Prost!

This weekends adventure led us to San Francisco's version of Oktoberfest, the Oktoberfest by the Bay. We went on Friday night, which according to some other people I talked to was much quieter than the rest of the weekend. There were long tables in authentic Oktoberfest style, and The Spaten Oktoberfest beer was flowing freely. We also enjoyed some German Potato pancakes a delicious bratwurst with lots of kraut, a weiner shnitzel sandwich, some german chocolate cake, and some apple strudel. Its fair to say that this trip, and last weeks sausage and suds festival have not been diet friendly. We were responsible citizens and didn't drive all the way out there and proceeded to get ourselves stuck there when we couldn't find a cab in time to catch the last BART train back to the east bay (12:30 a.m.). We wandered around a bit and tried to call a cab but came up painfully short. Facing a night stuck in the city, Wendy's friend Dave (the same Dave from our Bangkok trip) picked us up and deposited us safely back in San Leandro. Needless to say we owe him big! Saturday brought us another win for both Auburn and USF, and to make matters more interesting losses for LSU and Cal. All of the Cal grads I work with had such sad little faces today. Auburn travels to LSU this week, and we'll be hoping for more than 9 points out of the offense, and an even more impressive performance out of the defense. USF has a tough Rutgers team on their hands Thursday night, so I'll be desperately trying to get out of the office at a reasonable hour so I can see the game.