October 27, 2011

San Francisco.


 


San Francisco, Rules of Attraction style:
Ultimately, we arrived in San Francisco. We marveled at the views overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, walked through Chinatown where we inexplicably heard a lot of 80s power ballads, went to a speak easy with friends where the password to get in was "boner torpedo", ate burritos at El Farolito and were serenaded by mariachi, got Tintype portraits taken at Photobooth (more on that in another post), left a debit card in an ATM (Dave), received a bit of a sunburn walking from SoMa to Fisherman's Wharf and back, subsequently got blistered feet (Whitney), pressed pennies any chance we could, had breakfast at Brenda's French Soul Food complete with watermelon sweet tea and crayfish beignets, Picasso and mean security guards at the De Young Museum, Whitney got motion sickness inside the planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences and then fell asleep during the hour long program, randomly came upon the Legion of Honor with the Dutch Masters and "The Mourners" exhibits, enjoyed a perfect evening dinner of pizza and wine at a sidewalk cafe, the infamous Bi-Rite Creamery for ice cream gluttony, we watched tourists traveling on Segways (seriously what's with all the Segways?), spent a drunken afternoon at La Mar that resulted in Whitney shopping at Madewell (hello, new chartreuse silk blouse), enjoyed coffee, cappuccinos and artisan donuts at Sight Glass Coffee, and came across two dozen dogs at China Beach going crazy in the surf and sand. Thank you, San Francisco.

22 comments:

  1. these are all so gorgeous. makes me want to go to san fransisco right now. :)

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  2. I've been craving SF for weeks now. In no way does this help.

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  3. dude I have no idea what the deal is with the segways. It's usually segways or those little go carts that give you an audio tour of the city that they let tourists drive on the street. Anyway, I'm hungry now and will have to hit up el farolito soon.

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  4. I love this post! Beautiful pictures and well laid out!
    xo

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  5. soooo fun!
    now do it again so we can hangout.
    kthnx :)

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  6. oh these are wonderful. what a trip! it's an adventure as you stroll down the post. i love the shots of whitney and her burrito.

    it was so great to see you two last night! can't wait to dine with you again soon.

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  7. You guys really do it up on photography when you go someplace.

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  8. so good. looks like you guys had an amazing time!

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  9. This sounds like such a fantastic adventure! I love the photos of the dogs and the diptych of the two of you and the Golden gate bridge. Thank you for sharing it all with us!

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  10. Dang, guys! I was just in SF in April but now you've got me convinced I need to go back for MOAR! Really really awesome work here. I think the one of Dave's silhouette is my favorite.

    Also, is that first Polaroid (and the photo below it) the Carson Mansion in Eureka? Looks mighty familiar to this ex-Humboldtian! :)

    Can't wait to see the post about the tintypes.

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  11. dudes, this is way too much goodness in one post.
    LOVE the shot of the tunnel- sweet light!
    and my heart goes pitter patter for the shot of you both looking at the bridge.
    awesomeness.

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  12. STOP it, you guys. I post about SF at the same time is you, and I still find myself all swoony over your images. Le SIGH!

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  13. I love the red shine in the first picture it make it look almost like a painting.
    Congrats!

    JJ

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  14. You captured SF so beautifully. I love every photo! And looks like you guys had fun.

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  15. i love the one with the doggies :) and the two bridge ones where you guys are off to the side. so lovely :)

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  16. I'm not sure why I am just now coming across this blog but it's gorgeous! Such wonderful photos.

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  17. Lovely photos! I literally just got back from San Francisco on Tuesday. But now I'm ready to go back. :) Thanks for the suggestions of new places to try.

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  18. Your SF photos are all amazing! Eye candy!

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  19. That's hilarious. I grew up in Willits. I like that you snuck in a photo of the arch from your drive down 101. Sounds like you did SF right. El Farolito has the spiciest chili relleno burrito I have ever eaten. Bravo and thanks for sharing

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