Inauguration shenanigans

I had my first real "I love this city" moment yesterday. Karina sends me this link. I think to myself, what a great little prank, maybe I'll go down and check out 'Obama st'.

What a neat feeling in the air. Everyone was giddy, talking to each other and taking pictures. The general opinion was very positive. I suppose this was just my personal observation of how others were feeling uplifted by the day, it was smiles all around.
Eventually city workers showed up to remove the signs. One worker was quoted saying "dont be mad at me, if it were up to me I'd leave them up, I'm just doing my job".

Irony

As I sit here trying to catch up on email and facebook while enjoying
some weekday afternoon sun I can't help but feel a little delightful
irony. See, instead of talking to my pals at Tully's corporate (shout
out to Dan, Scott and Martin) about their card program (my former line
of work), I'm sitting at a Tully's Coffeehouse, enjoying a beverage,
unemployed.

Destination reached

Well here we are, sunny San Francisco. Land of yoga mats, steep hills, and expen$ive parking tickets. Or so thats my observation a week into living here. I'll have many more observations, adventures and comparisons to my home town Portland, OR.
My goal here is to post at least weekly. I'll also be posting on the go from the good ol' handy dandy iPhone.

Now here's the scoop.
Something I miss about Portland: Beer selection! It didnt take long for me to realize that I'm not going to be able to shop for beer at my local Safeway (AKA "dateway", apparently this Marina grocery store is THE spot to get hit on and score a date). They didnt even have Widmer Brrr. but, of course they do sell liquor at Safeway here...

Something I learned about SF: BevMo! This place is amazing, its like the Fry's electronics for spirits- Toy's R Us for adults, if you will. They have entire isles dedicated to each kind of liquor. "Whats that, you need Vodka? Take a look down isles 12 and 13 please". We were in a hurry so I wansnt able to check their beer selection but rest assured I will next time. They even have a LOYALTY PROGRAM, which made me LOL at the register. Hmmm... I wonder if they need a loyalty program manager?