Day Four: Coming out into town

One of the many downsides to staying at a hostel (and trust me, there are upsides too!) is that breakfast is not provided. Spent a good chuck of the morning attempting to make my own pancakes, and then was picked up by a lovely friend of a friend. She gave me her local San Franciscan Two Cents Tour of the city, which was  awesome-I got to see twin peaks, the famous windy lambart st, and bufallos at the golden gate park!

I enjoyed a totally touristy lunch of chili corn cobe and iced tea at a 50's style diner (I felt just like Betty in in Archie Comics.. but, you know, browner;) and then bravely decided to walk the two or three miles to Chinatown. The walk was not far but OMFG, the HILLS!! My calves were killing me by the time I got to Grace Cathedral. I am not sure if there is an iPhone app for avoiding hills in SF (still not a smartphone user:(, but if they have one for gay guys in the 3 mile radius, they really should have one that will save you the hill walking!!

Met two friends and proceeded to go to an 18 plus gay club called The Crib- had pre drinks at the hotel room, drove to castro, had dinner, and then they boys checked google maps on their iphones and realised the club was downtown! so we took the muni back. met some cool lesbians while in line, who kindly offered us a swig of their bacardi which we denied. security to get in the club was super tight- they checked every single zip and compartment and had no problem reaching into bags and rummaging through stuff. "Wow, you get felt up even before you get in!" was someones very positive take on this, but truth be told I wish i was dressed more appropriately.

The atmosphere in the club was intense- a red bull kept the jet lag at bay as we danced to bad r and b music- there were quite a few straight people there as I soon found out. the strip contest was hilarious because of the MC- a blonde tranny who sounded black- classics like "I was born Jewish but raised Catholic because it was cheaper" and "Girl, who's handbag is that? Don't you know this is a bad ass club?!" She made my night:) Took a cab home, overtipped the driver because I was so happy to be back safe, and went to bed.