Long waits in stations, truck-stops, borders and so on make up great swathes of the actual flesh of adventures. Waiting for hours while a customs official turns your anus inside out, or insists on a telephone interview with your grandmother, or keeps asking you to explain how you got a light dusting of meth-amphetamine onContinue reading “Adventure”
Tag Archives: California
Alone in the Redwoods
We finally left San Francisco. We drive for a full day. We go through vineyards, then into the redwoods. The redwoods are trees so big that they make you exclaim. Our dear friend Ben Krupp has given us an iphone, packed with hours of amazing music. We listen to it, occasionally exclaiming at trees. WeContinue reading “Alone in the Redwoods”
Let’s Go Oakland!
Oakland is a city right next to San Francisco. I have only been there twice so I know it may be premature to say this, but I think it might be THE BEST PLACE. Time One was when me and Mon went to baseball game where we watched the Oakland Athletics (the A’s) beat theContinue reading “Let’s Go Oakland!”
Put the tent in the bank! Put the tent in the bank!
San Francisco’s Occupy camp was broken up the other night. It had been running for over a year. Darryl, a homeless veteran we spoke to, had told us that the place had degenerated from a protest to a den of iniquity: drugs, violence etc. Me and Mon hurried over to check it out. Sure enough,Continue reading “Put the tent in the bank! Put the tent in the bank!”
What To Do When Customers Are Wearing Ass-Less Pants
Apparently we have just missed San Francisco’s ‘Leather-Fest’ where thousands of fetishists take over a couple of blocks of the trendy Mission district and subject each other to acts of public humiliation and torture in the streets. Our friend manages a swanky but very friendly cocktail bar in Mission and he says that Leather-Fest throwsContinue reading “What To Do When Customers Are Wearing Ass-Less Pants”
Homeless in San Francisco
We are on a tight budget, Mon insists. $25 a day. We have been doing free things, such as wandering around the streets. We chatted to a homeless guy the other day. His name was Darryl. He served in both Iraq wars. He said that they were awful. He now lives on the street withContinue reading “Homeless in San Francisco”