#but not San Fran or Frisco

[dirigibleplumbing]

a PSA

no one can stop you from saying "San Fran," but please know that every time a Californian reads it they take 50pts of psychic damage

[romeythehomie]

rewatching death island because i need the jill leon serotonin even though it is kind of not a great movie even by resi standards

[kikoeluademel]

Continuação pt 2

SÃO FRANCISCO

Ficámos um total de 5 dias na Golden City, San Fran, the City by the Bay, Frisco, the Paris of the West, com todas as alcunhas ao nível desta cidade bem cool.

E não só cool da vibe que transmite mas também das temperaturas, que são bastante chilly, sobretudo depois dos desertos, com um nevoeiro quase constante, tão habitual que os são franciscanos o apelidaram de Karl, the fog.

São Francisco é de facto especial, com a icónica Golden Gate Bridge (que só conseguimos ver em 2 dos 5 dias quando o Karl deu tréguas), os típicos elétricos, as casas vitorianas coloridas, as ruas com inclinação +++ (de causar síndrome de atrito do tensor da fáscia lata a qualquer um que se atreva a subi-las - momento nerd, desculpa Pe), a famosa rua aos S Lombard Street, a baía com vista para Alcatraz, a Chinatown, a Japantown, o Mission District com a prevalente comunidade hispânica e os seus fantásticos murais, o Haight com as influências hippies dos anos 60, as ruas de Castro por onde se marcharam pelos direitos civis da comunidade LGBT e o melhor de tudo, uma forte adoração pela gastronomia e dedicação à arte da restauração, aspecto ainda não encontrado em nenhum outro sítio durante a viagem.

Adorámos mesmo esta cidade eclética e gostámos muito da comidinha, o famoso clam showder e as comidas asiáticas que comemos no bairro de Japantown onde estávamos hospedados no belíssimo hotel Majestic.

O nosso quarto, só tenho pena de não ter tirado fotografia a banheira de pés da nossa casa-de-banho majestosa.

Exemplos do Kiko contente por estarmos a comer bem em San Fran.

De destacar em São Francisco:

Fomos ver a restauração em 4k do icónico filme "Thelma & Louise" no não tão menos icónico cinema Castro Theatre. Foi uma experiência deliciosa ver numa sala tão bonita como aquela e repleta de cinéfilos que reagiam entusiasticamente a todas as piadas e cenas épicas do filme.

Fomos visitar a célebre prisão na ilha Alcatraz e foi muito interessante ouvir relatado pelos próprios prisioneiros e pelos guardas da altura como era a vida naquela prisão de alta segurança. O the Rock, como lhe chamavam, para onde eram enviados os mais terríveis criminosos, incluindo os que já tinham feito tentativas de fuga noutras prisões. A experiência incluí entrar dentro das minúsculas celas individuais e ainda mais aterrorizador nas celas da solitária, onde eram mantidos às escuras por dias, semanas e meses os que desobedeciam às regras da prisão. Ficámos também a saber das histórias das tentativas de fuga daquela que era considerada a prisão impossível de fugir, apenas 3 de 27 bem sucedidas, embora o paradeiro desses 3 nunca tenha sido descoberto e seja presumido que morreram afogados no barco que construíram com casacos de chuva que roubaram da lavandaria (fica a dica para verem o filme Escape from Alcatraz que conta a história destes 3 malandros que ficaram para a história que foram os únicos que conseguiram, sem ser detectados, chegar pelo menos às águas gélidas que circundam a ilha e de como executaram a brilhante fuga).

Mudança de planos, aqui no blog e na viagem.

Tínhamos inicialmente planeado visitar a ilha de Maui, no Hawaii, a seguir a São Francisco, plano que decidimos abortar pelos terríveis wildfires da região de Lahaina.

Decidimos então alugar um carro e nos 5 dias em que lá estaríamos descemos a costa de São Francisco até LA, onde passamos por Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, fizemos o Big Sur, ficamos em Santa Barbara e terminámos em Malibu e Venice Beach, novamente - trajecto que vos ia contar já hoje mas entretanto o homem já acordou e está na altura de ir visitar Oahu.

