San Fran

The first thing I wanted to see in San Francisco was Alcatraz. So the crew got up bright and early so we could hit up the first boat out to the island. Turns out the tours were full. It was friday and the next available was sunday. Dang. So we set out looking for wifi as usual. We decided to hit up chinatown and see what that was all about. We stopped in a park and the play set was even chinese themed. Here's a few classic pics.

There was a crazy long line (~a block) to take a ride on this trolley.

This is a picture for my best friend jenna:

In case there is a fire in the middle of the street, San Fran has been smart enough to install a fire alarm on the sidewalk.

We had out the GPS to see what was around. Looks like a lot.

To my surprise we were in the columbia store and found this awesome manikin. He matches my shoes very well.

After chinatown we ate at a place called Golden Era. To my surprise it was a Supreme Master restaurant much like Alice and Friends. In case you have missed your Supreme Master updates here's the television station, Supreme Master TV!. On our walk back to the pier where we parked the car we stopped by a little cinema. We decided to see Recanche. I liked it a lot but Sean and Sarah HATED it. I cannot stress enough how much they hated it. Oh well I have a different taste in movies. By now our stomachs had finally made room for our next attraction, Maggie Mudd. I was stoked about this. I got a sundae with three different flavors. They were delicious. All made from coconut milk and had some type of chocolate in them. Sean and Sarah enjoyed theirs, though I do not remember what they ordered. To kill some more time we went to Barnes and Noble trying to get wifi, which you have to pay for lame. Here's some books I bought, both of which everyone should read. They are In Defense of Food and Omnivore's Dilemma. I have finished both books and really enjoyed them. In fact, I bought a copy of each and had them sent to my mother. After this little adventure the team was getting hungry. We cruised the streets at night and there was this strip of street, the Embarcadero. So we decided to eat at Johnny Rockets. We snuck in some vegan Worcester Sauce. The cook there was awesome, he was so entertaining I almost wished I could have tipped him. His name was Juan Sanchez. What a great veggie burger. We were all just craving french fries like mad. The next biggest issue we ran into was what we were to do about sleeping for the night. After driving around for quite some time we decided we'd sleep in the car. For some reason california has like no rest stops, especially along the 101. So we drove back over the golden gate and slept in the parking lot of the national monument for the golden gate. It was pretty comfortable. I was inverted in the front seat so my feet were up and my head was against the dash, using the pillows/sleeping bags we had I made a comfortable bed. But we were all woken up early in the morning by a tap tap tap on the glass by a police officer. Luckily he got a kick out of the way I was sleeping and just told us to head out of there. Off we went.