
Ah yes, another one is upon us.
I had to work day shift (6 am-5 pm) this weekend and it was not a pleasant experience. I usually get up between 10 am and noon, so the 4 am alarm was pretty foul. It reminded me of my old flight attendant days when you'd wake up at 1 am in London or Seoul and not be able to get back to sleep even though you had a 7 am departure from the hotel.
Saturday night, I went to a birthday party for my friend Nick. We had unimpressive Chinese food in the Castro and then went bar hopping for a bit. Is it me or has the Pilsner died in recent years? I remember a few years ago, the Pilsner had some decent looking guys and a decent sized crowd. These days, it seems like a ghost town and the guys that are present aren't cute at all. After reading through some stuff on the internet, I guess the bar is attracting more lesbians these days. I love the girls, but it always provides for the inevitable dyke/homo gay bar conflict. The gay men look at the pool table as a great resting pad after standing and modeling for an hour or so. The pool table allows you to sit and model. The ultimate in gay laziness. However, a group of lesbians usually come along and say, "Hey, we want to play pool!" So the gays begrudgingly give up the table and stand up. What they fail to realize is, they can't just stand up and continue to occupy space by the table because the lesbians must now engage in their Las Vegas Pool tournament antics of getting every shot in at the perfect angle. They break and then start to occupy the entire area around the table while positioning for their shots. As a gay man who has little interest in play pool, I must admit, the lesbians annoy me when they do this. In a crowded bar with little room to move, why must we endure the constant "Excuse me, I need to make my shot!" poking. Then again, I'm sure they're very much annoyed by us as well.
So it is now Monday and I have the next few days free off. I slept in until 11 am this morning and I feel like a new man. The rain has disappeared as well and spring is here. Something to celebrate for sure.
Cuidate.
That would explain why when I was in SF over NYE weekend there was no one around at the Pilsner. I thought it was just an off night, I guess not. I think overall the mass exodus from SF has left the bar crowd a little ... well 'changed'. :-)
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