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james t kirk · 10-09-2009, 05:45 PM

I'm down in San Francisco.....It's was about 20 C today here. I think TO was about 11 with rain. It's funny seeing miles and temperaturs in farenheight again. I've lost my feels for miles and F. Though I still have it for inches and feet. Go figure.. Apparently it never snows in SF. They have old style parking meters on the street, so I was forced to pay large to park my rental in a garage downtown. The streets here make no sense. They go every which way. No-one references directions with north south east or west like we do in TO. You have to be VERY careful when driving downtown because the stop lights are at the sides of the streets. (Almost drove right through a red. Whoops). There is a bit of an accent here as well. Went on a walking tour of Architecture. Saw lots of Banks. Banks built some pretty impressive monuments here way back when. Warren Harding died in SF. (Who knew.) I like SF, but TO seems a better town (Im biased) because in TO, you have people living downtown. I mean you can turn off any major street and you're immediately right into single family homes. Not so here. It's very commercial. Though there are throngs of people (during the day) everywhere. People are friendly. Not as multicultural as TO either. Had lunch in Chinatown. Funny thing eating in a city where don't know a thing - you have no idea where to eat. (Not into fast food). So I picked this Chinese Restaurant - wait for it......,"The Chinatown Restaurant" Food was good - had some noodle dish and some spring rolls. Couldn't finish it all - stuffed. Bill was 20 bucks. My fortune cookie said, "You need to improve your exercise regime" Seriously. LOL, not like the BS fortune cookies we get on Spadina that always tell you what great guy you are, or how rich you will be soon. No, "You need to improve your excercise regime" Probably true. Still found it funny though. Oh, and for some reason, the cars are all new and very clean. Also, I've noticed that the houses don't have basements.

They don't really know that it's really Thanksgiving, so they have this thing called Columbus Day. I guess the Americans decided that they needed a holiday in October too so they copied us again.

I wonder if they have Columbus Day Turkey?

10-09-2009, 05:45 PM	#21 (permalink)
james t kirk Junkie Location: Toronto	I'm down in San Francisco.....It's was about 20 C today here. I think TO was about 11 with rain. It's funny seeing miles and temperaturs in farenheight again. I've lost my feels for miles and F. Though I still have it for inches and feet. Go figure.. Apparently it never snows in SF. They have old style parking meters on the street, so I was forced to pay large to park my rental in a garage downtown. The streets here make no sense. They go every which way. No-one references directions with north south east or west like we do in TO. You have to be VERY careful when driving downtown because the stop lights are at the sides of the streets. (Almost drove right through a red. Whoops). There is a bit of an accent here as well. Went on a walking tour of Architecture. Saw lots of Banks. Banks built some pretty impressive monuments here way back when. Warren Harding died in SF. (Who knew.) I like SF, but TO seems a better town (Im biased) because in TO, you have people living downtown. I mean you can turn off any major street and you're immediately right into single family homes. Not so here. It's very commercial. Though there are throngs of people (during the day) everywhere. People are friendly. Not as multicultural as TO either. Had lunch in Chinatown. Funny thing eating in a city where don't know a thing - you have no idea where to eat. (Not into fast food). So I picked this Chinese Restaurant - wait for it......,"The Chinatown Restaurant" Food was good - had some noodle dish and some spring rolls. Couldn't finish it all - stuffed. Bill was 20 bucks. My fortune cookie said, "You need to improve your exercise regime" Seriously. LOL, not like the BS fortune cookies we get on Spadina that always tell you what great guy you are, or how rich you will be soon. No, "You need to improve your excercise regime" Probably true. Still found it funny though. Oh, and for some reason, the cars are all new and very clean. Also, I've noticed that the houses don't have basements. They don't really know that it's really Thanksgiving, so they have this thing called Columbus Day. I guess the Americans decided that they needed a holiday in October too so they copied us again. I wonder if they have Columbus Day Turkey? Last edited by james t kirk; 10-09-2009 at 05:58 PM..