I took about 140 photos while I was down in San Fran. Since buying film hasn’t been an issue for many years now (because of digital cameras) it’s cheap and fun to snap basically anything you see and then delete the the images that look lame. We ended up walking around San Francisco 1 day from our hotel to China Town to Little Italy, up to Telegraph hill down to the piers and back to our hotel. The walk took a good 4 hours or maybe a bit longer (at least 5 miles of walking). Below are some of the shots I took. Some shots are of the affiliate dinner as well. The guy below “New York Tony” who was from San Diego kept us laughing for hours, one hell of a funny guy.

Enjoy the photos..

New York Tony and his wife from San Diego

New York Tony and his wife from San Diego

Tom a local artist

New York Tony’s wife and another affiliate from Calgary

San Francisco walking around shots:

crusty local smoker in San Fran

shot of Bay bridge from  near Telegraph Hill, San Fran

China Town, S.F.

Starbucks fiend?

Little Italy, San Francisco

“No pictures please”, probably hiding from FBI?

9-11 Memorial flag in China town

Oops!

walkerbys near Pier 9

On the ferry to Alcatraz

Shot of San Fran from ferry

China town, local resident

Alcatraz cells

closeup of plant near Telegraph Hill

closeup of flower near Telegraph Hill

closeup of really cool flower near Telegraph Hill

San Francisco was a hell of a time. The trip started off warm (20 c), by the end of the trip the weather was just as cold as Vancouver. The weather in S.F. is known from changing drastically from day to day, cold to hot and back and forth.

We met a ton of cool people  from all over the USA, quite a few from Canada, and other affiliates from France and Germany. These were all the top affiliates and it was interesting to see how they promote and market the same products that I do.

We ended drinking way too much and eating too much, and I guess that was the fun of it. I took a ton of photos of S.F. and a few of the guys we met down there.

Now I’m back in rainy, dreary Vancouver blogging from Waves coffee on Commercial Drive in East Vancouver.

I leave for 3 days and now I have all this sh*t to do:

• final closing of Port Coquitlam condo, sign lawyers papers etc..
• go exchange American money at the currency exchange (get 3 cents more per dollar that way).
• inspection of 2nd condo in Burnaby tomorrow morning at 10 am.

On a little side note. With all the gloomy news it’s hard to remain positive, but fear is the biggest obstacle that makes us do stupid things. I for one am not going to be a p*ssy and fall victim to the media hype. Yes the economy is going down. Even a year ago the news was bright lights and smiles, at least in Canada it was and now we are down in the dumps. The rough times will pass, use this is an opportunity if you can.

If you have your health , your job and a roof over your head then keep smiling.  Don’t let the media get you down, think of the good points, cheap gas, cheaper housing prices, more deals at the mall.

I took a bunch of photos while in San Fran, here a few of them for now..

shot of California from plane

shot of San Francisco from plane

shot of San Francisco from plane

shot of San Francisco from plane

shot of San Francisco freeway

shot of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge

shot of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge

Happy traveler

shot of  convertible trolley in downtown San Francisco

shot of Alcatraz

mob guy locked up

shot of San Fran from ferry

This part 1 of my San Francisco photos, more to come…..

Yesterday we got into S.F at about 4:30 pm, and then we were driven to the hotel where we met our affiliate managers in the lobby. All the affiliate managewrs were pretty cool. After going upstairs to change we went for a cocktail dinner, where I got pretty damn hammered. I ended up drinking about 8 Disaronno and orange juice mixed drinks. Those Disaronno drinks were amazing, fruity yet powerful at the same time. We headed back to the hotel at about 10:00 pm, while most affiliates went clubbing until 2 am.

At the moment I am dealing with a hangover and a cold which kinda sucks but oh well. Today we go for a full 1 hour massage which should be a great way to relax and chill out. Tonight we have another dinner where we will drink some more, meet more affiliates and eat. Anyways I’m gonna go sit down, I hate typing while standing up.

Ciao,
C.V