Trip to San Francisco ~ Friday, May 14th 2004

House of Prime Rib

While restaurants abound in San Francisco, there are some places we feel a near obligation to visit every time we go there, simply because we love the food so much. The House of Prime Rib doesn't just offer great service and delicious food, they actually serve Yorkshire Pudding a childhood favorite of mine. MMmmmmmm

We donned our best clothes and started our evening with a gorging of cow and fine wine.

Desperately Seeking Entertainment

After dinner, we attempted to find some uncharted entertainment, a feat for sure, as we've hoofed a great distance of the city in visits past.

We tried a few suggestions but felt a bit out of place in our super fancy digs. We hailed a cab and asked for a place where we might dance some Salsa. Our high strung (I'm being diplomatic here) cab driver brought us to a nice little club club called Azur, I think. A live band played some groovy latin inspired tunes but didn't offer us much in they way of dancing.

We relented in our quest to find a new club and decided to go back to more familiar haunts.

For the sheer joy of people watching, and the lovely view, we hit the Sir Francis Drake. An hour of people watching and a little dancing later, we headed back out.

Ruby Skye

Leo recalled having once gone to a club that offered a smoking room. With a cigar just aching to be smoked, we headed on over to the Ruby Skye.

The drinks and cover were a bit pricey so it was good that we had done most of the drinking we wanted to do before we arrived.

We both marveled at how much space a cigar smoker is afforded in a crowded smoking area. It's a good tip for those of you who shun human contact.

After our smoking break, we headed into the main areas of the club. Leo noted the stage seemed to be open for lounging. There were beds and pillows on which to set oneself and take in the various goings on.

The club had go-go dancers in matching outfits entertaining the crowd at various intervals.

I don't want to speculate, here, but I suspect that there may have been a few people in attendance who were under the influence of mind altering drugs. I'm still trying to recover from this realization.