Party goes on
It was a late night last night. At the spur of the moment on Friday I started calling a few friends about going out for dinner to the Mission -- to the best Pakistani restaurant in San Francisco named Pakwan.
The Mission was quite possibly ground zero for dotcom partying and dining in the city. People headed there since it was the "edgy" neighborhood in town that initially housed only local taquerias. Soon hip and trendy bars and restaurants opened, parking became next to non-existent with lines of cars parked along the center of Valencia St (it was mildly amusing to watch the DP&T descend with hordes of tow trucks...and the line of cars would be gone).
I don't make it down there as often any more. Which is why I was surprised at how happening the neighborhood still is. Pakwan was packed. A bar I'd never been to called Skylark was packed. The streets were busy. So much for the dotcom implosion and the high rate of unemployment in this city. Doesn't stop people from drinking!