Back in the USSA
This weekend a friend of mine is coming to town. He's a guy I met through work and he will be helping out with some trianing here during the week. I'm taking it upon myself to show him around Central California and Fresno, such that it is. This is his first trip to the states. It's a shame that it has to e to Fresno. Although, we will be hitting San Fran up on Sunday.
What I'm looking to do is give him as close to a purely American Experience as I can while visiting our fair country. Being an American though, it's difficult to really understands what that means. My friend Blair, currently in Madrid studying, would understand what that means as he recognizes his AMERICANNESS through is experiences abroad. But when you come back, and EVERYTHING is American, how do you convey that, and let people know it ain't such a bad thing and can actually be fun?
So I'm looking for help. There's 2 stages here: while we're in San Fran and the evenings in Fresno.
Stage 1
He wants to do Alcatraz. That's how we picked San Fran. If he were completely indifferent, I would have picked LA because I know that area. I don't know San Francisco. I'd feel more comfortable showing him around Chicago than San Fran. Obviously with Alcatraz, you get to see Fisherman's Warf. I've been to teh downtown area ont eh weekend. Not all that exciting. So if anyone has tips on what to do with a day trip to San Fran, I'm all ears.
Stage 2
Firstly, the thing we MUST do. We're going to Hooters, preferably on a night when there's a good baseball match-up. Even more preferably when it's a deciding Game 5 in one of the opening series. He's already said that he must see a movie. We're going to take him to Team America when it opens on Friday (fear not Blair, I'm taking my camcorder and you'll be getting a bootleg). I'm also going to take him to a local sports bar on Monday so he can see Monday Night Football. But what else? Fresno is limited, so keep that in mind. It has to be something that you can only do in the States. An In and Out burger, obviously. But do we go to Denny's or IHOP? A Friday's or Appleby's (niether place, by the way, I'd go to on my own)? A steak house? He's a tech geek, so I already know he wants to see Best Buy. But what about Target? I'm not going to Wal-Mart, becasue we actually want him to come back.
Anyway, that's what I'm doing this weekend and all next week. Suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Smart-ass comments are neither welcome nor appreciated. Wankers.
Reason #492 not to vote for W: He'd take visitors to Wal-Mart and make them watch NASCAR.
What I'm looking to do is give him as close to a purely American Experience as I can while visiting our fair country. Being an American though, it's difficult to really understands what that means. My friend Blair, currently in Madrid studying, would understand what that means as he recognizes his AMERICANNESS through is experiences abroad. But when you come back, and EVERYTHING is American, how do you convey that, and let people know it ain't such a bad thing and can actually be fun?
So I'm looking for help. There's 2 stages here: while we're in San Fran and the evenings in Fresno.
Stage 1
He wants to do Alcatraz. That's how we picked San Fran. If he were completely indifferent, I would have picked LA because I know that area. I don't know San Francisco. I'd feel more comfortable showing him around Chicago than San Fran. Obviously with Alcatraz, you get to see Fisherman's Warf. I've been to teh downtown area ont eh weekend. Not all that exciting. So if anyone has tips on what to do with a day trip to San Fran, I'm all ears.
Stage 2
Firstly, the thing we MUST do. We're going to Hooters, preferably on a night when there's a good baseball match-up. Even more preferably when it's a deciding Game 5 in one of the opening series. He's already said that he must see a movie. We're going to take him to Team America when it opens on Friday (fear not Blair, I'm taking my camcorder and you'll be getting a bootleg). I'm also going to take him to a local sports bar on Monday so he can see Monday Night Football. But what else? Fresno is limited, so keep that in mind. It has to be something that you can only do in the States. An In and Out burger, obviously. But do we go to Denny's or IHOP? A Friday's or Appleby's (niether place, by the way, I'd go to on my own)? A steak house? He's a tech geek, so I already know he wants to see Best Buy. But what about Target? I'm not going to Wal-Mart, becasue we actually want him to come back.
Anyway, that's what I'm doing this weekend and all next week. Suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Smart-ass comments are neither welcome nor appreciated. Wankers.
Reason #492 not to vote for W: He'd take visitors to Wal-Mart and make them watch NASCAR.
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