Saturday June 22 2002

San Francisco, CA

Weather:  Overcast first half of the day and it was around 50-55.......Sunny the second half and it was around 60...nighttime lows around 45-50

Total Miles To Date 5,319 miles 

Money spent today:

$4.50 on In/Out Burger

$5 at the candy store

$35 on Alcatraz tour

$20 on parking

$45 for an item I bought for myself.

$15 on lunch/dinner

Total Spent today

$124.50

Total Spent To Date

$2,675.41

Woke up around 9am and checked on my jeep from last night...It really wasn't parked in a good place...but after I saw that it was fine, I went back showered, updated my site and planned my day.

11:15 I'm out..

11:30 and bad news....Alcatraz is sold out till Monday...Oh, well.  Time to re-plan....But first...Yes, time to have my first in/out burger.  We don't have this in NY but it's huge here.  I don't know what the hype is.  It was no better than, let's say, a wendy's burger.  And the fries were no good....anyway, so, I've had my first one.

Ok, so I want to go to Alcatraz.  I went to a tour operator (scalper) and got a ticket.  It's usually $13, but $35 will apparently do.  I go back and move my car from meter parking to a parking lot and walk over to pier 41.

Walking thru Fisherman's Wharf  here is much more similar to South Street Seaport, but bigger.  It really is about the seafood here, but it's also a huge tourist trap.  South Street Seaport meets Times Square.

Now, I have to give the street performers credit here.  Every other city that I've been to that has street performers, well, they have some talent.  They can all dance or put on a show...but not here.  They don't bother.  I think they are more clever and entertaining here than anywhere else.  There was a guy who would crouch down by a fence behind some tree branches he would carry.  Whenever a person walked by he would yell boo and people would freak out.  Now everyone else who was watching was just laughing up a storm.  This is how he made money.  

There were also freaks who just stood there and said take a picture of us for money....It's the most lazy thing you can imagine and it worked...

the one above to the right, says, pix with punk in love

Anyway, I took the 12:45 boat over to Alcatraz.  It took about 15 minutes and it was just amazing to see.  It's almost not real.  It's like you're watching a movie prop and I'll I can think of is the movies Escape from Alcatraz, The Rock and Murder in The First...

It didn't feel real until I went to the cell blocks.  I took a audio tour and walked around.  It was amazing to walk around and realize the history of this place.  It was also amazing to see how small these cells are....

4pm and I'm back to San Francisco....Time to go to Haight Ashbury.

So, I've decided that L.A. is not the east coast equivalent of NY...San Francisco is.  And it's not as crowded overall.  Then again everyone left when the dot com fell apart.  I feel very at home here..

Haight Ashbury was about a 15 minute drive away.  What's amazing is for a city this big, there are more stops signs than traffic lights and it seems to work....I parked right at the corner of Haight and Ashbury and of course acted touristy and took a picture and decided this will be my last picture here..

Ok, One more picture...I did go past the Fillmore...

Anyway, I walked around got something to eat and just loved enjoying the freak show...It was great.  

8pm and I went back to my hotel room.  I need to re-group.  I went online and found out that Tommy Lee was playing tonight.  I took a quick shower and drove over.  Ok, so this sucks.  The show is sold out and to honest I don't care about Tommy Lee that much to scalp tickets.  So, after hanging out for a little while, I drove back and chilled in my room....I'm tired anyway...

C YA

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Total Miles Traveled Today 

0