Oakland is pretty industrial and blue collar. They got the Raiders. We saw the stadium from the train platform when we got to Oakland and Jason booed. It was football opening day so there were groups of Raiders fans all over the place. We stayed in Old Oakland, the old part of downtown Oakland. We saw a pimp try to stomp on a pigeon, but the pigeon got away. We ate at the Pacific Coast Brewery pub. We'd ate there before and our hotel was right next door.
The next day we took the train to San Francisco. It was a beautiful day and we were very happy because the weather report had said it would be raining and we had the Giants game that night. We went to the Pinecrest, my favorite restaurant in San Francisco. I had chocolate chip pancakes. The Zodiac killer ate at the Pinecrest and you can't order your eggs poached because a long time ago the cook there shot a waitress for telling him to poach some eggs. The same old owner man was there with his calculator counting all his money at the counter. Sometimes you got to make sure that things stay the same and the Pinecrest never disappoints.
We walked all around and I bought some moccassins from a boy who loved the Smiths. He told us all about hanging out with his friend Megan and being melancholy. You can't walk around for too long in heels at 25 weeks pregnant I found out. I felt like a little squaw in moccasins. We decided to walk to the ballpark. We stopped at an Irish bar. We've been to the Giants ballpark maybe four times now. You see the big green AT & T letters and the big mitt and Coca Cola bottle and you are very happy to be there. Jason bought a hoodie and a Giants outfit for our baby. The man at the store was very interested in living in Alaska.
We still had a long time before the game so we set around in the sunshine and watched a pelican dive for fish. We went to the Hi Dive bar. We walked back to the ballpark and went in as soon as they opened the gate. It is so much fun to go inside the stadium. I love to see the big green field. Jason drank some beers and we collected all the cups, but could only get two different kinds.
Tim Lincecum had 11 strikeouts! Bengie Molina hit a homerun and Eugenio Velez hit a triple. The Giants won 9-1 against the Rockies. It was a great game. In fact it was game of the day in the paper the next day. Jason got a new work hat. His old hat is the most sweat stained hat anyone has ever seen. We walked all the way back to the train station and had a tired and happy ride back to Oakland.
The next day we spent a couple hours in Berkeley before we had to go back to the airport. We wanted to stay another day, but we did that in Seattle, and you got to go back home sometime. It was hot outside! We ate some breakfast at this nice old place and walked around until we got to the university where there were a million kids and we sat at the fountain and watched them. Then it was time to go home.
What a good time we had in California. The next time we see the Giants, we will have our little baby with us!
