Apparently I am …
… the “best thing goin’ ’round tonight”. Sure he looked homeless, smelt a bit homeless and was trying to get me to buy a concert ticket that was clearly an old scrunched up ticket that was useless. I decided to take the compliment, keep my hands in my pockets and keep on walkin’.
I am accompanying Jackson on a work trip to San Francisco and we are then shooting over to New York for a few days. Besides being constantly beseeched by the homeless for some spare change San Francisco has been really pleasant. I won’t say it’s been great as for some reason, despite being able to navigate to London Underground, Paris Metro etc with relative ease, I have found San Francisco’s public transport to be somewhat intimidating and inconvenient so I’ve opted to walk. The walking is great as you get to see “people live here” parts of a city, rather than just what the tourism board suggests you should see, but I haven’t really checked out San Francisco’s claims to fame as they’re quite a hike or beyond a hike from our hotel.
However, Americans are very friendly and open people and, although, they’re quite loud, I quite like them. I just have to get used to unintentionally listening to peoples private and personal conversations and then I’d feel quite at home … particularly if people are going to keep saying I’m the “best thing goin’ ’round tonight”!