Part 1 of 16 (+1)...The Trip
Aug. 29th, 2009 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyI'm back on the East Coast! Honestly, the thought of doing proper posts about my trip is a little daunting. I wrote out five pages of notes during the plane ride back (because, Virgo), broke it all down to 16 solid post topics plus the Drunken One (because, Virgo), and still. Guh.
So let me start with this: San Francisco is a FANTASTIC place. There are some reasons I think I'd go insane if I lived there (the hills, the fog, state politics, the fog, the public transit system, and also see: fog), but let me put it this way. Within two blocks of my hotel were the Cartoon Art Museum, a carousel, *two* movie theaters, an outdoor garden full of hummingbirds, a store named Freddy's Action Figures, a gourmet cream puff shop and a takeout place that sells nothing but pot pies.
Seriously, except for the lack of a talking moose named Humphrey who blows up Japanese whaling ships with the power of rock and roll, it's like my subconscious got a wishing ring and designed Oakentopia. It's even got these guys:
Seriously. SFers, if you ever want to change your city's name to San Franawesomeville I'll be the first to sign the petition.
So let me start with this: San Francisco is a FANTASTIC place. There are some reasons I think I'd go insane if I lived there (the hills, the fog, state politics, the fog, the public transit system, and also see: fog), but let me put it this way. Within two blocks of my hotel were the Cartoon Art Museum, a carousel, *two* movie theaters, an outdoor garden full of hummingbirds, a store named Freddy's Action Figures, a gourmet cream puff shop and a takeout place that sells nothing but pot pies.
Seriously, except for the lack of a talking moose named Humphrey who blows up Japanese whaling ships with the power of rock and roll, it's like my subconscious got a wishing ring and designed Oakentopia. It's even got these guys:
Seriously. SFers, if you ever want to change your city's name to San Franawesomeville I'll be the first to sign the petition.
