Here’s a few photographs I took while visiting San Francisco a few weeks ago. I had to bail on the Carolina heat. Actually, the original plan was to go to Utah around Arches National Park but it was a lot of plane hopping and jeep riding. After all the plane hopping and boat riding in Puerto Rico back in March I figured it was time to just go some where we could fly straight into.

We spent the whole day flying. With the timezone gain we were able to wonder around a bit after checking into our hotel. We landed in a restaurant that specialized in garlic dishes. The garlic appetizer was pretty good but the rabbit I had was way overcooked so I will leave off plugging the name. Check out this cool shot by candle light.

They also had a ton of old wine bottles hanging from the ceiling. Of course I had my camera, so I pretty much started the trip looking like a tourist.

We decided to get up early the next morning and head to Fisherman’s Wharf while the light was good.

I have a buddy in Columbia who has a sailboat. I’m still waiting to go out on Lake Murray and take some cool shots.

More shots of the boats in the wharf.

We went by a bike shop and picked up some wheels. We started out on a trail that would take us over the Golden Gate Bridge and into the small, but exclusive, town of Sausalito where we had lunch. After eating a sandwich touted as “the best BLT in the world” we took the ferry back into San Francisco.

Found some cool art that someone had hung on a fence near the bridge. It was an advertisement for an art gallery. I looked but didn’t take a photo of the name but I wish I did because I really liked the art piece.

Here’s a shot of Angie as we were riding over the bridge. She was struggling with her hair since a bike ride over a very windy bridge wasn’t on the agenda.
Here’s a cool shot going across the bridge. That’s San Francisco on the right and Alcatraz just to the left.

We also checked out a walking tour in Chinatown. It was pretty interesting and a lady by the name of Linda Lee gave the tour. We got to see sections of Chinatown were the locals shopped and gathered socially away from the touristy parts.

The shops were pretty cool. Lots of fresh produce and FRESH meat and live animals as well.

Salmon shashimi is probably my favorite sushi. This fish makes me want some just looking at it.

Here’s the big mystery on how fortune cookies are made. Fortune cookies don’t even exist in China. They started right here in Chinatown.

An older man making his way back home.

Went to a vintage arcade and took this shot when I stepped out on the dock. I actually took a lot of photos at the arcade but figured it would be too much for the blog. Some of the games date all the way back to the turn of the century and were still fully functional.

Here’s one of the last remaining vintage streetcars.

and a trolley. Yeah we rode the trolley early one morning to beat the crowd.

A construction area that got ‘bombed’ with graffiti.

Took a sailboat ride in the bay where you can see the Golden Gate in the background. We actually got to ride under the bridge which was a pretty cool perspective.

I looked back and got a shot of the city. It was pretty rough holding two cameras getting bounced around everywhere. It was really windy that day and the waves were rough.

Shot of the skipper.

One last shot of the bay.

That’s 3 out of 7. Check back soon!