Sep 25 2008
Haight & Ashbury Street
STORY TIME!!
So, over the summer, my good ol’ friend, Reina, and I decided we were going to go to San Francisco for the day, being as it’s only 45 minutes away and all. What are plan was, was to drive to the ferry building and catch a ferry to the city and then catch a bus to get to our destination: Haight & Ashbury Street. Now, I had never a) been on a bus before and b) been to Haight & Ashbury Street before, so I didn’t really know what to expect. Reina, also, had never taken a bus before, so this was gonna be an adventure, so we thought.
Well anyways, lets rewind to the ferry ride. We parked and hopped onto the ferry just in time. It was at the ticket booth that I got my first compliment of the day!
“I like your shirt” said the woman working, with a slight laugh. I thought she was joking, but she was serious. I think she also thought it was funny I would be wearing this shirt to the one of the most liberal cities in America..
Once on the boat, Reina and I goofed around, outside the boat, inside the boat, pretty much everywhere. We played on the wheelchairs and wore the life jackets around like little 5-year-olds, but hey, it entertained us along with the others in the ferry. Once we got there, I realized wearing my “Republicans Screw Better” shirt probably wasn’t the best idea, (despist the fact the ferry lady liked it) being as the man we asked for directions was gay and gave me a slight glare. 
On with the story, we hopped on the bus and rode it around for a good long while, until we finally arrived. Once we got there, we saw a whole lot of bong shops, and many used clothing stores, which Reina and I love. Used clothing shops, that is. Anyways, we walked around all day, obverving the bright colored graffiti, massive amounts of tie-dye clothing, totally sweet shoe stores, groups of “punk-rock” teenagers and old stoner men. It was a good day. When we finally saw our bus, I got distracted by yet another shoe store and forced Reina to go in with me, thus, missing our bus. We sat there in stonerland for another couple minutes until another bus finally arrived to take us back to the ferry building where our ferry awaited us. We were late for the ferry and decided to get Noah’s Bagels. Mmm, so good. I love bagels. Anyways, we took the ferry home and decided that Haight & Ashbury Street is not really all it’s cracked up to be. Plus, I got sick on the ferry. Wasn’t that great of an adventure. We’ve had better.
