The Giants!!!

Even though I am not the biggest fan of sports (understatement of the century), I had to watch the World Series opener – Giants v. Rangers.

I was supposed to meet up with Garrett, Kay’s brother, in the Marina, but the sports bar he chose was packed to the gills with fans and I was not about to stand in the line waiting for drunkards to leave.

So, goodbye to Greens it was and on to Bullitt next door. It was just as packed and smushed, but at least we got in. Just in time to see Juan Uribe hit it out of the park in the 5th inning! M was pretty excited as the entire bar started chanting “Let’s go Giants!”

But baseball is a long game and stomachs are made for getting hungry. M insisted he was full from a hot dog he had earlier, but I think he was secretly nervous about the Giants and lost his appetite. I had no such qualms however and Thai is was.

My appetizer was the papaya salad. I love papaya salad and used to get it from Thai Stick all the time. This salad was better. Still not great, but pretty good. I actually hate shrimp though so sadly dumped all those luscious babies in the corner. The dish was sizeable, but I was just starting.

Pad Thai finished me off. Literally. The waiter was kind enough to offer me the options of fried or soft tofu when I told him I was a vegetarian and wanted a veggie entree. I didn’t know soft tofu would make the entire dish look like barf though. Or mess with the consistency. Let’s just say it wasn’t the best Pad Thai I’ve ever had. Not bad. Just not that good. However, whether it was because M was fiercely concentrating on the game brightly displayed on the TV screen in the restaurant, or because I was weirdly starving, I managed to eat all but a third of the entire dish. By myself.

I think the waiter was impressed.

The night was still young though. Like I said, baseball is a very long game. We decided to go back down the street and see whether we could get into Greens. Nope. So we went to The Royal Oak, next door to Bullitt.

It was here we witnessed the final moments of the game when the Giants totally choked, but still won because they had such a ridiculous lead. Awesome.

Makes me proud to be a San Franciscan.

xoxo,

Jenn