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Bay to Breakers 2005 –
All In A Fog
the sexy cowgirls
were a fun group, offering shooter shots to PubClub.
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Perhaps it was fitting that, in a city
famous for fog, that it would be that way on the day of it's biggest
event. After all, participants are no doubt in a fog when they create
their crazy costumes and floats, and they are certainly in a foggy state
of mind during it.
Atop a huge 4X4
truck float, the people partied.
Sunshine, of course, is better, but you take what you get. And, while
sunshine was in short supply on this Sunday (May 15), the entertainment
was not. There were more people and more floats than in recent years
and 2005 will go down as one of the best Bay to Breakers ever held.
The floats included a Popemobile ("What Would Jesus Drink"
was the sticker), Michael Jackson and his Neverland Ranch, a group of
salmon who usually traveled "upstream" from finish to start
(an annual tradition), several runaway brides (though instead of winding
up in New Mexico they simply made it to the breakers) and a group "bulling"
their way through the crowd as if they were Running With the Bulls.
The PubClubettes were there, proudly sporting their cool shirts from
Idris Design.
The PubClubettes
show off their cool Idris Design tees.
Our favorite float:
The Tiki Bar!
And the tiki bar was there. Year in and year out, this is the most
impressive float. It has a full bar with a half-dozen keg taps, blenders
making margaritas and rum drinks and music. When "One Particular
Harbor" played, it combined Bay to Breakers, the tiki bar and Jimmy
Buffett. In our eyes, it was The Perfect Storm. The crew, clad in identical
aloha shirts, escorted it the entire route. While in the past it's had
about 50 people, in 2005 there were at least a hundred.
Like Bay to Breakers itself, the tiki bar was on a roll.
The Popemobile made it's way through the swarming crowds.
Michael Jackson took a day off from his court trial for B2B.
Drinks to go: Bay
to Breakers is a rolling keg party.
More of the PubClubettes in their Idris t-shirts.
In this case, bigger
is definitely better.
No bull: Pamplona
may be a long way from San Francisco but not this day.
Phins Up: These
land sharks were circling around.
Another pirate ship leads a crowd through Golden Gate Park.
As always, "the tunnel" was a party stop for dancing and drinking.
Local musican Adrian
Plissken played to the crowd.
A band plays for participants who make it over Hayes Hill.
The tiki bar from the side – the ultimate float in the ultimate
street party.
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