dreamer8
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Postcards from San Francisco
Jun 05, 2013,01:53 AM
Dear All, I recently posted a thread Postcards from New York. The last leg of our vacation was San Francisco via Portland , Oregon ( it will be the subject of a later post ) .
We were last in San Francisco more than 10 years ago but the fond memory of this wonderfully scenic ,dynamic and with a diverse food culture ( food influences from every where in the world ) lingered.
We stayed in the Bay area and explored this city mainly by walking and also using the Cable cars as SF is very hilly to enjoy the sights, sample food, shopping and people watching.
I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did taking them and thanks for looking.
Cheers,dreamer
Golden Gate bridge from the air
view from hotel room
view from hotel room
Bay Bridge view from hotel room
Coit Tower from entrance to Pier 39
The Palace of fine arts in Marina district
Contemporary Jewish museum designed by Famed architect Daniel Libeskind who was later responsible for the reconstruction of the world trade centre. Metal skinned roof in blue which changes colour depending on the time of the day ,weather or one's vantage point. Much like the blue dial of a Patek 5070 platinum.o
Concrete Pagoda . Japan Town
Signage in Japan Town
Streetscape with Bay Bridge in background
Union Square
TransAmerica Pyramid Building
Pier 39
Pier 39
Pier 39
Pier 39
Pier 39
Pier 39
Boats - Pier 39. Note the Swedish America's cup Catamaran practising in background
Pier 39
Alcatraz in the background
Plump cherries and boy with rosy cheeks
Pier 39. Sea Lion colony lying on jetty sunbaking
A large sea lion
Pier 39
Dungeness Crab baked with buttery garlic sauce
Pier 39
Pier 39
Pier 39
Working Melbourne Tram in SF
Food store in Ferry Building
Mess Piggy. PUlled Pork with spicy pickled peppers from above shop
Bay bridge
Ferry Building
Saturday crowd in front of Ferry Building
Ferry Building
Farmers Market. Ferry Building
Saturday Crowd, Ferry Building
Farmers market
Fresh Zucchini Flowers, farmers marke
Farmers market
Farmers maket
Farmers market
Blue Bottle coffee . Ferry Building
Ferry Building
Steep gradient
Cable car Ticket conducor
Cable car ' transmission '
View from Cable car riding on outside ramp
View from Lombard Street
View fro Cable Car.Steep drop to the waterfront
View from Cable car, Steep drop to bay
Cable car with TransAmerica Building in the background
Cable car terminal. Turntable for turning Car around
Street artist singing arias from Italian Operas
Pier 39
Food Cart
Filmore St.
Filmore St.
Cable car stop
Warm weather wear
Advisory Speed at entrance to Lombard St.World's crookedest st.
Cars zig zagging slowly downhill
Gate to China Town
China Town
China Town
Old Bakery in China Town. President Clinton paid a visit
Selection of cakes from bakery
Cable Car stop.Tourists from France
Union Square
View of Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Mason
Fort Mason
Saw the smoke and smelled the food.Off the grid SF best street food .Fort Mason
Off the Grid street food
Happy crowd with band
Sunset over Bay
This message has been edited by dreamer8 on 2013-06-05 01:55:54