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The Eating House of the Rich and Famous

 WELCOME TO LABOR DAY.  IT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A RISK PLANNING ACTIVITIES ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY…AND SO IT WAS. THE FREE WALKING TOUR ( SPONSORED BY THE SF LIBRARY )  OF THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE SITES DID NOT EVENTUATE – EVEN THOUGH THE WEBSITE SAID IT WAS ON. SO WE TOOK THE OBLIGATORY CABLE CAR RIDE TO FISHERMAN’S WHARF AND THEN BOUGHT A 24 HOUR TICKET ON THE HOP ON/HOP OFF BUS. WE BUMPED INTO A STREET MARCH PROTESTING OVER THE HYATT EMPLOYING NON-UNION LABOR. “WHAT DO WE WANT ? A UNIONISED WORK FORCE. WHEN DO WE WANT IT ? NOW !” HOPPED OFF THE BUS AT HAIGHT ASHBURY, PUT SOME FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR, AND HIT URGE BURGERS ( I ESCHEWED THE ELVIS BURGER – MEAT PATTIE WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND BACON – FOR A HEALTHIER OPTION : THE CHILLI CHEESE ). WE CRUISED UP AND DOWN THE PSYCHEDELIC PAINTED SHOPS, SPENT SOME TIME IN A BOOKSHOP ( SURPRISE, SURPRISE ) AND THEN BACK ON THE BUS. NEXT WE HEADED OVER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ( USELESS FACT NO.1 – IT CONTAINS OVER A MILLION RIVETS ) AND THEN TO THE HIPSTER SUBURB OF MARINA WHERE WE INDULGED IN A FEW GLASSES OF GRAPE JUICE AT A TRENDY WINE BAR. BACK ON THE BUS AND BACK TO THE PALATIAL POST HOTEL . AS THIS WAS OUR LAST NIGHT IN FRISCO, WE DINED AT THE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 'JOHN'S BAR AND GRILL'. THE WALL WAS COVERED WITH FRAMED PHOTOS OF CELEBRITIES WHO HAD DINED THERE SINCE THE 1930'S - THE FOOD WAS EXPENSIVE AND SO-SO, BUT I SUPPOSE WE WERE PAYING FOR AMBIENCE AND NOSTALGIA.

Now that's what I call a burger