12:28 am-2 am: Doc's Clock

When it's all over, we (Gavin Newsom's first cousin, her friend and myself) retreat to Doc's Clock on Mission Street with a gaggle of Gonzalez supporters. Fortunately, we have ditched the drunk guy. In the center of the bar, a flock of patrons surround a man playing guitar. Believe it or not, it's Jonathan Richman, of Modern Lovers and "Something about Mary" fame. He holds court, singing songs about love for the die-hard Gonzalez supporters. I'm told, as I sip my Guinness, that he and Gonzalez are good friends.

As I listen to a music icon croon in this tiny bar, I get vaguely sentimental. Here we are, listening to Jonathan Richman, with Matt Gonzalez mingling among us. This is what all bars would have been like if Gonzalez had won. I'm sure Newsom isn't hanging out at Chi-Chi's, along with Kenny G, for all his supporters with blended drinks to admire.

Gavin Newsom's first cousin is eager to meet her relative's rival. She approaches the approachable Gonzalez and flaunts the fact that she is Gavin Newsom's first cousin.

"I now have the biggest crush on Matt Gonzalez," she states directly afterward. "Oh, my god, I so want to make out with Matt Gonzalez."