January 12, 2005

• Event Recap:
  
  San Francisco, CA
  
  Ok over the years I've learned that sometimes things don't go the way you want them to and plans change, people flake...etc...etc.....  Well my friend and I had been planning a trip to San Francisco and at the 11th hour my friend decides to cancel out on me and there I was on a Thursday night thinking about how shitty it was that I wouldn't be going to San Francisco.

  
  

  The next morning I went to work and went through my daily routine then I headed home and just watched tv.  But wait, what the hell was I doing just sitting at home in Sourthern California.

  
  

  So I packed up my shit and headed out of Orange County at around Midnight.....and that is how one of the best and most enlightening weekends of my life enfolded......
  
  
  

  
  

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  The Drive:
  
  After I got on the road I realized....Fuck....i'm driving by myself tired and at night.  So I pulled off the next exit and picked up some of the bare essentials.....but they didn't work to well
  
  Red Bull...hahah gods gift to late nighters...damn that steering wheel was comfortable
  
  
  

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  Arrival:
  
  After 6.5 hours of driving I finally arrived at my friends place in San Francisco at around 7am.
  
  Her place so much nicer than I had imagined.  It was in downtown San Francisco and about 5 minutes from her school the San Francisco Art Institute.

  
  

  After I got there I woke my friend up and told her I drove 6.5 hours to see her and I wanted to make the most of my San Francisco Trip.  I wanted to see as much as I could in as little time possible.  She was tired and though I was crazy but I eventually convinced her to get her ass out of her apartment.
  
  My friend Thida...she was resting comfortably before I got there....muahahah
  
  
  

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  Breakfast:

  
  

  My first priority was Breakfast at this great place called "The Crepe House", this great place right around the corner from my friends apartment.
  
  I don't remember what kind of Crepe I had but it was delicous.
  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Vintage Shopping:
  
  Next stop was one of the most famous corners in San Francisco.....the corner of Haight & Ashbury where numerous social protests and hippies converged in the 60's now I.  Today it's mostly vintage shops.
  
  All types of weird art shops and clothing shops were there for us to see.
  
  
  

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  A Little Bit of Nature:
  
  Next stop on the list was Golden Gate Park.  I wasn't sure what to expect and neither was my friend Thida but after we got there we realized how beautiful a city San Francisco is.
  
  With us moving so quickly through everything I thought I'd take a moment to just enjoy my surroundings.
  
  
  Here was a picture of a rock party I threw
  
  
  

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  A Good Cause:
  
  We were just randomly walking through the park when we heard some music down toward the center of the park.
  
  Apparently there was a big AID's fundraiser going on open to the public.
  
  
  

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  Glass House:
  
  Next stop on the list and my favorite part of the trip was right down the road......
  
  The San Francisco "Conservatory of Flowers"
  
  Inside were some of the most beautiful things I've seen in my life.
  
  
  
  Random pictures taken throughout the Conservatory.  The center one is my favorite out of this set.
  
  While walking around there was one flower that stood out from the rest.  And I have to say the picture turned out to be favorite of all time favorite shot:
  
  I'm not sure but I think it's a water lily
  
  This picture was a close 2nd for my favorite picture:
  
  Nature's Window
  
  Here is my 3rd favorite of the day:
  
  One of the many backrooms to the conservatory
  
  
  

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  Orient Express:
  
  Next stop on the list was the Japanese Tea Garden
  
  There is something I'll always love about girls in Kimono's
  
  
  The Japanese architecture and art was amazing.
  
  
  Hahahah this was my favorite personal pose of the weekend =P
  
  
  

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  Lunch:
  
  Next stop was Lunch at one of the greatest restaruants in America.....
  
  Hooters!!!!
  
  
  

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  The Night Life:
  
  With enough sight seeing under my belt it was time to have fun.  The great thing about San Francisco is everything is w/in a $5-$10 taxi cab ride.  We ended up going to 3 bars and 2 clubs.
  
  Here was the first bar we went to that had a hair salon theme...kinda trippy
  
  The cool thing about clubs in San Francisco are that they don't close down until 4am.  My friends began to get tired at 1am and I did one of the craziest things ever.  I told them to just go home and that I wanted to keep dancing w/ this one girl at the club and I would catch a cab home on my own later.  Ended up getting back to my friends apartment at 5am!
  
  I made lots of great friends that night and even managed to get a #
  
  
  

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  Graduation:
  With one day left on my trip I decided to wake up after 3 hours sleep drive an extra hour to Berkeley and go to my friends Graduation.  I was happy I was able to be there for her.
  
  She's the fourth one from the right.
  
  
  

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  Aftermath....:

  
  

  This weekend trip was just 3 days but it was one of the most random and amazing trips of my life.  When I left my place on Friday night I had no idea what I was going to do.  To find so many things to do on just impluse and spur of the moment feelings was utterly refreshing.
  
  That Sunday driving home by myself with just 4 hours of sleep....... maybe I just went crazy because I felt like I had just had the best weekend of my life.  I think the single best thing I took away from the trip was that I knew I was able to push myself to go on my own and take a chance.  I felt so independent & alive.....

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