Fica aqui prometido então às 4 pessoas que estão a ler isto que voltarei para vos falar deste trecho da viagem e das duas semanas nas duas ilhas paradisíacas do Hawaii.

Obrigada por estarem desse lado,

os quase-casados-há 1 mês,

Lu e Kiko

[mindvice]

Random Death Island thoughts as I was watching (some spoilers obvi):

- One minute in: "SAN FRAN? FRISCO??? NO ONE CALLS IT THAT"

- Facial expressions are kind of dead :(

- Otherwise Leon looks great as always!

- From what I read on his Twitter, it sounds like this is Matthew Mercer's last Leon project? Love him but being a newer RE fan, Nick Apostolides was my first intro to Leon - so I'm excited to (hopefully) see him in the role again in the future (speaking of, he was nominated for a Horror Game Award for RE4R and people can vote!)

- My brain trying to figure out the whole RE universe timeline when all the characters have aged differently and I haven't finished all of the games: 😵‍💫

- So this takes place after Vendetta? At least Leon looks better/healthier now?

- "We're all dying, how can you be so calm?" "We got Jill" 😭

- "Hey! Uglyy!"???? What kind of writing is this

- Knew it wasn't going to happen, but I was hoping for a Carlos appearance or even just a reference

I wasn't really expecting much but I think it temporarily satisfied my Leon thirst at least 😅 and I guess my money is a good way of telling Capcom, "I like these characters, more please?"

And thoughts from some of the iTunes extras..

“If [RE3R] is what the fans think Jill looks like, then naturally we had to make her look similar in the movie. … In Jill’s character design, because of her exposure to the virus, she ages slower than a normal human. To follow that idea accurately, if you consider that background, her appearance wouldn’t have changed very much because the movie takes place a few years after RE3. I don’t think it’s wrong to assume that. And instead of making her look a certain way, we wanted the viewers to immediately recognize that it was Jill, so we settled on her current design.”

But she doesn’t need to be wearing almost the exact same clothes for people to be able to recognize her?? And yeah they say they greyed her hair a bit and gave her wrinkles, but she even looks kind of younger than before???

Also…

🥵

[deviljho]

re: californian slang, it’s also sooo funny to me when out of state ppl call san francisco “frisco” or even “san fran” like maybe this is just my experience but it’s SF or san francisco those other options are cringe

[tonyglowheart]

in general, I am a firm believer in the No True Scotsman fallacy, i.e. in that I do believe it is a fallacy and trying to no-true-scotsman someone or something is foolish and rhetorically weak; however-- it is also inarguably and unequivocally true that no Actual Californian would say Cali, much the same way that no Actual San Franciscan in this day and age would say Frisco, or, god forbid, San Fran

[stevekiddart]

San Fran 'stang

I will start this post with an apology to any San Franciscans that may bump into this page. As a repeat visitor to San Francisco and working for a firm (yeah, I have a day job) based in Palo Alto I know how annoying it is for people to refer to it as San Fran or Frisco. However, for the title of this painting it just has a better sound to it… “San Francisco Ford Mustang” won’t ever feature as a…

[parhamlegocollection]

@lego @legokinrell @lego_buildergs @life_is_lego @lego.iste @legoarchitecturemoc #lego San Francisco (/ˌsæn frənˈsɪskoʊ/; Spanish for "Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California, with 815,201 residents as of 2021, and covers a land area of 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers), at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include SF, San Fran, The City, Frisco, and Baghdad by the Bay. (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpEGnGZvT4z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rafael-castillo]

booktore by Rafael Castillo

[midshipmank]

well, Deathless Divide just committed the cardinal sin of calling San Francisco “Frisco”

[creativecalifornian]

Remnants of War - Presidio, San Francisco

January 16th, 2021

[lcfthaunted]

only slightly coherent thoughts below

So these are my experiences, corroborated by my mom who grew up in the bay area — slightly different culture but tbh sub/urban california is mostly the same. I know rural cali is Different bc i have passing familiarity with it, but not enough to speak confidently, yk?

