took breakfast at town & country.  were given a bag of cookies for the road by the owner.  had coffee at intelligentsia.  ran into some friends from mpls.  were offered cigarettes by sarah silverman...

there are definite advantages to travel by road rather than sky.  california is green, golden & gorgeous.  the hills lay like great lions in the marigold-kissed fields.  periwinkle temples impose on the horizon.

the leafy hilltops of san francisco could perch a xanadu.  we arrived at sunset over the haunted bay, through the fog and into a twisted jumble of romantic sea lore.  we met up with loquat at their practice space, unloaded some gear, and over to anthony & kylee's (loquat).

anthony & kylee live in an old french baroque apartment, constructed in 1901; it's exterior accented by the former decor of an english vessel.  the building itself was purchased by the mayor of sausalito in 1930 and ran as one of five brothels that she owned.  it was later a heroin den and then something about vampires and blood creeping through the paint... it's redeeming quality are the stained-glass windows, hallowing this former den of iniquity.

we headed over to harlot (club, no relation to our accommodations) by bus where anthony was DJ-ing for the evening.

this is one of the great american cities.