Since we've been to SFO before and done all the tammy tourist things, we're sort of on our own with nothing to do but drink. Sound familiar? Anyway, we walked from our hotel down to the Embarcadaro...a marketplace with loads of local foods and artisan wares.
It is the gateway to the Port of San Francisco. Bay tours, whale watching, fishing expeditions...you name it, they all leave from here. Most importantly they have the largest number of clean bathrooms in the city. I don't actually know that for a fact, but it sure seems like it.
From there we hopped a cable car and headed to Pier 39 - a bazaar of San Francisco eateries, souvenir shops, and buskers. And further afield...Alcatraz.
It was a lovely day today...clear skies, about 74 and a light breeze...no fog, no clouds, no soggy summer. It was perfect...for drinking beer. From the Pier we stopped at a diner for lunch and then headed out to drink. 21st Amendment and Black Hammer were on our agenda, but the nice girl at the front desk of our hotel recommended Hogwash (all day long I kept calling it Hogwarts). Hogwash is a bar next door to the Rex Hotel downtown with about 40 REALLY INTERESTING beers. We made friends with the barkeep and sampled several beers we'd never even heard of.
About 8pm we showed up at R&G Lounge. When we were here eight years ago, a friend told us that if we went ANYWHERE in Chinatown, we should go to R&G. I know why. There's something about their special R&G beef that makes me want to eat a shit ton of it. Very special!
Tomorrow? Alamanac, Cellarmaker, Thristy Bear, Toronado? Who knows. And maybe some more R&G beef!
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