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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1982)
It was about this time of year Spring vaca tion was approaching, but not fast enough Midterms were pretty much finished, and papers weren’t due for a couple of weeks My goodwife and I were sitting in the dreary little living room of our dreary little apartment feeling well, dreary ‘‘We never do any thing exciting anymore,’’ I remember one of us saying "We used to do wonderfully crazy things, remember?" At that moment, an Idea was born; not a great, earth-shattering one, but a small, wonderfully naughty one "Hey," I said, "let's be totally irresponsible and go off for the weekend! To San Fran cisco. " My goodwife squealed with delight as we discussed the Idea We could make reserva tions at the Eugene Heapy-Cheapy Inne for a room somewhere near Frisco, take off right after she got off work Saturday afternoon and drive, drive, drive until we made the Heapy Cheapy for the night We'd cruise to The Bay in the morning, and spend five or six hours doing delightfully silly and touristy things, then drive, drive, drive back for classes the next morning, said "Watch for the exit. It says here, turn left on Blossom Park Court after the Nut Tree inter section and then follow Willigson Way It says you can’t miss it." We missed it. Several times Although we could see it clearly from the freeway, we spent 15 minutes looping around the freeway inter changes “You think maybe it's a mirage?” my wife asked I glared Fifteen minutes after that I was considering the fine for driving over the median strip in California. "Do we have any signal flares we could send up?" my wife offered It was time for drastic measures I took a series of totally random lefts and rights, and five minutes later we stood before the night desk We awoke the next morning to the piercing tones of my digital watch 7:00 a m "Aren’t digital watches wonderful?" exclaimed my wife "Rise and shine! San Francisco awaits!" We were soon back on the road, rested, showered, breakfasted and eager to see the taking turns sleeping and Driving The next day was wet and gray "Perfect weather for leaving Eugene,'' I remarked The car was all packed and we left from my wife's work on schedule at 3:00 First stop the Eugene Heapy-Cheapy Inne A middle-aged lady who sounded like Emily Latella with a pair of Vise-Grips tightened around her nose helped us with our re servation Nyess. I can call fer yuh, but aisle have tuh charge FRISCO OR BUST Getting away for the weekend by matt meyer Golden Gate The Sacramento stations gave way to San Fran cisco stations We arrived at Fisher man's Wharf without much difficulty. The sun shone brightly on the blue bay, the seagulls wailed cheer fully at us A loaf of sourdough bread and a cup of shrimp cocktail in our hands, we strolled along the wharf We worked our way through a number of chic little art galleries, and by a number of jewlery vendors, por trait artists, bad guitar yuh fer the cawl whether yuh get a place er not Understand'’ It s long distance, yuh know We felt like big spenders, so we authorized her to make the call Luckily, a room was availaole in Vacaville, about two hours from Frisco We were in business Soon we were out in the car, rumbling along 1-5 My wife took the first shift driving With the exception of a traffic cop who shook an ac cusing finger at her as he pulled over the guy who d |ust passed us, the trip was fairly dull After an hour layover in Roseburg for some soggy pizza and a huge pitcher of caffeine, we were back on the road heading for the border It was too dark for homework, so my wife dozed for a while Six hours later I was still driving The caffeine had long since worn off, I'd listened to most of the tapes I liked, and was starting to listen to my wife's French tapes for diversion My wife was still in dreamland, and I was starting to get Sacramento stations on the radio There it was, Vacaville, one more mile I pushed the little button on my watch Aren't digital watches wonderful7'' I observed quietly Only 2:00! "Great shape!' I said aloud Gray snakes7'' my wife said, waking in stantly Her hair was tussled, her eyes only half open, but she was definitely awake "Where are we7" "Just outside of Vacaville That's Spanish for cow town." I replied Wonderful," she ists, candle makers a juggler who juggled small children (actually plastic dolls that ex ploded on impact) and a bagpiper who sub jected us to torture while we waited for our cable car It was late afternoon and time to start think ing about our homeward journey 'Can we have some seafood? Can we, can we can we?" begged my wife We stopped at one of the seafood stands along the Wharf This OK?" I asked "I meant inside." she snapped C'mon, it won't be that expensive We were seated at a linen-covered table overlooking the bay Our waiter tried to look terribly proper as we ordered My wife had the Sicilian-style Squid I had the Turkey Salad Sandwich Soon the plates arrived, hers full of little tentacles swimming in a watery brown sauce I watched my wife's face carefully as she raised the fork to her mouth I've had squid before." she asssured me "It's just like chicken, only sea-ier " Suddenly the smile left her face She poked at another tentacle She reached for a drink of water ' Ummm, delicious," she said, "only a little rich Want some7" As it turned out, she ate half of my sandwich and I nibbled at part of a tentacle The waiter grinned as he took away the mostly-full plate, continued on page 7B McKay’s Open Pantry Delicatessen FEATURING Breasted Chicken - by the bucket or the piece • Party trays made to order • Fresh home-made pizza • Fresh bagels and pocket bread • San Francisco style sour dough bread • 31 varieties Imported and Domestic cheese • 35 varieties lunch meat and sausages • Full line salad bar • Hot food to go • Fresh sandwiches made daily Hot or coId. 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