San Francisco's AMAZING

So catching the Greyhound from Downtown LA (not a place you want to be at 1am in the morning!) I pretty much fell asleep and woke up at 9am in SanFran. Instantly I fell in love with the city.. So much Culture, Architecture, nice people who aren't snobs... the city had such a strong 'feel' to it, something that LA really doesn't have, with its basic square buildings all spread out. Union Square is perfect for shoppin since everything is right there, and the square itself totally reminds me of Trafalgar Square. The city was bustling with tourists since it was the weekend, was interesting to hear so many British accents again! So I shopped my ass off, wandered all around downtown, saw a rather enlightenin store opening for the first H&M on the West Coast(!), experienced the SanFran hilly tram rides, checked out the beautiful Bay from Fisherman's Wharf and of course walked along the Golden Gate Bridge.


Downtown SanFrancisco from the coach


Gets me everywhere!


Instantly loved the 'feel' of this city...


Grand opening of the first H&M on the West Coast.. the queue went around like 4 blocks! No lie.. there was security all over the streets of downtown SanFran controlling the crowds as though it was a riot! haha! It's only Hennes guys!


Kiddy performers in Union Square...


Artwork Exhibition in the Square..


Union Square is surrounded by all the major shops..


Yep those are shoppin bags in my hand.. the downfall begins..! haha


Reminded me a lot of one of my favourite chillin' spots in London.. Trafalgar Square..


Need to rest after all that shoppin..


They might not be road-worthy, but u gotta risk it and ride the historic cable cars!


Out on Hyde St Pier at Fishermans Wharf


Alcatraz.. less than two miles from land, but with rip tide currents, no escaped prisoner ever managed to survive the swim!


Out by the beautiful Bay view


Peering at the bay...

Retired to a basic hostel for the night. On Sunday, after a lil more morning shopping.. I'm walking along on the street and low and behold, I see Simi and Aby from MedSchool back in London. They were in Chicago but then came up to SanFran for the weekend to check the place out! Was bizarre! We ate at the top of Macy's in The Cheesecake Factory and then I headed up to the Palace of Fine Arts to see if I could somehow work a miracle to get tickets for the completly sold out SanFrancisco HipHop Festival. Just before giving up, I manage to hook up two PERFECT front centre seats for a knockout cheap price and just as the show is starting, Anni (who just drove down from Santa Rosa) walks into the building.. so we head off to enjoy the show... BREATHTAKING. I came to finally watch two groups perform live: Gen Two and Funkanometry SanFran - neither failed to meet expectations! But it didnt stop there, we didnt realise that Eric Fenn (the mentor of my dance mentor) was performing with his company 'Loose Change' - can't EVEN begin to describe how visually stunning it was. Then 'Mop Top' from New York performed, featuring the FLAWLESS Terry Wright, albeit lookin Very Different! And there was a ridiculously creative solo artist from NY with a piece called 'RoboCop'.. i ordered the DVD.. u GOTTA come see it when i get it!! Got to hang and chat with some Choreographer's i've admired for so long afterwards, including Shaun from GenTwo and a whole bunch of peeps from Funkanometry recognised me and my famed BackPack from when I auditioned with them down in SanDiego! haha! Was SUCH a brilliant event!

Drove around downtown getting lost until me and anni eventually found a decent cheap hotel and then drove around almost another hour tryin to find parking on the crazy hills of SanFrancisco! Ate at another awesome diner - we need more of these back home!! - and then got a few hours sleep before hoppin on a Greyhound back to LA....

All in all.. i LOVE the city of SanFrancisco, could totally live there one day and my time at the SF HipHop Festival was just mesmerising!

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