fuse: a martini drinking, smoke filled outing in north beach.

juicing the fredmobile up for a night on the town.
at the controls, there is not a hint of kenny g anymore. instead we now cruise to the beats of jay z, limp bizkit, and the like.
at the corner of a street known for its numerous chinese gang wars.
glittering lights and neon add just the right ambience for the ubiquitious sleaze in north beach.
matt welsh cashing out and taking a smoke. one can only imagine the royalties filling his wells fargo account!
fred wong at the mercy of my camera and missing his days in portland. note the logo. he can't get enough of it! :)
they're blue, they're hip, and they serve strong drinks: fuse.
a round of fuse's signature drink, the in-fused martini.
non-designated driver phil buonadonna chilling out at fuse.
round two: sidecars and a mandarin cosmo. so sweet but yet so powerful...
with so many places to go to, we couldn't stay at fuse all night.
and so we ended up here.
just kidding. we really ended up at the blue bar.
and later, 15 romolo. this woman was chasing some animal around on the street.
the box she used to capture it.
mug shot.
fred wong with his tongue in. random fact: he has the highest alchohol tolerance of anyone i know.
phil buonadonna looking quite pleased after a few drinks.
traditional cosmopolitan as created by the bartender at 15 romolo.
black russian for me. this camera is great. it even accounts for the blurriness of my own vision at the time.
fred wong doing who knows what.
they've apparently crossed that distance threshold where it actually means something.
oooh, fire. good.
matt welsh working the jukebox and playing a song from one of my favorites: björk!
vision failing... mind wandering... progress was limited at that point.
there was lots more to drink though.
but we'd had enough of that and so we ended up at vesuvio.
doing my thing capturing random shots of random people.
phil buonadonna ascending the stairs and looking quite excited about his pint of beer.
my god, i have no idea what my intentions were with this photo.
even more drinks. glad i wasn't the one driving!
an introspective phil buonadonna. just what is my purpose on this here earth!?
this beer sort of resembles gift wrapping.
i don't recall taking this photo. hmm...
and rounding out our collection of drinks.
some guy bumming a smoke off matt i presume.
phil made me take this photo. jack kerouac street.
i devoured this food at sun hong kong.
fred and matt chatting and planning our next adventure!
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