Bay To Breakers

IMG_4530, originally uploaded by davelu37

I totally forgot that it was Bay to Breakers season - the San Francisco "fun run" from the Embarcadero to the Ocean. Of course, I live on the opposite side of America, but it is fun to go through people's photos of the race (NSFW) anyway. If you haven't seen a B2B, then you just haven't experienced a level of drunkenness and extreme male nudity found nowhere else in the States. Which might be fine with you - personally, I could do without the gratuitous male nudity, but I don't make the rules.

Anywho, my favorite parts of the "race" are the continual in-jokes, like groups dressing up in salmon costumes, and starting at the finish line and walking "upstream." Or the ripped Elvis dude on the rooftop. It all makes for very good people watching. It is always interesting what kind of costumes people come up with. The only comparable event here is the Mermaid Parade and the Village Halloween Parade. Except San Francisco's debauchery during Halloween is slightly greater than New York's. But only slightly more.

they bake cookies, originally uploaded by dennis

Check out the Bay to Breakers tag on Flickr for photos, but beware that it is all pretty much not safe for work.

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niklas says:

I'm sure there's a snarky milk-and-cookies comment to be made somewhere, i'm just not going to make it!!

Posted by: niklas at May 17, 2005 7:18 PM #

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