San Francisco: Big Wet One Jan 8-11

[lau7renharp]

Latest BWO details...

Thursday Night - Meet & Greet, Ace Cafe, 1799 Mission St at 14th St
6:30PM. No ride for this event.

Friday Night - Meet at Mad Dog in the Fog, 530 Haight Street at
Fillmore, 6:30 PM. Ride at 7:30 to The Homestead.

Saturday Day - SF Scooter Girls Alley Cat Ride, meet at the SF
Scooter Centre at 12 Noon, ride begins at 1 PM. The Alley Cat
endpoint is at the Connecticut Yankee , 100 Connecticut @ 17th ST.
We have use of the back room to pile our gear, eat drink & be merry.
(2:30- 6 PM).

Saturday Night - Meet at 7PM, ride at 8 to Annie's Social Club for
Punk Rock Karaoke, only $5 after 10:30.
Meeting point tba.
Sunday Day - Meet at 1PM at Philz Coffee, 201 Berry St @ 4th.
Ride at 2PM. We'll be doing the 49 mile Scenic Drive. Well, most of
it. I'm avoiding the crappy loop down Army St & up Third, doesn't
seem all that scenic to me. Instead we'll end at Benders, 19th St &
South Van Ness.

As always, bring rain gear to ensure a dry weekend

[olhogrider]

<bump>
Heading out the door now!

[lau7renharp]

My, what a great, "Big DRY One" we had! Here are the results from Saturday's Alley Cat Ride:

Finishers:
6th place: Dave, 45 points
5th place: Carolyn, Jack, and Dan (3-way tie), 75 points
4th place: Bob, 80 points

And congratulations to the "winners:"
3rd place: Arne, 95 points ($5 prize)
2nd place: Jordan, 100 points ($20 prize)
1st place WINNER: Ryan, 110 points ($40 prize)

If you missed the Alley Cat Ride but would like to enjoy the Alley Cat "World Peace" experience, here's your "to do" list:
- Make an origami peace crane at the Garden House Cafe, Clement Street & 32nd Avenue.
- Visit the Museum of African Diaspora on Mission St., near SF MOMA.
- Check out the sculpture and mosaic by Benny Bufano in Fort Mason Park.
- Go inside the Peace Pagoda in Japantown, and look up at the ladder above.
- Ride the elevator to the sixth floor of the Main Library and look at the photos of Afghanistan during peacetime.
- In Yerba Buena Gardens, read the engraved panels behind the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial.
- Sit on a bench below the statue that is hidden behind the Ferry Building.
- Walk around the George Segal Holocaust Memorial--down the steps, and up again--near the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
- Find "the Goddess of Democracy" in Portsmouth Square.
- Enjoy the murals along Balmy Alley.

With peace and goodwill to all,

Lau7ren
SFSG President

[olhogrider]

Thanks for a great ride!