Wordless Wednesday - The Butts Stop Here

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Magic Bus Tour

Living in a touristy area, I have seen many types of tour buses on the streets of San Francisco ranging from double-deckers with open tops to amphibious vehicles that go from land to water, but this was my first sighting of the Magic Bus.
With a colorful bus that flashback to the 1960's and tour guides in groovy 60's era outfits, the trip takes passengers through the city's diverse neighborhoods that shaped San Francisco's history and cultural change during that time frame.
- Karen

Skywatch Friday - Bay Views

With the San Francisco Bay Area's unique topography, we have 8 bridges that move the flow of traffic. A few weeks ago, I had a post about the Golden Gate Bridge.
This week, it is the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also known as the Bay Bridge as seen from San Francisco's Telegraph Hill where its elevation is at 275 ft. (84 m).
It is a beautiful day for sailing.

Also from Telegraph Hill, you can see the new Pier 27 being remodeled for the upcoming America's Cup races this summer.
Two huge viewing stands are where I suspect people will sit to watch the competition.
Afterwards, the building will be used as a new cruise ship terminal.

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- Karen

Wordless Wednesday - Teacup Poodles Ok

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Mystery Man

Being such a nice day on Saturday, I decided to visit San Francisco for the third weekend in a row.
This is unusual for me.
I was roaming in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood and spotted this figure in the distance.
At first I was unsure if it was a real man or a statue.

If you enlarge the photo, he seems to be staring at you. Spooky!
I wonder who he is.
- Karen

Skywatch Friday - Golden Weekend

Weather reports say we are going to have temperatures in the 70's and 80's starting tomorrow.
This is a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge from the San Francisco side.

If you live on the San Francisco side, you will have to pay at least $5 to cross the bridge. On a beautiful weekend day, expect hundreds of visitors to make their way up to the Marin Headlands to see this million dollar view.

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Wordless Wednesday - Crazy Bird-Do's

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San Francisco Segway Tour

I thought it was neat to tour San Francisco on a Segway, but here, they are going down Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world.


Unfortunately, there was another vehicle ahead of me so I could not record them going downhill; but later, I caught up with them and recorded this video condensed from 2:30 minutes to 40 seconds.
I hope you took your motion sickness pills.
- Karen

Skywatch Friday - Palace of Fine Arts

Last weekend was a beautiful day to visit the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
It was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition which included exhibits in Education, Liberal Arts, Manufactures, Varied Industries, Agriculture, Food Products, Transportation, Mines and Metallurgy and the Palace of Machinery according to Wikipedia. As a secondary purpose, it was also to celebrate the finishing of the Panama Canal and the resurrection of San Francisco after the devastating 1906 earthquake.
After the exposition, it was scheduled to be torn down, but luckily locals petitioned to have it saved.
Over the years, it became in a state of disrepair and in 1964 parts of the palace was demolished and recreated.
Today it is a popular tourist attraction and a scenic location for wedding photos.

A short walk leads you to the Romanesque rotunda.

One seems to be transported to the Greco-Roman period in history just standing there looking at the columns.

From what I read, the reliefs symbolize Greek culture and its desire for poetic and artistic expression.

And the figures at the top of the columns symbolize tearful women living life without art.

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Wordless Wednesday - A Hug by the Fountains

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Wordless Wednesday - Waving Lucky Cats

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