Comments on: Juan Enriquez: Economics and the Big Reboot http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2009/02/19/juan-enriquez-economics-and-the-big-reboot/ A dissident twist of reality... Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Xman http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2009/02/19/juan-enriquez-economics-and-the-big-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-34106 Xman Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:48:44 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-34106 Fortunately for me, I have continued to go there through the years and so the transition was not so abrupt. I have run a few Bay to Breakers, some California Miles and a bunch of Takara Cable Car Chases...plus a bunch of others I can't remember..oh yeah, half marathon, etc. May last B to B I stopped in at a corner store 1/2 way up Hays Street Hill and got a beer for the rest of the run and my last TCCC, I passed out 3/4 way up California and fell into the gutter...but managed to awake, finish and party at the finish, the Tiako Drummers, etc. Funny, you don't realise how much life you have tied up in something until you think about it. I haven't even started talking about the bars yet..... Fortunately for me, I have continued to go there through the years and so the transition was not so abrupt. I have run a few Bay to Breakers, some California Miles and a bunch of Takara Cable Car Chases…plus a bunch of others I can’t remember..oh yeah, half marathon, etc.
May last B to B I stopped in at a corner store 1/2 way up Hays Street Hill and got a beer for the rest of the run and my last TCCC, I passed out 3/4 way up California and fell into the gutter…but managed to awake, finish and party at the finish, the Tiako Drummers, etc.
Funny, you don’t realise how much life you have tied up in something until you think about it.
I haven’t even started talking about the bars yet…..

]]> By: pelmo http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2009/02/19/juan-enriquez-economics-and-the-big-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-34079 pelmo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:45:26 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-34079 Thanks for info on the Blue Fox. Like you I couldn't afford a place like that. You nailed the description of the old China Town, it was like being in Singapore. There were so many places that tourists would not go, because it was off the beaten track, and the food and people were the genuine thing. I made a fatal mistake when I went back there some nine years ago. I was expecting to find a bit of that magic that I experienced all those years ago. It is hard to explain to people who had not experienced Frisco back in those days, how it really was. It was a special time that can never be recreated. You just had to be there. The real China Town and Fisherman's Wharf, and not the plastic tourist traps they are today. The mixture of flower children, war protesters, servicemen by the thousands, bikers, and all those topless joints. That's why it is so nice to talk to you since you do understand what a wild and crazy time it was. So enjoy yourself when you go back, and don't let the new spoil all those fond memories you have. Thanks for info on the Blue Fox. Like you I couldn’t afford a place like that. You nailed the description of the old China Town, it was like being in Singapore. There were so many places that tourists would not go, because it was off the beaten track, and the food and people were the genuine thing.

I made a fatal mistake when I went back there some nine years ago. I was expecting to find a bit of that magic that I experienced all those years ago.

It is hard to explain to people who had not experienced Frisco back in those days, how it really was. It was a special time that can never be recreated. You just had to be there.

The real China Town and Fisherman’s Wharf, and not the plastic tourist traps they are today. The mixture of flower children, war protesters, servicemen by the thousands, bikers, and all those topless joints.

That’s why it is so nice to talk to you since you do understand what a wild and crazy time it was. So enjoy yourself when you go back, and don’t let the new spoil all those fond memories you have.

]]> By: Xman http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2009/02/19/juan-enriquez-economics-and-the-big-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-34078 Xman Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:23:18 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-34078 You made me smile today, Pelmo. What a coincidence that we had the same favorite places. Yes, those were the days. I never went to the Blue Fox, but did frequent a few alley eateries that were right out of Singapore...me being about the only white face in the crowd. Don't recall your grill but it sounds cool. My eyes were so wide in amazement in those early days of my youth that I probably looked like I was wired on something...especailly since I always had a grin on my face. The "new" Chinatown on Clement doesn't even come close to the old Chinatown. I'm planning an Abalone trip in April, and also plan on checking out my old grounds. Here's info on the Blue Fox. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n34_v27/ai_14306433 You made me smile today, Pelmo.
What a coincidence that we had the same favorite places.
Yes, those were the days. I never went to the Blue Fox, but did frequent a few alley eateries that were right out of Singapore…me being about the only white face in the crowd.
Don’t recall your grill but it sounds cool. My eyes were so wide in amazement in those early days of my youth that I probably looked like I was wired on something…especailly since I always had a grin on my face.
The “new” Chinatown on Clement doesn’t even come close to the old Chinatown.

I’m planning an Abalone trip in April, and also plan on checking out my old grounds.

Here’s info on the Blue Fox.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n34_v27/ai_14306433

]]> By: pelmo http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2009/02/19/juan-enriquez-economics-and-the-big-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-34076 pelmo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:45:32 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-34076 Grant street is wher our station was located at. It was only a b lock away from China Town. Out the back door of the station in the alley was a very exclusive resturant called the Blue Fox. Speaking of bikers and hippies, there was a small grill that I would go into near Powell street. The fantastic part about it on midnights is how nobody bothered anybody while in the place. there were policemen, prostitutes, hippies, bikers, gays and a thousand and one other characters. The short order cook ruled with an iron fist and everyone respected him and wouldn't start anything inside the place. The 60's was a great time to be in Frisco. Grant street is wher our station was located at. It was only a b lock away from China Town. Out the back door of the station in the alley was a very exclusive resturant called the Blue Fox. Speaking of bikers and hippies, there was a small grill that I would go into near Powell street.

The fantastic part about it on midnights is how nobody bothered anybody while in the place. there were policemen, prostitutes, hippies, bikers, gays and a thousand and one other characters. The short order cook ruled with an iron fist and everyone respected him and wouldn’t start anything inside the place.

The 60’s was a great time to be in Frisco.

]]> By: Xman http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2009/02/19/juan-enriquez-economics-and-the-big-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-34052 Xman Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:40:47 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/?p=1095#comment-34052 Hmmm....Possibly, Pelmo. Did you hang out on North Grant? That was my favorite area. Close to the wharf, China Town, Carol and her friends, plenty of hippies and bikers. I need to go through my old photos. I have some classics. I agree. If you need to take aspirin or the 100 other over the counter meds for pain, I'm sure a Doc can write you a note for an organic herb. Hmmm….Possibly, Pelmo.
Did you hang out on North Grant?
That was my favorite area. Close to the wharf, China Town, Carol and her friends, plenty of hippies and bikers.
I need to go through my old photos. I have some classics.

I agree. If you need to take aspirin or the 100 other over the counter meds for pain, I’m sure a Doc can write you a note for an organic herb.

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