So arriving in San Francisco to live the American summer dream involved a few goodbyes, a bit of flinging clothes out of the case at the airport, a stopover in New York with some people watching but then it came touch down in San Francisco!!!!

The first night was a mix of a can of Fourloko, lack of sleep, a sidekick in the form of Aisling Moran and so began the J1 2012 and the endless craigs list searching for a house. Arriving at The "Best"hotel in Tenderloin was a bit of a blast of reality, countless homeless people lining the street,a few prostitutes and some drug addicts into the mix made for some interesting days to come.... As it turns out it was in fact the most dodgy part of town for two J1ers to be walking around made for part of the thrill of city living!!

The thrills soon wore off as the house search continued and the hangovers got worse but we were lucky enough to land 2 jobs in a restaurant on the pier as 'Hosts'. I agreed to the job hoping a host wasn't some weird job as it turns out it's a job for a sociable character. I can live with that, I have been called a lot worse in the past :p :p

So with Day 1 in the new job over it was time to resume the search and we had given up hope and sold out to a summer rental in The Tenderloin which meant a summer of dodging junkies and trying not to get my kidneys stolen and sold to the highest bidder and as cliche as it sounds we had the luck of the Irish when walking through little Italy and stumbled upon summer rentals beside out favorite Irish bar La Rocca's, they have kind of adopted us as we were so down and out during the week

So with jobs secured and now having a set of keys to a pad the summer is certainly into swing.. Have met some pretty cool people so far and of course some mental fellow J1ers... So San Francisco it's pretty safe to say, you have won me over and I think this could be the start of a long affair.

Until Next time this summer dreamer is off out to explore the highlights of some of the social scene this amazing city has to offer

S