Touristy Monday

Today Alyssa had the day off from her coffee making job in the Haight Ashbury and so we decided to do a bunch of tourist trap things and make a full day of it.  Last night we made homemade lasagna and so after having some of that for breakfast we were almost ready for a day of fun.  We went down the hill and turned the corner to get some coffee at The Brown Owl Coffee Shop, for the second day in a row I bought a delicious latte (and an Apricot & Plum travel scone this time) before hopping up Taraval to the 28 bus.

(side note: the light-rails and the busses are both referred to as muni here, I find this minimally confusing but after Alyssa pointed out that all light-rails are letters and all busses are numbers things cleared up a bit.)

The bus ride on the 28 took hellish to a whole new meaning.  I am fairly sure that the bus operator was actually trying to knock us over at every possible opportunity.  Stop sign? Down a hill? Up a hill? Street lights?  ALL of these were just another try at tumbling 70 people onto one another.  When we finally got seats in the back of the bus we were joined by a gaggle of high schoolers who were discussing the best rap (Brooklyn v. 90's v. New York v. California,) although, discussing would actually be giving them too much credit since they were really just saying the words listed earlier without ever defining what made that the best rap.

Moving on! We got off the hell-bus and trekked up a mini hill to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge!  Here are some fun facts about the bridge:
1) the bridge is constantly being painted
2) it is orange so boats can see it and for aesthetic reasons
3) the bridge is 1.7 miles long from one side to the other

After walking halfway, I illegally spat my gum over the side and we counted to see how long it took to hit the water, but there was light debate over when it hit so the count was lost.  We turned back around and grabbed the 28 again and headed into the Marina District!  After getting off at Chestnut and Laguna we walked a few blocks and reached the Buena Vista Cafe, a local favorite made famous for their delicious Irish Coffee!  We had to try them of course and they were as good as we had been told.  But really, how could sugar, coffee, cream, and a heavy dose of whiskey be anything but super tasty.

A quick snack at the Boudin Bakery and we kept walking with Ghiradelli behind us and Pier 39 in our sights!  We hung out and watched the Sea Lions for about a half hour and then bought some mini donuts to take home with us.  The mini donuts made it about 30 feet, and we took the 8BX to the L back to Taraval and 22nd!

Now we are back at her place and I am about to get ready for my 7:30 pm interview at a Salon which is annoyingly back where we were earlier today.