Patrick Cooney's Weblog

SF review

2004-04-23

The best and worst of San Francisco, starting with the highlights:

Barry Bonds 665 and 666!
Alcatraz. Coming from London, I found myself thinking "those cells aren't so small. They should see my place."
Marv Albert working again. This has nothing to with SF, but the playoffs would be poorer without Marv behind the mic.
It looks great. I am a sucker for corny stuff like cable cars, and those hilly streets are amazing.
Giant foam hand. I now own a SF Giants foam hand. Photos to come.

And the lowlights:

Crazy guy menacing me with a baguette. The city seems to have an unnaturally high number of pan handlers and homeless people. Most of them were pretty well behaved, except for one guy who went all Barry Bonds on me with a loaf of bread.
Giants lose 7 - 6. With Barry on deck and two men on, which really hurts.
Warriors miss the playoffs. Baseball is cool, but I would have much preferred some hoops.
SF MOMA, closed on Wednesdays. Why close at all?