Saturday night in San Francisco was spent running from the east side of the city to the west side under the directions of sf0.org. We started out with registration where we signed up with s4xton, bananachunks, and me. While we were waiting we met and added Britt to Team Bruce. A last minute dinner of pretzels and a powerbar, a briefing by Ian on the game, and at 7:45 a large group of sf0'ers sprinted out of the park trying not to run into the confused bystanders or get hit by traffic. The next 3.5-4hrs was spent running from "chasers", hopping buses, and basically getting lost in San Francisco. We hit 3 of the checkpoints before the time limit of 10:45 hit. When we decided to call it, we had a long wait for a bus before we flagged down a cab and sure enough just as the cab pulled up, the bus came. Then it was off to Ocean Beach for the bonfire party. We sat around the fire, drinking wine, getting to know the other players, meeting friends, and drinking. The cops tried to kick us out, but after ditching the alcohol in a car, we were right back out on the beach. The connections between people were a weird surprise. Many of the sf0 guys moved to San Fran from Chicago. People were very familiar with the hiptop community, recognizing skholla, hiptop3.com, etc. We met Nicole and Rubin who are part of the people responsible for Dance Dance Immolation at Burning Man that I had already learned about. They were out there spinning fire on the beach. I mentioned that I had wanted to learn how, and after an excellent 20 minute lesson from Nicole, I lit up some poi and actually did some spinning myself. Quite the experience, and I'm hooked. The sound of the fire flying through the air was exhilarating to say the least. The crowd dwindled down to only a few as the night continued. Finally around 4am everyone decided it was time to head out. I called a cab, we waited, Britt called a cab, we waited, s4xton stood in the middle of the street, we waited, finally a cab showed up, and of course so did the bus 10seconds later. We finally made it home and allowed our tired bodies some rest just as the clock turned 5:11.

All in all, a great night! Many thanks to sf0 and all the excellent people involved in the event. I can't wait for the next one.