So work friends were in SF for the day to meet with clients and wanted a restaurant recommendation. I listed a few that I knew and pestered friends for others. My favorite of the bunch was Zuni Cafe. They went, loved it, and brought me a signed copy of this.



I was just thrilled they made their plane on time after dinner. I gave them instructions to get there and back from Oakland and was completely nervous that I had miscalculated and they would be stuck on BART for an hour and a half during rush hour. Yay!

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In San Francisco, sitting out on the back patio stealing WiFi from one of the neighbors. Quite fast.

Flew in late last night and headed to the Castro for a couple of drinks. Moby Dick was entirely too crowded, so we made it for one and then left. I don't know how anyone hooks up at a bar like that. It's pretty much impossible to do anything except stand in one place. Getting a drink took ages.

Walked around Hayes Valley this morning taking a few pictures. None of which turned out very well, unfortunately. We had breakfast at Stacks. Sort of an upscale Good Egg, but the food is good. There must be a rule that all breakfast food joints must serve their eggs in those ceramic skillets. Wierd.

And a coffee from Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Now I'm wired.

Not sure what the plan is for the rest of the day. Maybe more pictures and shopping. Something fun tonight, I hope.

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The goal for yesterday was brunch at Suppenkuche, followed by a bit of shopping in Hayes Valley. German beer and sausages for breakfast is damn good. The concept at Suppenkuche is homey and friendly, with shared tables and good service. The portions are large, and everything is delicious. We started with potato pancakes, served with applesauce. I had sausage scrambled with potatoes, eggs, and spinach, served with a dill-cucumber salad. Jason had skirt steak served with fried eggs and potatoes. I was able to steal bites of weisswurst from other-Jason's plate as well. Two beers and big plate of food and I was feeling pretty good.

We did a bit of shopping afterward: Timbuk2 store, Lavish for house gifts. Then we retired back to the house for naps.

The early evening was designated for beerbust of one kind or another. The Lone Star was wall-to-wall bears, crowded around the pool table for muchies and packing the patio. Although there was at least one SF Fog Rugby boy there that I've had a crush on for awhile, I gave in early. It was too hard to move around.

Last day of vacation in the city. We'll probably meet up with Brian for breakfast or something fun. I have a little shopping [NSFW] I'd like to do before we go. Then our flight leaves at 6:30pm.

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Well, dancing was the plan last night. The plan crumbled at about 10pm. Jason wasn't feeling it, and neither was Linus. The net result was that John was left ready and needing to go out with no dancing partners. Instead I made it South of Market again for S&M bars. The Stand and Model queens were out in force last night at Powerhouse. Although it was a full house, most of the crowd was standing around admiring their muscles and not doing much else.

Made the circuit between Lone Star, Powerhouse, and elsewhere. A few hunky bearcubs getting busy with each other, amusing to watch. The rest of the crowd elsewhere was kind of eh. I bailed at 2am and taxi'd my way back to the house. So ends another day.

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