"Then let's look on the bright side: we're having an adventure. . . and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are"
-- The Princess Bride

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Meanwhile, over in the city...

Yesterday I met up with Alyssa for some adventuring since she had the day off and I am between temp jobs.  We first got lunch (some tasty sandwiches from Cafe Madeleine) and then took a walk up away from the financial district to the famous bookstore City Lights.  I have passed by it a few times in precious trips as it borders both Chinatown, little Italy and the downtown area.  But having never gone in we decided that it would be the perfect location to search out.

The day was beautiful by any standards and in SF it was almost heavenly. Sunny blue sky and a warm breeze made the short walk all the more enjoyable. Once inside I found the layout of the store a little confusing but it was nice to peruse an actual bookstore after so much time internet shopping on Amazon.
Neither of us were willing to shell out $20 for a new book though so we headed to the Metreon and saw a movie instead. This was followed by a handstand competition, in reality it was no contest as I had trouble and Alyssa made it look like she could handstand all day long. We got happy hour drinks at Annabelle's and made fun of the bartender who shamelessly flirted with everyone at the bar.


After parting ways I headed to BART, only to find all the computers were down and people had been waiting 40 minutes already for them to start back up. So I took a cab with three girls from Egypt back to Berkeley and sadly spent my last $20 in cash that was supposed to go to a guy at Peet's today.


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