The SF trip in a nutshell

Our two main excuses for coming out to San Francisco were our Goddaughter's birthday party and a celebration of our good friends' daughter's graduation.

Two beautiful girls!

Lincoln Park view of the Golden Gate

Palace of the Legion of Honor and the Thinker

The bay from our room

We have a bayside room at the Burlingame Embassy Suites...

Sunset over Geary

A nice colorful sunset (or, really, just a bit after sunset) looking towards the west (and, thus, towards the ocean) on Geary street in the Richmond district of San Francisco

Pilot's Row

These houses are in The Presidio at the northern tip of San Francisco. Built in the 30s to house pilots who flew out of Crissy Field, they sit directly across from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Macworld

From the main exhibit hall

The Pink Church on the edge of Golden Gate Park

This church is on 19th street (aka Hwy 1) about a block south of the entrance to Golden Gate Park. The cross on the top is beautifully lit at night (one of these days I'll try to get a night shot of it).

Two Towers

An interesting view of two significant landmarks of San Francisco.

Free Parking...

Went downtown on a picture taking journey.

I found this view walking down from the Philo Farnsworth Lab (where Television was invented). Since it was Sunday -- the parking was free!

... (ellipsis)

I saw this building and thought -- something follows this, but I ...

Seriously, the scaffolding around this building in downtown SF made for a fairly interesting sight.

Cupcakes!

This shop is in Ghirardelli Square, down by the wharf. There is also a location, I think, at the Ferry Building.

The cupcakes are quite good, if a tad pricey. The "Salt Chocolate" is surprisingly tasty, though I don't think they make a bad one.

Sunday Sunset Steeple

A very crooked (but not the crookedest) street

This is Lombard Street. Lombard is often referred to as the crookedest street in the world, when, in fact, it isn't even the crookedest in San Francisco (that would be Vermont, between 19th and 21st street).

It is beautiful though

Lots of Trees on the Tree Lot...

Saw the trees being offloaded the day before Thanksgiving.

Twilight and cars

I liked the juxtaposition of the mesh of cars riding below the obliquely lit sky.

The Painted Ladies

The last of the shots from the trip around SF with Sylvia and Bill.

This is the famous "Painted Ladies" -- a set of Victorians next to Alamo Square Park.

58,000 gallons of oil

Went with my cousin and her husband sightseeing around town. We ended up down at Fort Point. The rocks were chained off and this sign was up.

Expect several more shots from today in the days to come.

Lights Out San Francisco...

Last night was Lights Out San Francisco -- a global warming / energy conservation awareness event where people in San Francisco were asked to turn off all non-essential lights between 8 and 9pm.

I went up to Twin Peaks to see it and snap some pictures.

I put up a number of pictures in a group on the Flickr page as well.

Half a bridge...

BOB in the fog from Crissy Field.