Saturday 28 February 2009

Cracking fun

Today was San Francisco's 7th Annual Crab Cracking Contest. Members of the 49ers American football team were drafted in to see who could crack crabs the fastest, and everything took place in Union Square right in the heart of the city.

Unfortunately we arrived late (see post directly below) and met Sagy and Moran who told us that the cracking - a three-minutes affair - had come and gone. No matter, we perused the many food stands and won some perfume samples and a sunglasses holder from Macy's. We also met some very interesting people...



Celebrity crabs?



It was pretty popular.



A crab fan.



This is the closest we got to seeing an actual live crab.



Wow - a little bit of home in California!



Me, Amir, and Sagy made some new friends. Three smiles in this photo are genuine, the rest are fake. Can you spot which?



Hannah, Dana, and Moran wanted to get in on the act too. As they're all far more beautiful than the cheerleaders, the 49ers mascot was happy to oblige.