so yeah.
kathy,
paul, and
drew came up from la this weekend. we kicked it in berkeley sat night (didn't make it to
chromeo :/) but it was tight anyway. also with us were
paula,
sonya, and
rachel, my friend from wellesley who came up for her fall break. major shit show. thinking back on it, we drank a shit ton. but hey, it's college, this is what we do, right? right. sunday, before they all left, i had eithiopian food with the la guests. never tried it before.. it was surprisingly expensive for the teeny-tiny portions you get, and i didn't really like it too much.. but i guess it was a cool experience to try anyway.
i really miss
kathy. come back and visit me sooooooon<3
rachel left today. since she never went to the castro or golden gate park when she was here over the summer, i told her i'd go with her. so around 3:30 we left berkeley and headed to embarcadero, where we caught a bus to the castro. we got these yummy toffee cookies from this bakery, hot cookie. and around 4pm, after poking through some of the shops they had, we decided to do another thing she's never done: go on a pub crawl. our first stop was a wine bar, and we were the only people there lol. but as we were leaving, more people started showing up.
we left the castro intending on hitting up golden gate park. to my utter delight, we found out that to get to the park we had to pass through haight-ashbury, my all time favorite part of sf. since she had never been there either, we got off the bus and wandered through the stores, and ended up at a bar just before the park's entrance. one gin and tonic later, and we were exploring the park.
golden gate park is huge. it is also very sketchy, and you most definitely do not want to be there after dark. unfortunately it was nearing 6, so we didn't have too much time to spend there. we did get to see some cool shit though, before we headed back to the haight. we hit up three more bars, when i got the bright idea to head over to the mission, since there are a bunch of neat bars and pubs there. after chatting up a group of regulars in the pub on haight and masonic (i think), we headed to 18th and valencia in the mission. we were pretty fucking hungry by now, so we stopped over at my absolute most favorite restaurant in the city: fritz. i made friends with the waiter guy, who offered to drop us off at his favorite bar two blocks down after work. he said he would come with us normally, but he had work at 8am the next day, so he wouldn't be able to. we decided against this though, and bart-ed back to berkeley, where we went to first bear's lair, and then kip's. crazy adventure, but loads of fun.
rachel, you gotta come back to berkeley in nov for
paula's birthday so we can pub crawl again! it was so much fun (:
today my plans for halloween have finally been solidified.
sonya and i (and
kathy, once she gets paid) are all going to
hard halloween saturday. i'm really excited to see
justice,
basement jaxx,
crookers, and
steve aoki (who is actually playing for free on campus on the like 28th). we have a ride down there (my parents) and are flying back up, so all is good.
fonzie is also seriously considering coming down and back up with us, though he'll be at
monster massive instead, which kinda sucks. i really wish
jimmy could come too.. i've never rolled in socal without him ): maybe some good luck will happen though, and he'll be able to go! who knows? these things all have a way of figuring themselves out, after all. at the very least, i'll come hang out with him since i didn't get to see him last time i went home.
other good news:
jen finally committed to going to
treasure island music festival on saturday with me. this means i get to see
MGMT,
MSTRKRFT, AND
girl talk play live. i might just die. october is shaping up to be the most epic of months, of my life, period. why? these are my next three weekends:
1.
treasure island music festival2.
mika concert3.
steve aoki (not a weekend, but COME ON)
4.
hard halloweennaturally, i am veryyyyyyyy happy right now.
i just hope it all actually happens, haha.
lookin' forward to seeing/hanging out with my boys (
pooks and
fonzie) and my girls (
sara jen kto sonz) and of course, my family (:
mad love
&exeunt.