Farewell San Fransisco. After my day of recovery I got back on the horse with Rob and Kat for a Japanese dinner at Sushi Ran. We ate at the bar with running commentary by Christian, a bartender. Rob, our couchsurfing host has been coming here for thirteen years and is known by all the staff. We ended up drinking two kinds of sake, unfiltered nigori and top shelf Onikaroshi Black. The food was excellent. Rob was generous beyond comment and picked up the bill. At the bar we met another Sushi Ran regular, friend of Rob and owner of The Plant recording studio. We were promised a tour the next day. Then it was back to the home theatre for port and an Australian film featuring a young Russel Crowe titled Proof.
We left for The Plant in the morning and were lucky enough to arrived during down time. We were given a tour of studio's A and B, the later virtually untouched since the seventies. It features psychedelic tapestries and mirrors on its walls and a beautiful old Neve console. Fleetwood Mack, The Grateful Dead, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews, Little Feat, Metallica and New Riders of the Purple Sage have all recorded there.
Rob lent me his GPS to wander around with. It's Fun.
We Boarded the Ferry to San Fransisco soon after, floating past Alcatraz, and arrived at the wharf around midday. I dragged Kat to the Frida Kahlo retrospective at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and she actually enjoyed it.
This is a street performer/artist who works near the Sausalito Ferry Wharf. He balances stones without any glue or support.
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