Are you a fan of the San Francisco
Giants?
Yeah. We have season tickets. AT&T Park is one of those new
stadiums. It's really beautiful. The location is great. The old
Giants stadium used to be so windy, and when the fog came in,
sometimes guys would lose the ball in the fog. The stadium has
really just got a great feel to it. No matter how the Giants are
doing, it's always full, which is a great sign. The fans are there,
I think, for the experience of the stadium as well as for the
team.
Is there a nightlife place that you really like to
go to?
There are a lot of places; there are a lot of clubs and things. One
thing for me - I'm just out of rehab, so don't ask me about bars.
But there are so many. There are also a lot of music clubs. For
comedy, there's Cobb's, and there's the Punch Line. The Fillmore is
back. It closed briefly, and it's a great place to see a show.
There's also Bimbo's, a wonderful club to see music and comedy at,
and it's still around. Bimbo's is a sweet, sweet place. It's
old-school. It's almost like the Copa, aboveground. It's a
'50s-style dinner club, but they do very few dinner-club events.
The seating is at tables and in a beautiful, old, intimate room.
Norah Jones played there. People go back and play there because
they like the feel of the room.
Tell me a funny story about something that has
happened to you in a public place.
I can't, really, because nothing really funny has happened to me.
No, it's been really sweet. That's why I like living here. One
time, when I was walking in the Castro, there was a very famous
drag queen named Sister Boom Boom. And he saw me and went, "Oh,
there goes the neighborhood!"
he said . . .
why robin williams won't leave san francisco
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