2008.03.18
“Stranger” Visiting
Doug and Erin at Vesuvio’sThis past weekend Erin McCain, a friend from college, came to visit me here in San Francisco. I hadn’t seen her in almost sixteen years now and had really just had sporadic contact after years of silence in the past couple years. When she said she wanted to get out of Ohio for a bit I told her she should come out here, so she did!
Having moved around so much in my life, my memory is a bit sporadic and definitely contextual. Seeing Erin brought back a lot of memories but also showed me how many gaps there were from back then. For instance I have no real recollection of her boyfriend in college. You’d think that would have been important! Sorry, Erin, I guess he never made much of an impression on me…
Anyways, I played tour guide around the City. We stopped in Berkeley so she could sample Betty’s Oceanview Diner’s espresso filled chocolate “twinkies”. We rode my motorcycle to the Japanese Tea Gardens, out to Ocean Beach, walked around the Haight and Fisherman’s Wharf. Got completely sauced at Ireland’s 32 with Mookee (and learned that one of the previous owners that we liked killed himself, which came as a shock). Walked from where I work near Pier 39 all the way to the Metreon by way of North Beach, China Town and Union Square and took the Hyde Street cable car back to Ghirardelli Square. It’s amazing how much of this City you can see in just a couple days, and yet barely scratch the surface!
It was great to see her and I realize that I really like having guests in town!
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3 Responses to ““Stranger” Visiting”
- Erin says (March 18th, 2008 at 19:07:12 )
Doug - you’re a great host. No worries about not remembering that loser. I wish I didn’t!
- Zapski says (March 19th, 2008 at 06:12:53 )
ERIN!
Wow! You know, I have been so bad about keeping in touch with so many people, and I feel horrible about it. Dugh, throw an e-mail my way so I too can get in touch.
- skooz says (March 19th, 2008 at 11:11:35 )
Erin, you are so right. Doug is a great host. So are his friends. It makes for a really enjoyable stay. I should head out that way again one of these years.
