December 14, 2002

Night on the town

Last night was the Microsoft holiday party. The party was scheduled to be on a boat, the San Francisco Belle, which would leave port at 8 PM and return just before midnight.

Except that the weather yesterday was terrible. We left the house at about 5 PM, and it took almost an hour and forty-five minutes to make it to the city. We checked into our hotel, changed, and then wound up having to walk to the boat in order to make it on time. Now, the pier wasn't very far -- but boy, was it wet. We made it, looking mostly like drowned rats, and were immediately accosted by the photographers asking, "Want your picture taken?"

As it turned out, the boat never left the dock -- they decided that the weather was too rough. It was plenty rough just sitting in the dock.

The party was fun, despite the rocking boat. We left around 11:30 and walked back to our hotel (it wasn't raining by that time) and turned in for the night. Our room had a wonderful view of the bay.

We got up this morning, enjoyed brunch in the hotel restaurant, and then wandered around the Embarcadero Center for a bit. We ended up at the Landmark Theatre and watched "Bowling For Columbine". The film was really good, and really disturbing. It opens with Michael Moore applying for a bank account at a bank in Michigan where you get a free rifle when you open an account. Yes, they keep rifles in the bank. Stunning... Definitely worth seeing.

Posted by Mike at December 14, 2002 08:53 PM