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Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Vanity of the Bonfire BanUntil now Ocean Beach in San Francisco, where I live, has felt like a wild ragged edge of a (relatively) free city at night: You step out of the N Judah train, or drive past the Cliff House, and see the glow of a dozen bonfires on the sand and smell burning wood as well as salted ocean air. It's nice. It makes the neighborhood unique. But it seems some of my neighbors want a tame and regulated L.A.-style beach, because now the longstanding bonfire tradition out here will be restricted. What the hell for? Do there have to be rules about everything?
There's hope, though. I didn't realize bottled alcohol on Ocean Beach was already illegal. Every surfer who steps over a case of empties on dawn patrol knows how well that rule works.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
9:46 PM
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