The wine was good…
the company even better…
and the cigars weren’t bad either… lol
Wine, tasty tit-bits, cigars… and suddenly we get the inspiration to do a Clint Eastwood / Don’t mess with us - shot!
Lecram, Rachel, Joy, and me got a Taste of the Tower District on the last day of my visit to Fresno. For fifteen bucks you can nibble and drink around the Tower District. If you ask me, it’s an ingenious way to get people to come, see, and come again. But boy, it was hot! I thought my body was used to heat, having lived in tropical heat for more than ten years and all, but I was melting. Please, dear Taste of the Tower Organizers, let it start one hour later next year.
The last stop was the “backyard” of Veni Vidi Vici, where we met with APJ. (Dr. Jones, invite her soon to one of your adventures, because chances like her only come once in a life time!)
Rachel agreed with me that men who know how to cook are keepers, and she loves Marlene Dietrich too. She is my soul mate!!!
Clint Eastwood look-a-like… enjoying it all…
Afterwards, we went further down the road, and Joy exclaimed “Look, the nerds are giving away freebies too!!!” So, we went inside and got an extra helping of glow sticks. To this day, I am not exactly sure what kind of shop it was (big LCD screens and very nice 17 year old boy behind the desk).
I have to admit that by that time the seven glasses of wine and one Mojito had done their magic. Luckily, the Tower District’s Velo-Cab-Driver came by and drove us through theTower District. He was faaaaaaast…
I switched the camera mode to night shot and got this lovely shot of the Tower Theatre…
He is the best driver in town!!!
The next day, Lecram drove me back to San Francisco, and I thought “F*beep*!!! This visit was much too short!!!”
I still think I look like Rasputin.
On that last picture… because of my dyslexia I was shocked… shocked, I tell ya… when I first saw the signs on the sides of buses with the early promotion of the store around SF a few years ago.
Comment by lecram — June 16, 2008 @ 3:09 am
i have enjoyed this series so much. what a wonderful time you must have had with everyone. thanks for taking the rest of us along vicariously.
Comment by lime — June 16, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
This sequence makes me feel nostalgic for the Fresnic Experience. I was only there for a week or so - it seemed like the country in the back of the wardrobe. Makes San Francisco look ordinary :-)
Comment by karim — June 16, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
This visit WAS way too short!!! Please come back soon!
Comment by Solitaire — June 17, 2008 @ 1:53 am
We had a great time with you around! It was such a pleasure meeting you and wandering the Tower with you. That first shot makes me look like I wasn’t enjoying the wine so much, though. Hm…
Comment by joyunconfined — June 17, 2008 @ 8:55 am
Sweetie,
Come back soon! The seal and I both miss you!!!!
Next time, come for longer — and maybe I’ll take you to Disneyland. I love to go
::ring ring!::
Sorry sweetie, gotta go — Dr. Jones is ringing…
:)
Comment by APj — June 18, 2008 @ 6:03 am
Just would like to qualify my comment earlier which seemed a bit too obscure - by Wardrobe I meant the one with the Lion and the Witch so Fresno = Narnia (The Big NOnia?). Just in case, you know.. (slinks away, head down) :-(
Comment by karim — June 19, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Lecrams the best. One day I want to make it there. Want to go back?
Comment by btexpress — June 20, 2008 @ 8:20 am
Finally got around to reading this. As Lime said, thanks for sharing your trip with us. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Comment by Lolly — July 26, 2008 @ 1:05 am