Chromeo Day 10, San Francisco, CA

I got up this morning with a sense of relief. I know where the good coffee is, and it's close. So I shower quickly and get out the door and start walking. I make it to the Blue Bottle Cafe in no time at all and place my order - a macchiato for myself and a double espresso for my road roommate. And I'm denied. They won't give me espresso drinks to go. I beg and plead, I don't care about the cup, I won't tell anyone anything about it, but to no avail... So, in defeat, I order my macchiato to stay. While ordering, I see breakfast fixings for waffles on the counter. It's 11:05am, still breakfast hours, so I order a waffle. And I'm denied. I ask why, because I see the cook and the waffle maker and the batter. I'm told I'm 5 minutes late, and he throws everything away. So, with resignation and bitterness, I drink my macchiato and leave. It's unfortunate. They really do have great coffee, and had they just given me an espresso to go and a waffle, I wouldn't have mentioned their piss poor attitudes and shitty service. I now question if it's worth walking through the neighbourhood of drunken/overdosed street people to get to the place.

All is not lost though. Tonight we're at The Fillmore, my favourite club in the US. They just know how to do things right. Great staff, great food, great gear, great shows. It's great. And tonight is sold out, which means the band is honoured with an in-house designed poster which will be mounted on the walls next to other legendary posters of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, etc... The Fillmore show posters are some of the most legendary music artwork ever, so the guys are in good company. Everything went well all day long, except they were sold out of venue t-shirts. Oh well, guess I just have to come back sometime...

After the show we didn't hang out too much. There's a long drive to LA in the morning, gotta get some sleep...