San Francisco

Team Feth has officially landed back in the foggy city with the big red bridge by the bay - SAN FRANCISCO! It's so crazy to believe that it was over one year ago that we were walking around this insanely pedestrian friendly town full of yuppies and hippies. 

We drove up from San Jose yesterday afternoon and to our delight we were quickly reminded of 'the city' while viewing puffy white waves of fog rolling over the hills along Interstate 280. The enchanting clouds pointed the way north until we were finally enveloped within their moist cold air. Nothing says welcome to summer in San Francisco like the bitter cold!

As we ventured through the city, making our way to a friends house we’ll be staying at for the next few weeks, we noticed everyone was layered up in warm jackets and hats. Such a contrast from sunny San Jose! But I guess that’s the sacrifice one makes for living in such a cool city. Although, it will take us a while to adjust to the climate once again. Mark Twain had it spot on when he noted, “the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

Speaking of that quote, it got me wondering a bit. Most folks have heard of that statement by Mark Twain about San Francisco but what sort of information is out there about SF and Chuck Norris?

Well, I didn’t come across much, other than this little nugget of knowledge:

Chuck Norris made a guest appearance in a film called Slaughter in San Francisco where he plays a guy called Mr. Bigshot who helps out a kung fu mastermind who recently got kicked off the SF police force for killing some guy. The reviews on-line about this movie are hilarious, 'its so bad it's good!' It apparently is horribly dubbed over making it seem like one of those old kung fu movies. Sounds intriguing doesn't it!?

I have to admit the lack of juicy information on the internet about Chuck Norris and San Francisco was a bit disappointing. So my mind continued to wonder and ended up with fun and interesting nuggets of goodness about the great city we have just returned to.....SF:

There is an ordinance in SF which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti

San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monuments

SF is home to the largest Chinese community in the world outside of China

Irish coffee was invented in SF yum!

Well it is good to be back in the city we once called home over one year ago. Whether we will continue to call this our home only time will tell but until then we will enjoy all of the fun and flavor this vibrant place has to offer! Good to be back :)