days 9 & 10

DAY 9

Up and out by 1pm….how early??? Well not bad for us!!walked down to the Embarcadero to see the Olympic Torch. There were 1000’s of people out, most of them protesting about something. ‘free tibet’ is one I can remember. ‘welcome torch’ another. Loads of banners and flags…..we got lost in the masses but I hung around to see the flame (.like I’d never seen a bloody flame before eh?). there were tv crews out, Chinese dragons, a bus full of cops piled out of a bus, live band playing and lots of yelling and shouting! Anyhow, the torch never did turn up and I think they were worried about trouble kicking off.

Went back to the hotel and mrs. T wasn’t there, luckily a maid was on our floor and kindly let me in my room (we only had 1 key). Minutes later she came in ( mrs T , not the maid!! Haha) and lay on the bed exhausted. She’s not well at all. Wandered out for a bite to eat and starbucks hot choc, we were only out half an hour, mrs was tired so we came home and watched the news. The torch had changed route cos of the protesrors and where we were for the closing ceremony, well it never did get there.!! Think they did it at the airport. It was a shame as there were people there who’d gone to SF specifically to see the flame.

Mrs t slept so I hopped on a cable car (luv ‘em) to Chinatown, had a drink (or two), walked down Broadway to Embarcadero ( clean up operation almost done), up market street calling in sutter station of course ( be rude not to) and asked for that SF beer I’d had the other day but didn’t know wot it was called? Got the MUNI to somewhere….???? Church something I think? Had a drink and headed back towards union sq. ending up at …yes, u guessed, the irish pub, downstairs with the piano players.

On the way home there were lots of beggers so I gave all my cigs away and had to buy some more. Bed about midnight…..

DAY 10

Mrs T felt a bit better today and we went to internet café to check-in online for our flight to vegas tomorrow and printed off our boarding cards.

Had a good look round the shops, SAKS, Tiffanys, etc.and went down that little lane off U Sq. is it maids lane??

Ate at Loris Diner, the 50’s themed café. It was like being in “The Fonz”…..happy days haha. We liked it there and the meal was good and very cheap. 2 meals, 2 drinks $17.90. how much!!!???

The cable cars are broken down today, so we looked round more shops and bought more stuff.

Called in Armani and there was a fashion show on for the new seasons styles. A DJ on the decks, a bar, stunning lasses with trays of nibbles and wine ( in plastic Armani glasses which I fancied……yes the glasses AND the lasses haha).

The staff were great and really looked after us, it was like having a personal shopper!! Had more wine and drank mrs T’s too as she’s still not boozing…..

Tried loads of stuff on and they had male models on a stage showing off the clothes, I’d always fancied myself as a model and as the wine went down…….

We were there about 3 hours and bought quite a lot of stuff and got 2 free bags given. More wine and nibbles then I dunno wot happened but I think a song I liked started playing and I thought I can model!!! Spur of the moment I decided to jump on the stage and strike a pose, so dropped bags on the floor and lunged for the stage ( u should’ve seen the models’ faces….sheer horror!! LOL). but as I lunged, my foot got caught in the strap of a bag, my lunge turned into a plunge but I kept going…..the bag popped open and at least 14 plastic glasses (yes I’d been popping every plastic glass in my bag as I’d drank it, well they were just gonna be thrown out anyway) went skidding across the floor…..the camcorder skidded off in another direction and other bits (bottle water, maps etc.) flopped onto the floor. Yet I still made the stage and jumped up, struck a few poses, the models didn’t know how to react, mrs. T was struggling with 4 bags (one with contents all over the place) trying to recover things. the whole shop stopped still to look and try to work out what the heck was happening. A woman came running over yelling “sir, sir you must get down” so I did. It was all a bit of a blur really it happened so fast, but it wasn;t the way I’d expected my modelling career to begin (and end)…..

We left shortly afterwards only to discover that although she’d recovered the camcorder mrs. T hadn’t managed to get the glasses……I was devastated.

I can’t even remember what we did after todays pantomime……..

Oh well vegas tomorrow.

Ps; Mrs T picked up a bit in vegas ( due to oxygen pumped into casinos?) but back home she relapsed. Went to doc’s and was diagnosed with pleurisy.

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Every since I visited San Francisco last June, I like to lurk on occasion on this forum and read about other people%26#39;s planned trips and their trip reports. Your%26#39;s have certainly been interesting to say the least. :-)I wish I could have been present when you tried to model. I%26#39;ve been LMAO at the mental picture I%26#39;ve conjourned up.... Vegas has no idea what it is in for! Happy travels!

P.S. Mrs. T must be a heck of a sport!! I hope she feels better soon!!

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You didn%26#39;t even bring one plastic Armani cup home? Oh, what a shame.

Goodness! I hope Mrs. T. has recovered. I%26#39;ve never known anyone with pleurisy. I must admit that I had to look it up online. It sounded like an ';old'; disease, like consumption.

Sounds painful.

I%26#39;m one of those people who catches everything. I%26#39;ve always said that if I were a character in Whuthering Heights, I%26#39;d be one of the neighbors who coughs in chapter three and is dead by chapter four.

Fun, fun, fun in San Francisco, thanks for the updates on your travels, they have been entertaining and enjoyable to ready! :)

tomthecat said «the Embarcadero to see the Olympic Torch. There were 1000’s of people out»

I among them.

«maids lane??»

Maiden Lane.

«[Mrs.T] was diagnosed with pleurisy.»

My condolences. May she recover quickly!

%26gt;%26gt; walked down to the Embarcadero to see the Olympic Torch ... we got lost in the masses but I hung around to see the flame (.like I’d never seen a bloody flame before eh?). %26lt;%26lt;

Boom-boom!

%26gt;%26gt; Ate at Loris Diner, the 50’s themed café. It was like being in “The Fonz”…..happy days haha %26lt;%26lt;

Spot-on!

%26gt;%26gt; The cable cars are broken down today %26lt;%26lt;

Oh what a shame, because you %26#39;luv %26#39;em%26#39;, dontcha?!

%26gt;%26gt; Called in Armani and there was a fashion show on .... wine and nibbles then I dunno wot happened but I think a song I liked started playing and I thought I can model!!! ... It was all a bit of a blur really it happened so fast, but it wasn%26#39;t the way I’d expected my modelling career to begin (and end)…..%26lt;%26lt;

What a visual! I bet you%26#39;ll be the talk of that shop for years to come ;-)

Loved every one of your reports. Thanks very much for posting.

oh, you%26#39;re one of those peeps...

would have loved to have witnessed your modeling debut.

luving your posts, keeping me completely entertained.

thanks for the fun. oh, your pics are great too!

can%26#39;t wait to see what happens in vegas. hopefully with you there, what happens in vegas will not stay in vegas.

hope mrs t.%26#39;s health is much improved.

tomthecat this has to be one of the most unique trip reports I%26#39;ve ever seen!!! Is Mrs. tom better, how horrible she has been so sick there. Another question..have you been sober during any of this trip lol lol Thanks for the entertainment!!

yes , i think i was sober one day!!! but unsure about that!

follow our TR on thr las vegas forum now....(if u can be bothered haha!)