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Sonoma?! Dude Pura's great grandmother lived in Sonoma—about 10 miles from the raceway. "Great," she lived to be 2 weeks shy of 101, crazy huh? Her grandfather (great grandmas son) is 86 now and still golfs, tennis, like it's nothing and doesn't even take naps. I got to hang out with her Nana a couple times. I'd always bug the shit out of her with question after question after question from all over the place until she'd finally tap out like "Ok, you have to stop now, I'm tired" and I'd be but I've never got to talk to someone who's 101!
Pura grew up in South City by SFSU.
I have not read it yet. Good lookin out.
North Beach. Fisherman's Warf. Eccentric pretty much sums it up. I miss it. I miss falling asleep on the beach and not having a closet full of winter clothes. North Beach and Sonoma traffic I probably don't miss at all! 101 or 580 and the 37 with a drop of England and your commute tr-tr-tripled.
Thanks man, happy 4th.
Yeah dude I spent 10 years off and on in Boyes Hot Springs (3 miles north of Sonoma) growing weed and a year in Santa Rosa farming A2 A2 Jersey cows.
Pura is sounding more and more like a really awesome woman! San Francisco and wine country roots? Good choice putting a ring on that finger!
I also worked at McCune Audio, the worlds oldest audio rental warehouse in South City. The sewer system blew up while I was out there...
It took 4 hours on average to get home at 5pm, a 40 mile drive...
The bay area did trip me out though or at least driving into SF on the 101 in the mornings. 90 year old women would be driving past ya in Porsches going 100 miles per hour driving like Dale Earnhardt and not even swerving. No where else have I seen such a thing.
I would hang out at Caffe Trieste near Washington square and even squatted over at Coit tower in '08 when I first lived there.
I wonder if Pura's great grand mother was the one who would gently pass me up at 100mph going into SF in the mornings...
I'm The Luckiest Guy I Know.. I thought you knew.
Funny. Back in '08 it very well could've been her. The time I knew her she had her own taxi cab driver on redial, took her wherever she needed to go free of charge. She had it made her last years; never paid at her favorite diner anymore where they all knew her name and medical checks at her front door were on the house. We really know how to treat our 100 year olds.
I got a couple drivers licenses just like that, with stamp holes and everything. Weed, beards, dude what can't you grow? Well besides roots, of course. Don't trip, they bore the hella out of me too. Get it? Hellu, that's some Bay Area shit like..
A head of hair...
!gif bald
Alright, so I was gonna crack a joke like spray hair?! No way, what's next? Spray tans?? and got this.
Exactly...
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