Yeah, Anthony made some people I know a bit angry but then they kicked in the empathy and everything was better. Depression is deadly as we all know.
There where serious laws regarding cannabis at that time before the end of prohibition. So many people seriously hurt by laws of prohibition of a harmless drug. sigh*
I was surprised and a bit embarrassed with the in-line skaters in San Francisco because they where flying past me and making me look bad. Lol. @ home I was a skater god so to be amongst such talent was humbling. I bought new skates to massage my ego when I got home that where cross trainers and much faster. Great city. I've been 2 times and had fun and interesting times each time. We went pub crawling one night and we hit up everyplace that we ran across and the most cool was a ~5 story building with a jazz pub, hard rock pub, metal pub and a rock pub all in the same building. We hung out there for awhile and enjoyed the fireside sitting in the jazz bar.
I'll be 25 years in Cali come this August.
San Francisco was my first home here.
If you come back, get Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista in North Beach. There are some Tiki Bars of renown in The City, too.
One premier Wine Country Bar is going to be birthing a sister Tiki Lounge in a neighboring municipality soon. I'm looking forward to this.
As a near-lifer in the service industry, there are many resonances I share with Bourdain. Kitchen Confidential came out not long before I started my path in Fine Dining.
The two occurrences had nothing to do with each other.
But the experiences were not dissimilar, I say with all too much regard for what he experienced.
To the people who don't understand... they never will, and can't be helped.
To those of us that do understand... well, we likely are beyond help.
But I at least appreciate the understanding.
To all those reading... Don't forget to Tip your Servers WELL and smile when you do!
