Epic. 

I travelled up to San Francisco for the big Decompression. I seem to remember going to a decom years ago. It was nothing compared to how awesome decom was this year! 

I got to travel up with my friends Ryan and Radhika. Better traveling companions, I couldn’t ask for. Obviously, the conversation driving up was brilliant. As we were driving up, our place to stay fell through. Luckily, our friend Doc hooked us up! He had a great guest room for all of us. Not only that, he ended up being the best possible navigator that we could possibly hope for.  I love SF, but, I always end up getting lost when I am trying to find anything. Doc was so much better than any GPS. And great company!

Some Adventures: 

We also kept running into Paul from Helios Jive!  We must have met him ten times over the weekend all over the city. 

We met an awesome friend of Radhika’s, Ashley! We broke her out of research hell and took her out on the town! 

As we drove into the city to the Decom, we got an awesome demonstration of the American Millatary Industrial Complex! The Blue Angels flew all over the city as we drove over the Bay Bridge. It was like a Michael Bay Movie. 

The Decom was incredible. I was totally impressed. Six blocks or so, a park, maybe six stages. But what I was impressed most with was the participation and turnout. People were lined up for blocks to get in!  It was incredible. We had a blast, saw old friends, made new ones. Fantastic. 

We closed down two late night burrito shops. Both times, the burritos were excellent. This is important. 

When searching for the afterparty, by chance, we were rolling down Valencia, when we heard a massive crash. Ryan was first on the scene.  It was a terrible accident. It was a grim reminder of how deadly cars really can be. Intense.  But the real trip was when we got into the car, Radhika got a message from her friend who she hadn’t talked to since Burning Man. On the message was just the sirens. The sirens we were hearing at that moment.  A description of one of the drivers fit her friend exactly! Holy crap!  Still don’t know how that turned out. If it was him, he was looking at a DWI. 

As we were leaving on the Bay Bridge, Angel Island was on fire. Interesting coincidence. 

And before we left, we had the best breakfast ever in Berkley. 

I had such a great time. I need to travel more. Much more.

Out of nowhere, I decided to drive up to San Fransico this weekend with my friend Radhika. She has a million friends to visit up here. I am visiting my friend Marian. We’re here until Sunday morning (me in the city, her in oakland), It’s okay to try and arrange some plans, but I am here for a short time and will be here again in a few weeks.