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June 22, 2005
Catch up time once again
Ok, so where to begin except the weekend. Short and quick (one thing I hate about working again), it was nice.
Saturday afternoon I received my massage from Greene which was amazing and very much needed. She gave me a complimentary massage which was nice. She has been in the same boat as Josh, being that she graduated the same time he did, moved to San Francisco (she is originally from here), and recently opened a practice in the sunset 2 days a week. In order to keep her skills flowing, not to mention use the space she's paying for, she asked if we wanted complimentary body work. I said yes, went there Saturday, and received some amazing work.
The afternoon was relaxing and I napped until my friend John from Rochester called to hang out. He was in Sacramento on business and extended his weekend so he could come visit good ole San Francisco. It was more of a drinking night than touring SF and I finally broke out of the Castro.
One thing everyone should know about San Francisco is that if you live in the Castro, you seldom leave the Castro to go drinking. Same holds true for SOMA (South Of Market Area), and other areas of the city.
So John wanted to find a dance club which I insisted there wasnt anything of the sort here. The closest I knew was the Polk Street bars and so off we went to explore. We stopped at NTouch first since it was the first one we came to that I recognized the name. After walking through the door I realized that this was the asian club I had heard of for a while. My friend Rick had talked about it several times and I read in his blog that he went there a few weeks for the first time.
Being sober and in dire need of a cocktail, we decided to stay for a quick drink and leave since it was quiet. John bought the first round and made mine a double (Jack & Coke OUCH!).
We walked up to Cinch and peeked in. I had no clue it wasnt a dance club, nor did I know they had a back deck where there may have been people. Needless to say, we didnt go inside because we didnt see anyone there.
We hopped a cab to Stud which I wasnt really thrilled with either. $9 cover to get in and $12 for 2 drinks. WOW!!! There was a total of 29 people there (I counted), and really not as exciting as any of the bars in Castro.
So back to Castro we went to seek out dancing. We decided to go to Cafe, which I had been to before but thought was lame. We settled in there for the rest of the night and John ran into a guy from Rochester that he ummmm "knew" and finally made it home by 2am. I was definitely drunk.
Sunday was a day of relaxing I guess. Josh being in Santa Cruz for the weekend, I pretty much had the day open. I wanted to head to beer bust and promised John we would hang out some more.
We went to Orphan Andys for lunch and ate with my roommate Ste3ve and our friend Eric. Food was ok but wasnt sitting right after the Jack & Cokes the night before.
John and I ended up heading to Ocean Beach because he wanted to see the Pacific Ocean. We went out there, watched the water, saw the surfers, and relaxed a bit. Not a lot more to say, I mean its the Ocean, slightly breezy, and not a huge beach crowd (although some).
He went to nap, and I went to beer bust. Now ususally I love beer bust because it gives me a chance to see some people I enjoy hanging out with. NONE of them were there. I did run into a few people I knew but nothing to keep me there for the duration. Josh, Steve, Jay, and a few others were missing so I left after an hour and 3 beers. The porn boys getting body painted in their jock straps werent enough to hold me (then again, they do nothing for me anyway).
So thats about it. Back home, Josh came home, we hung out more for a bit, got some dinner, and relaxed. Work again Monday. Last night we had dinner with his other friend Steve which was a birthday dinner for Josh from May. We went to Azis on Folsom and although the prices were a bit high, the food was incredible. I had some kind of salmon with a tangerine glaze which I have to say was the best salmon Ive ever had. It was a nice place and for the first time I can say, size didnt matter. Ok size never matters and I just require guys to be breathing but thats another story.
So Day 4 of work was good. Im finally seeing the people there as people which is nice. Learning more and more and actually finding some excitement in working again. Details as we go.
Today is day 6, one week, and Im sure it will go by like the rest of them. Hopefully I wont be held up this evening since Josh wants to spend some quality time together (and I agree its a good idea). Im not sure where we will go but tonight (hopefully) it will be just him and I. We need some alone time which has been scarce lately.
Thats about it for the update. Wishing everyone the best and lots of love.
Posted by Des at June 22, 2005 05:27 AM
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