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Indian Ice Cream?

While walking in the Mission today, my sister and I stumbled upon Bombay Ice Creamery, a little ice cream shop situated beside an Indian/ethnic grocery store. At first we were in a bit of disbelief over Indian ice cream, but nevertheless we went in to poke around the shop a bit.

There were some standard flavors (Chocolate, vanilla, etc.), but there were also very exotic flavors such as lassi and Indian food-inspired flavors. At the moment, I can’t name many of the flavors off the top of my head, but I know I wanted to try some. Unfortunately, my sister and I had some huge burritos (at El Buen Sabor), and she advised that it probably was not wise to mix Mexican fare with Indian desserts.

So very true, so very true. Next time, Bombay, next time.

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Interesting Facts about San Francisco

Since the hot dog carts are “buddies” with the people who own the double-decker tour buses in front of Macy’s, I was able to score free passes for me and my sister today to tour a bit of the city.

Riding the tour bus made me feel a little strange, yet also more appreciative of San Francisco. I actually learned a bit of facts/history of the city that I hadn’t really known before; here are a few tidbits that I can remember:

– North Point Street used to be the northernmost point in San Francisco; Beach/Jefferson blocks were built upon landfill.

– The Marina is built all upon landfill, which means, during earthquakes, the ground there is least stable; becomes “like quicksand”.

– Pacific Heights is the most expensive neighborhood in the city.

– Cow Hollow used to actually have a lot of cows/farms there until all the “rich people” demanded that the farms be removed from the city (way back when).

– Only one cemetery exists in San Francisco (San Francisco National Cemetery); most San Franciscans graves are located in Colma, a small town in the South Bay.

I’m trying to rack my brain for more facts, but unfortunately have forgotten a lot. It was nice to see more of the northwestern part of the city (Marina/Cow Hollow/Presidio); these were areas I hadn’t really had much chance to check out just yet.

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Tapioca Tea at Golden Deer Restaurant.

In my epic quest to find the best tapioca tea out here in San Francisco/California, today my sister and I stopped in at a Vietnamese restaurant called Golden Deer in the Richmond district.

They had tapioca tea of course, and I decided I would try their red bean flavor. The tea came in a cute parfait glass with shredded ice on top; the bottom half of the drink was still warm (I’m guessing from the machine).

At first taste, I liked the red bean flavor, but after drinking the whole glass, I realized the tea was a bit too sweet. My sister tried the coconut flavor; it had a very authentic coconut flavor, but it too was a bit too sweet for us.

I guess if I were to give the tea/the restaurant a rating, I would say it was a 3/5. Not horrible, but not the best either.

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Untitled.

Dear XX,

To be used for someone else’s own selfish purposes is the worst feeling to ever have. I hope you will understand this feeling one day.

– me

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Memorial Day: Business slow? Economy?

Business was rather slow today despite the fact that it was Memorial Day. Both at the Wharf and down at Union Square, business was really lagging and it seemed like not many people were out. My boss was thinking that it could have been the gloomy/cloudy weather, or people weren’t really shopping due to the slow economy.

This also brings me to a strange tangent: why is it that there are ALWAYS store sales on all major holidays? Even on the holidays honoring people in the military (Memorial Day, Veterans’ Day, etc.)? It’s so odd–one of my friends put it a good way:

“Why are we saying ‘let’s honor our fallen soldiers’ by going out and shopping?!”

It’s so true, though; has our society really become so commercialized that all holidays are just merely excuses for sales now?