Somehow, time keeps on slippin’ into the future…
It’s Thursday, and I am just getting a few min to recap last weekend. This week flew by!
Friday – Josef, Anne & I drove to Berkeley to Anne’s place. We got up there around 1:30am.
Saturday – We woke up around 10am, got ready and walked to breakfast. Our waitress was wearing a Bitches for Obama shirt. Go Berkeley! After breakfast, Josef & I drove into the city. I wanted to see the Sea Lions, but it took us 2 hours to get into the city. We later learned it was because it was the end of Gay Pride week and that there were city wide activities attracting people from all over the world to the area.
We decided to go straight to our hotel and walk around Japantown, where we were staying. We met up with Glenn & Beth, who’s room we were staying in, and went looking for a bar around 4:30pm. We finally found one – the Boom Boom Room! The bartender there makes a great Madres!
Josef, Beth & I were told about a party on the 6th floor of our building, so we went to check it out. That’s where we met Spike & Mona! Mona is a wild woman with an amazing personality! She was telling stories from her past and having a smoke out on the balcony. Spike was a laid back guy who offered me many varieties of Pepridge Farm cookies to sample. He was a distributor! To me, that made their room heaven! Cookies, cookies, and more cookies! Morst showed up to hang out for a bit and so did Fred (via balcony peek-around).
Josef & I finally got in the mood for real food though, so we went to Pizza Inferno and met up with everyone else in Japantown afterward. Father Dan & Lady Laura were there too! His banana bread is the reason I was even up in San Fran for the show… I missed Camper Van Beethoven at the camp-out… the bread had me making new constellations all night by my tent. This show, no bread for me!
We walked down to the Fillmore, and I spent some time roaming around the place and talking to the Obama Campaign volunteers. This venue is incredible! I wish it were closer! We went downstairs for the opening act, Cathead. They were great!
At 10:15pm, Camper took the stage. Josef & I were in 2nd row, not far from the free water igloo (yay). Camper played an incredible set, just over 2 hours. I loved every moment of it! We weren’t overly crowded in our personal space, the people were all dancing and having fun, the music sounded great, and the vibe was just right!
After the show, Josef, Beth & I went back to our hotel room. Beth passed out immediately, and Josef & I tried to decide if we should go find a party or pass out as well. Within minutes, Morst, the Mad Russian, and the Obama campaign volunteers came by to hang out. We ended up talking til after 3:30am! Very cool people!
In the morning, Josef & I went to Japantown Mall for a bit while Morst and Glenn got ready. Beth left earlier to head to the airport. We then picked up Morst and Glenn, then headed to Q for lunch. Yum! Great food all around!
We dropped Morst & Glenn back off in Japantown, then started our drive back home to LA. We stopped at Foster’s Freeze on the way home, and arrived back home before 8pm! What a fun weekend!!!