Hey Fans,
So I realized in my last post that I didn't include any photos and if you're like me, that kind of shit pisses you off. So...to make up for it I'm posting some San Fran pics and some post-San Fran shenanigans that will bring you up to the moment. I know you're all excited. Let's go!
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| We went to the bike co-op in San Fran called the Bike Kitchen...that was went Tamara was still gonna ride a damn bike and wanted to fix up the freebie she got. We had to do all the work, which was awesome cuz we learned a lot. This is Bike Kitchen guy, Keith, helping Tamara with her derailer cables. |
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| We were getting a bit rank so we did laundry in China town. The dryers are massive and I made a comment about being able to fit a whole human inside...Tamara decided to test this and prove me right. She got claustrophobic rather fast...duh. |
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| We both decided if we lived in San Fran we'd want an apartment in Chinatown...probably over some bodega or produce market. No nonsense with the Chinese culture...straight to the point. "YOU TRY IT, YOU LIKE IT, YOU BUY IT!!" said the lady trying to sell me grapes. I didn't get the grapes, but I did buy some other fruit...delicious. It was the only place in San Fran to get affordable food...another good reason to live there. |
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| Plus they have cafes with my name written in them...what's not to love? |
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| Little known secret about Chinatown...you can go see fortune cookies being made. This was the owner...his english was poor but he was really excited about us being so into the cookies being made. He kept handing us rejected cookie blanks and was REALLY excited when I said hello in Chinese. We're good pals. |
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| Couldn't go to San Fran without hitting a gay club in the Castro. Tamara's fake worked and we danced the night away at the Badlands. It was a sausage fest, but we had fun. Vincent and Joey and Miles...all bikers we met in Oregon, showed up too...which was hilarious. They are all straight and Miles kept saying "I can't believe you invited me to a gay bar and there are no hot dudes" HILARIOUS |
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| Oh hey...who's the hottest lady lover in this place? |
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| Yes we DID! |
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| Leaving the hostel that put us up for free for a few days. We weren't really into biking anymore, but we faked it anyways. |
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| Officially back packers. I found my pack for $2.50 at goodwill and Tamara found hers at another Thrift store...almost identical to mine, a day later. This was MEANT TO BE!! |
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| Reorganizing our lives in the catholic priest rectory in Daly City. They put us up for 2 days while we tried to sell my bike in San Fran. Father Labib, Father Yosef and Father Andrew are solid people...they thought we were lost souls and really tried to bring us into the flock, bless them...they know not what they do. My pack is the blue one to the right. SEXY. |
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| Me standing outside the rectory right before Father Yosef drove us to Half Moon Bay to work on a pumpkin farm. It's really heavy. |
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| This is Father Labib...we didn't ask to take his photo. |
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| We worked for 3 hours...more or less on this farm, got paid and headed off. We laid hay down in the maze...it was really muddy and neither of us had proper footwear. Canvas shoes are a fashion statement...they are not sensible in any way. |
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| After getting dropped off in Santa Cruz from a really kind trucker name Jose. I tripped and fell shortly after this...it's just my way. We had no home and no prospects for a place to sleep but look at how happy we are? |
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We got rejected from the hostel. They wanted us to pay $28 bucks each. We offered to clean some stuff in exchange for a room...the guy responded with "Yeah...this place is real square, a real babylonian establishment. My boss doesn't dig that" he was a 60's throwback for sure and went into more detail than necessary about where we could camp for free...we both tuned him after he reference a patch of Cypress trees.
So far so good being a backpacker. We made it into Santa Cruz proper and have a place to stay thanks to some scrabbling on Couchsurfing.org (AMAZING WEBSITE) This town seems really neat and I'm excited to explore it tomorrow. Tamara will be picking up her contacts that her dad sent her from Canada and then the adventure continues to Big Sur...maybe some hot springs? Then to L.A. and then SAN DIEGO...where I will have quite the reunion with the 1/2 of the Mulvey sisters. Oh yay...I unfortunately missed my chance to see my best friend Sarah while she was in San Diego visiting Shaina...sad face. Maybe we'll be reunited soon...MAYBE??!?! SARAH, I MISS YOU!! California is about to be an after thought...plans are coming together regarding Mexico...I know you all are worried about this, but don't be. The universe is guiding me and it feels right. I'll follow the heart on this one and if it feels bad, rest assured I won't do it.
I have my cell phone so if you're concerned or feel like you need to talk to me before any catastrophic disaster happens, please feel free. I welcome your call...and I miss you!
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Just keep walking.......
Marge
