Our First Trip Showing Someone Else Around the City

An STN friend of mine (katego/Katherine) was in town from Seattle for work and wanted to see the City. Dan and I were happy to oblige, as there are still vast areas of unexplored hillsides for us to see as well. After a breakfast of homemade waffles we set out in the car and headed northwest. A quick check of the GPS gave us a good place to stash the car and off we went, up, down and all around, checking out the architectural variety that is the heart of San Francisco.

October 19, 2008
San Francisco, CA

Dan, GQ model (doesn’t he look happy?)

Stairs to the west of Grand View Park

A close-up of some of the stairs

Another close-up

Most tiles had people’s names. This one was different

Katherine climbs to the top

See the 3rd house from the right? 1.3million and it can be yours…

The view was not so grand today

After a quick climb up the stairs we found ourselves on a hilltop with no where to go but down. So down we went, meandering along the city streets until we reached the Haight-Ashbury district and found lunch at the Burger Meister.

Looking back on Grand View Park

Apartment (?) complex

Private residence stairs from the street

San Franciscan home

Some homes need more love

Gelatto flavors – Ice, Ice Baby…

Craigslist – the largest internet garage sale ever

We avoided most of the steeper streets

No, I didn’t bother to ask how much this one was

Lunch, with a cute doggie waiting patiently outside

Bad photographer! Here’s Katherine smiling below the famous signs

I think the sign says it all

I sincerely doubted that this house needed much preparation for Halloween

So after offering up much constructive criticism on other peoples’ homes, we decided that it was time to make our way back to our own. The idea of continuing on to Pacifica, a very rich an influential neighborhood, would have to wait for another time. Fortunately we had a great route planned for our return to the car: Golden Gate Park

Our first view of Golden Gate Park

The Conservatory of Flowers

Dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

California Academy of Science building

Dan in front of the De Young Museum

Even the palm trees become “art”

Dry fountain near the Music in the Park shell

Here come Dan and Katherine

A Fiat in very good condition

Fiat – backside

Segway Tour through Golden Gate Park

Dan and I in the park

It took us a bit longer than we expected to get to the car, and I’m glad that Dan remembered to mark it’s location on the GPS before we left it. By the time we reached it we were tired of walking and it felt good to just sit back and enjoy the drive home.

Here are some pictures Katherine took, just to round out the day.