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12/10/2008
It was Fleet Week, so yesterday we headed down to Fisherman’s Wharf to catch a piece of the action.
Obviously, we weren’t the only ones with a great idea. The whole of San Francisco had the same idea too.
Knowing full well driving there would be a hassle – Fisherman’s Wharf is, afterall at the least crowded of times, a parking nightmare – we took the Muni and a streetcar. The Streetcar was named F. And it was F-in packed. To the brim. With folks headed towards Fisherman’s Wharf. But packed in we did, because it wasn’t going to get much better with the next streetcars.
We found a spot on a flight of staircase going up, it had a slightly elevated view, and it was pretty much the best we could do since by the time we got there it was already fairly crowded. We got comfortable, and waited for the show. The Blue Angels were only going to start performing at 3pm. We were half an hour early.
Looking around, you wouldn’t be able to tell that Californians are pretty badly hit by the financial mess on Wall Street – everything looked fine. There were still SUVs stuck in traffic trying to get around Fisherman’s Wharf, people were still trolling the streets, in the shops, purchasing stuff.
Anyway. We had a good time. Slightly over an hour and 300+ shots later, I was satisfied and we headed off. We took a nice walk by the Embarcadero to the Muni stop to head back and caught another movie at the cinema near our place.
The verdict: Clooney/Pitt 1, Crowe/Di Caprio 0. Clooney/Pitt anyday.
