lot of stress. I was listening to the Breeders' album, "Last Splash," which is an album I'd recommend to any one. Right now (June 9, 12:39 PM, Korea Time) I'm listening to the Distillers, "Sing Sing Death House," I think, sitting at a computer on a glass-topped counter in a PC-room in my hotel, smoking cigarettes and getting ready to run late for work. I haven't got any photos yet, because my phone is in Korean. I'll figure it out sooner or later. The following is, again, something you might not want to ... read more

It felt good to get back to the structured lifestyle of the USA after recharging our batteries in Belize. Although we didn't get out of the airport until gone midnight, we had our hire car ready and waiting for us there and we managed to find our hostel without too much trouble. My first worrying San Fran incident came very early in our stay. After checking in I had to park the car about half a mile from the hostel and walk through a dark, quiet residential estate to get back. On the walk back a large cat that looked pregnant walked out into the path about fifteen feet in front of me. I tried to get its attention ("here pussy pussy") only for it to stop dead and slowly turn towards me. It was then ... read more

PARTY 1: The Henry Estate Spring Wine Social WHO: All excellent people welcomed. Specifically, bring people you would like to have at the party. WHAT: This is a casual/fancy/novelty dress function with music, food and drink. There is a finite amount of music, food and dress provided, bring more if you dare. WHERE: 1526 Henry St. Berkeley, CA 94709 WHEN: Friday, May 20th, 8pm- WHY: A convivial celebration is always in order. HOW: By inviting good people to a comfortable environment and providing them with scrumptious food and pleasurable drink, we theorize an atmosphere of merriment may spontaneously materialize. PARTY 2: Mutant Party! A three-headed monster jam that you won't find anywhere else but North Berkeley. Sleepovers will awake to find the front yard filling up with Yard Sale goods in ... read more