This article (bottom of this post) from the SF Chronicle about sums up Bay to Breakers for me. Not an event for the sober or faint of heart.
I wonder what unsuspecting European tourists thought when they saw this debacle on wheels. Something along the lines of "Sheisse!" or "Merde...stupide Americains" or "Aye Dios Mio!" would be apt. ( I realize i don't know how to spell curse words in German, French or Spanish--thus i refer to onomonapoeia...which i don't know how to spell either)
I was disappointed to say the least. It was a Frat-tastic parade on way too much alcohol and weed. Debauchery, poor decisions, apathy for your surroundings, selfishness and fun(?).
I gotta say that I hadn't laughed this hard at the misfortune of others in a long time (and i was not beheld to regret laughing either).
I hope it's better next year.
P.S.--Peep the quotes from the distraught Parks & Rec. gal: Pure Gold.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/21/BAJK10PM0S.DTL&hw=bay+to+breakers&sn=003&sc=398
2 comments:
WOW, San Francisco makes New York City look like goddamn Disney World. ha, wish i was there to witness this one...
I peeped this comment to the Bay to Breakers article on the SFGate.com....
haha, so true and i was just a visitor...
TheRobin
5/21/2008 6:35:07 AM
First it was the Castro Halloween, now Bay-to-Breakers. So what is the City going to do now? Outlaw Bay-to-Breakers because large numbers of people are drunk and peeing in public? I live in The Haight, we call that Tuesday (and Wednesday and Thursday and...).
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