Saturday : 2005-09-17
Because Brian's birthday was this past sunday, Brian decided he wanted to take some people on a sailboat ride around the SF bay the day before. The six of us, Brian, Yanting, Albert, Irene, Tanya, and me, met up at Yanting's place to carpool to Pier 39 to meet up with Greg and his wife Kathy who own the boat we were going on.
We went under the Bay Bridge, towards Tiburon, and passed by a boat race that was going on. Afterwards, we turned around and headed the other direction towards the Hornet (a museum-ship). Hanging your feet off the side of the boat and lounging on the side was relaxing.
The only problem was that on the return, it kinda got bumpy and Albert didn't seem to take that well. The water splashing on the deck probably didn't help much either. But overall it was pretty cool.
Afterwards we went to Sutro baths, near the Cliff House, and walked along the rocks for a little while to buy time before going to dinner. Cafe Bastille, in Belden Place in financial district is a french restaurant decorated in a train station theme. I ordered the special that day, which was seared filet mignon with fois gras, a caramelized apple and creme sauce, and mashed potatoes. Delicious.
Albert and Irene went home after dinner and the rest of us went to Voda and then Monkey Club. The music kinda sucked at the club but it was still fun hanging out. Brian got drunk as usual and talked the entire way home.