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Soaked in the City
Bay to Breakers 2002
Bay to Breakers was like one giant moving shower party
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PubClub's Guide to San Francisco
I survived.
That's what the t-shirts said and never was it more true
than in 2002.
The weather gods played a cruel joke on the 91st Bay to
Breakers "race." They soaked the City with sunshine for more
than a week and on Sunday morning just flat out soaked the place. A
steady and sometimes even heavy rain drenched participants over the
length of the event. For many that was more than four hours.
In an odd way – San Francisco-style – the wet
weather actually added a bit to the frenzy. People adopted healthy a
"screw it" attitude and went nuts. You've never seen 75,000
people so miserable and happy at the same time. So while it was wet,
it was also wild. Very wild.
There were street parties, a couch on wheels, people dressed
up and performing as The Village People, "gentlemen" rolling
kegs offering "beer for breasts" and, of course, the Tiki
Bar. Ahh, the Tiki Bar. The blender was active, the beer was flowing
and the music cranking.
It was the first Bay to Breakers for "Team Canada,"
a trio of Canucks who flew in from Toronto to join PubClub.com's Bartender
at the event. They tore through the City in four days and nights of
partying and spent $150 on beer just for the race. Canadians do love
their beer. Despite the rain, they all vowed to come back next year.
So, too, no doubt, will all the others.
The house and street
parties carried on as if it were sunny.
The Canadian PubClubbers
spent $150 on beer at the Marina Safeway.
All dry and wearing
his "I Survived" t-shirt, The Bartender relaxes after the
race.
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