Scenes From The City

We generally refer to San Francisco as "the city" - never San Fran or Frisco - but if we say we're going to "the city" people generally know you mean San Francisco. Andy and I spent two nights there this weekend and we love the many perks of the city - new food, interesting people, and beautiful sights. But, OMG, the traffic!! We were wistful for the convenient country train ride and the easy walkable streets of Melbourne. Still, San Francisco is a lovely city.

They have cakes here too.

It was Pride Weekend so the rainbows waved everywhere.

One of the things I love about being in a city is the variety of political statements. We noticed this sign up in the palm tree: Free Leonard. This is a common sign you will see in random places all over the country, referring to Leonard Peltier, considered by many to be a political prisoner, convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975. The movie Thunderheart is loosely based on Peltier's story. The demonstrators in the next picture are protesting forced circumcision.

The Ferry Building in San Francisco is full of food markets, similar but smaller than the Victoria Market. The Blue Bottle coffee shop requires only their iconic image to elicit two long lines of devotees.

We sat outside at the pier and watched the ferries load and unload. I took a few pictures from our bench.

Coit Tower in the distance

A protective mama and her chicks

"bike rack"

 We spent the day down at the Embarcadero before heading to the Giants game. They lost to Cincinnati and it was freezing in our top row seats, but the views from the stadium are great.

Bay Bridge to Treasure Island

Fog begins to roll in at the game.

 A few more street scenes on our way out of the city.