Week in review (part 2)

McAllister Tower , Ems summer digs

Sunday, NO BF.  He caught and early flight home.  I'm still unsure why he would spend 300 dollars for a day and half.   Daughter and I looked through adds trying to find housing, and sending out all kinds of emails for room shares.  By the time we got ready and out, breakfast was long over everywhere. 
We hopped the F line down to the union square. Here we went and grabbed some light breakfast. We went to Macy's after that so I could get a light weight jacket.  Then we decided to try and go look at a couple of residence housing places that are like dorms.  One is right on Turk and near the police station and past the opera house etc.  During the summer alot of the students stay here from the dance school.  It's clean and has most of what you need, including being furnished with bed and desk, and shared kitchen &  also have laundry on site. Although a lot of students stay here its not all students. 
We went to check out a second one, but the front desk person wasn't at the desk so we couldn't get in. and decided we would hit again on Monday after emailing them.   For dinner we headed to the Crab House.  My daughter went here with friends.  It was delicious.
We shared an appetizer and then had crab enchiladas (these were the best) and cioppino.  The crab needed to be cracked for the cioppino so it was extremely messy, but the tomato soup with it was surprising spicy.  We set next to a table of 4 Italian college age boys, who had the appetites of Seals, and the manners (at least some of them) of wild boars.  With about a 150 dollars of crab legs on their table among other things, one of them continuously burped his satisfaction of the feast.  One of them kept looking over at my daughter in embarrassment every time this occurred.  Lets just say the croaking was not pretty.
Em and I made our way through the pier looking around a bit, and listening to the street musicians.  We realized it was getting late, and needed to grab the F line back to the hotel.  So we headed over there.  I think it was the last one for the night, and it was a ride well worth the 2 bucks! 
The coach was so crowded, and each stop a few more would try to squeeze on.  The driver who extremely joyful, finally shouts out repeat after me " WE will we will rock you", and then demands a beat.  People start stomping and clapping, and singing.  The driver says at every stop. Whoo whoo, you 're on the party bus.  What ever happens on the party bus stays on the party bus.  Finally we are all so crammed its worse than any sardine can.  Then she has to drive by a stop because no one was getting off and there just wasn't room for any more bodies.   People had video camera's out filming all of this, and singing, and one guy was singing in Italian.  It was pretty awesome. 

That was also the night we passed the shooting on the way back to the hotel where a nightclub had a private party and it was kids between 13 and 17 but some had managed to bring guns.. Of course innocent bystander visiting from Germany celebrating her 50th b-day and anniversary, was killed.  Oh yes, this country and its guns... priceless possessions that can't even be taken when you claim bankruptcy now.

out side the Wipe Out

we looked through more housing stuff.  We thought we early enough to get breakfast so we headed out to the F line and back down to the pier.  We  were past the ferry building and  not down to 39.  I was ready to just go to Denny's down there.  It's not on the pier but a couple blocks up.  The power went out on the Cable line, and we were stuck. After 15 minutes of no return of the power ( and listening to the mews of my daughter- "I'm hungry,") we hopped out and walked the rest of the way to Wipe Out for lunch on pier 39 it was berfore Denny's,  haha.  They have mixed reviews, and I grew up in Southern Cali, and this in no way resembles the surf shacks that served food that I remember. However, these guys have the best fish tacos I've ever eaten.  Even the ones in Kauai at Dukes didn't match these.  The fish is grilled and the sauce is a cream sauce with jalapeno.  Got a salad with it and it was the perfect mix.  

We then went back towards the housing residence we wanted to check out.  She was really happy with this one. It's on the fringes of the tenderloin/civic center area but is all students from different colleges.  Its a few blocks from the Conservatory of music and about 8 blocks from the Dance Conservatory.  It really offers a nice interior environment.  It has large shared kitchen , laundry area, exercise room, music practice rooms, a large communal area with TV, pool tables, ping pong etc.  Overall its the most like regular college dorms.
We have put in and application and wait to see.
Dinner was over at Boudin in the bar upstairs.  They have good happy hour. 

skeleton man. weird but amusing

Then we strolled down and had to make her obligatory visit to Ghirardelli.  Something about the awesome sundaes with overwhelming chocolate.  WE compromised and had a strawberry chocolate, since I'm not the chocoholic she is.
Monday I was glad to be going home.  We walked to the hotel around the corner for breakfast, they were less expensive and had a better menu.  Then back to pack and take the Bart to the airport.