A San Franciscan in NY

: [I walk onto the 1 downtown]
Lady: You're a Giants fan? (points to my hat)
Me: Yeah! You?
Lady: Oh yeah.
Me: You from the bay?
Lady: Yeah. Fremont.
Me: Hah! Me too.
: (Blah, high schools, Giants, NY life. Blah. Actually it was a great conversation, just decided to shorten it.)
: I have been stopped so many times in NY because of my SF hat. Its a wonderful calling card to other bay kids out here, especially during the playoffs. From walking home in Brooklyn super late and a guy just nods and points at the hat when you walk by each other or conversations like above, we stick together. I always try to at least smile at someone in a SF hat, so they feel the bay love. Everyone tends to agree: San Francisco is the greatest, but you can't beat NY.

Best Subway Station Talk Ever

: The best conversation just happened next to me this morning. I had just missed the train and was sitting on those 3000 year old wooden benches. I'm wearing skinny jeans. Two "thug types" come swagging down the stairs and sit next to me.
Thug1: Fuck the G train, man.
Thug2: Notoriously bad.
Thug1: Fuck man, last time I was on the train EVERY SINGLE DUDE was wearing skinny jeans.
Thug2: Like you riding' the train with a bunch of females.
(beat)
Thug1: I saw that Nurse Jackie season finale. It was good.
Thug2: Oh shit.
Thug1: Two people got fired. I wont say who though.
(beat)
Thug1: Dat Game of Throwns episode was fucking crazy.
Thug2: The finale?
Thug1: Finale was aight-- episode before that was fucking insane. Heads getting cut off and shit.
(beat)
Thug2: I liked the Will & Grace finale. It's cute.
Thug1: Yeah, seen it a million times.
: They went on to discuss their smoking schedule and how regimented it was depending on what they had to do that day. And whether or not to upgrade Apple firmware when it gets released.