Everyone talks about how individualistic US culture is, and like all things, it is dialed up to 11 in LA. There's that post about politeness in ceftain places, and how in big cities like la and nyc, the polite thing is to get your shit and get out. Everyone is pressed for time, so use as little of your fellow human's as possible. That leads to very hyperindividualistic thoughts—don't acknowledge others on the street unless you know them Very Well, don't bother your neighbors, don't impose on anyone, handle it yourself. It's even unintentionally punished to be a team player—if you're not the best on the team, you're not moving up to jv/varsity, even if you're only not the best on the field bc you're being a good Team Player, which encourages self-centered playing—whatever makes *you* look best, regardless of what's actually best for the team. That is a very exploitable thought process, esp for a company like bli who will *happily* fill the void that leaves—don't bother anyone else, just turn to us, we can handle all of your needs, but also compete with your fellow citizens for the best housing, the best tech, the best care. Furthering personal isolation, furthering dependence on the company, furthing.... etc.

there are probably remnants of Valley in the city dialect, esp since Valley was *really* an upper middle/high class dialect before hollywood spread it like a plague. (Hence why it was so prevalent in *hollywood*.) Valley is very degendered—i know there's pushback on dude as a masc term, which is fair and valid, but in the city it was really not a gendered thing. Neither was babe, or bitch. (How often i called boys 'bitch' when they were being bitchy.) Babe for close friends, dude for casual friends and inoffensive strangers, bitch for anyone being an asshole, both (affectionate) and (derogatory). (Is this born in misogyny? Yes probably. We're not here to dissect that.)

The shortening of words to one or two syllables likely also survived—pizza to 'za, san fransisco to san fran or frisco, san diego to dego, the familiarity of nicknames everywhere. (the reason i switched to andi was bc i couldn't outrun my elementary school nick in favor of my 3 syllable given. Best to abandon it altogether.) Full naming things is a sign of either respect or disgust, fully on the delivery, and if you perfect a deadpan, no one can tell which. It's another "Don't take more time than necessary" thing; the quicker you can communicate an idea, the faster you can move on or act on it.

"Like" as a multifunction started here, and most likely survived. (It's a cockroach, not even a nuclear war is gonna kill the multifunctional like.) The terminal uptick probably survived as well, which is not a sign of *questioning* but of *confirming*. It's the Valley equivalent of innit. Sure it's more prevalent among girls, but girls were more likely to be told they're wrong (we're not getting into that here). Continuing the confirmand verbal uptick would probably be a sign of. Respect? Of someone else's position and expertise, to avoid talking over someone who knows better.

all of this together turns into a very isolated, very fast paced, very regimented class society, which sounds *exactly* like something a world-controlling company would encourage. Move out of center city to the slums, maybe the terminal uptick disappears. Further out, words lengthen, even as terminal syllables drop. Further out, more Spanish mixes in, less hyperindividualization. Etc etc. You dont survive the desert as a lone wolf, after all.

Thinking about the very particular culture i grew up in, on the fringes of la county—wildly different from the one i live in now, here in misery—and how that would play into battery city culture

[fitgothgirl]

April 3rd, 2021

Went to Alcatraz today with my boy! Then got lunch at Pier 39 and looked at sea lions. Touristy as hell lol. Then we went to look around at Paxton Gate, and then chilled at Dolores Park for a bit. It was a good, long day out, been a long time since we’ve done something like this. I’ve been missing the city. Also, I got 20,000 steps!

[rekendallflames]

somber san francisco sunsets

[changji]

girl ur my cousin but I cannot claim you ... you say cali when ur from california ... you hate boba ... it’s literally on sight next time I see you

guess i’m never seeing u again 🤡

[the4elementals]

There's nothing better then hitting the city and just hanging out