Siiiiiggghhhhh.... After spending last weekend in San Francisco, I was reminded again as to how much I miss the SF Bay area and how San Francisco is one of the top 5 cities in the entire world.
The other four, in my books would be New York City, London, Hong Kong and Bombay.
Of all these, San Francisco is without any doubt the First Amongst Equals.
Recently Outdoor Magazine came out with their Top Ten Cities. San Francisco did not make the cut due to it being way too expensive and Seattle was #2 with Cincinnati being #9.
I stepped out of my Union Square hotel on Saturday morning at 10AM. It was glorious. Bright blue skies, clear ocean breeze, not too warm and not too cold, just perfect!
Walking 10 blocks to my cousin's place in SOMA, I overheard 8 languages (English, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, German, French, Russian, Spanish and Mexican :-) ) I encountered 5 different races / ethnicities; Cauasians, South East Asian, Far East Asian, Hispanic and African (as opposed to African American). Yes, most of these are tourists, but where else in the US (except NYC) do people visit from all over the world???
As I walked past Powell Station at Powell & Market, I was saw two amazingly athletic, lean and muscular clean shaven sweating black men (Africans, not African Americans) performing on the street. It was captivating, energetic and almost erotic. What really created cognitive dissonance in me was that 10 feet away, an evangelist preached the coming end of the world. Both, a world apart in ideology and yet in relative harmony.....
Sure, California is right now pretty close to "bankrupt", but then if the US could not print money, the nation would also be officially "bankrupt"
Sure, California has a 9%+ sales tax on top of a 9% state income tax, but it is still the center of the universe :-) :-)
Later on Saturday evening I did dinner at this "funky" place on Fillmore called Dosa. What can I say.... it was a Californian place. Crazy south indian inspired fusion cooking that incorporated meat and sea food. The place had a fantastic full bar with the most exotic cocktails...
Oh... for a place like this in Seattle....... Hmmmm.... Maybe there's a business idea...
What used to be true of only NYC & London, the adage that "Even the ugly people are beautiful" now applies to San Francisco...
And the women.... ahhhh... the pretty smiling and friendly women....
I sure do miss the place......C'est La vie...
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Hmm... don't know about Bombay being one of the top 5 in the world. As you know, I just spent 4 days in the city and I wasn't a whole lot impressed.
That's the small town boy in you coming out! :-)
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