The 40th Birthday
Saturday May 29th 2004
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Last Saturday night we set out to celebrate the 40th Birthday of my second favourite Frenchman, Sylvain D. We started out at Cafe Bastille on Belden Lane where we had a long outside table with about 20 people sitting down for dinner, including Sylvain's parents, visiting from France. As the sun slowly set we enjoyed good food, lively conversation and excellent wine. The meal was wonderful and we were well looked after by the restaurant's generous patron, Olivier, and Julie the patient and efficient waitress. Sylvain kindly suprised us by declaring l'addition had been taken care of. I was speechless:Merci beaucoup Sylvain!
The Alessi Decanter and glasses Fred and I bought Sylvain for his birthday present:
By 10pm our trolley bus was waiting for us at the end of the alley to take us on a 'club-crawl' of san francisco. The bus was equipped with a large bucket of ice, perfect for housing the many bottles of champagne we had bought with us for the journey. We boarded the bus and started pouring the bubbly. Everyone was in an excitable mood as we set off in the direction of China Basin. Passing SBC Park, the baseball park perced on the edge of the Bay, a huge firework display started over the water. It was apt timing... beautiful, sparkling explosions in honour of our Birthday Boy.
First stop was Sno Drift where we danced and drank a while and picked up some more passengers for the next stage of our bus ride. We jiggled through the streets of San Francisco, toasting, and screaming at anyone we saw on the street. Whilst some people, their expressions aghast, didn't quite know what to make of us, others responded with whistles, waves and cheers.
After stopping at the Monkey Club, somewhere in the Mission and adding even more strangers to our entourage, we finally took the last part of our journey to Belden Alley for a night cap at Voda.
Merci, encore, Sylvain pour la bonne fete!
Joyeaux Anniversaire.
Last Saturday night we set out to celebrate the 40th Birthday of my second favourite Frenchman, Sylvain D. We started out at Cafe Bastille on Belden Lane where we had a long outside table with about 20 people sitting down for dinner, including Sylvain's parents, visiting from France. As the sun slowly set we enjoyed good food, lively conversation and excellent wine. The meal was wonderful and we were well looked after by the restaurant's generous patron, Olivier, and Julie the patient and efficient waitress. Sylvain kindly suprised us by declaring l'addition had been taken care of. I was speechless:Merci beaucoup Sylvain!
The Alessi Decanter and glasses Fred and I bought Sylvain for his birthday present:
By 10pm our trolley bus was waiting for us at the end of the alley to take us on a 'club-crawl' of san francisco. The bus was equipped with a large bucket of ice, perfect for housing the many bottles of champagne we had bought with us for the journey. We boarded the bus and started pouring the bubbly. Everyone was in an excitable mood as we set off in the direction of China Basin. Passing SBC Park, the baseball park perced on the edge of the Bay, a huge firework display started over the water. It was apt timing... beautiful, sparkling explosions in honour of our Birthday Boy.
First stop was Sno Drift where we danced and drank a while and picked up some more passengers for the next stage of our bus ride. We jiggled through the streets of San Francisco, toasting, and screaming at anyone we saw on the street. Whilst some people, their expressions aghast, didn't quite know what to make of us, others responded with whistles, waves and cheers.
After stopping at the Monkey Club, somewhere in the Mission and adding even more strangers to our entourage, we finally took the last part of our journey to Belden Alley for a night cap at Voda.
Merci, encore, Sylvain pour la bonne fete!
Joyeaux Anniversaire.
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