San Francisco, Part II
I’m home…and I’m glad to be home.
We had a good time in San Francisco this time around. Having lived there before (and having visited 3 other times), I’ve pretty much seen and done most of what there is to do. But I did explore a few places for the first time (Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights, Corona Heights) and reaquainted myself with places I’d not visited since the 90’s (Haight-Ashbury, Fillmore).
The one downside to the trip was that we had dinner plans every single evening we were there. Randy ended up working nearly every (weekday and then we hung out with old friends in the evenings. There was no real time for “us” to do something on our own or to just enjoy some down time. Oh well, we’ve got Acadia National Park coming up in 2 weeks and there will be very little to do up there but rest
All in all, though, it was a good trip. It did, however, remind me of a few things:
1 – I do enjoy the city and believe I could live there (as long as I’d accept a few things: it’s noisy, the housing stock is over-priced for what you get…and all items in #2, below)
2 – The city is lovely from afar, but too gritty when you’re in it. The homelessness just seems to worsen every time I visit, there are still too few trees and all housing is built right up onto the sidewalk, at least one spot on every block smells like piss.
3 – It can be refreshing to wear a leather jacket in the middle of summer…and still feel cool (especially while hearing that Boston was hazy, hot, humid, and in the 90’s).
Anyway, you can see some photos in my “Karl’s Domestic Travel Photos” page (see link at bottom right).
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Those are CREEEPY statues.
Yayyy! You’re back.
I agree with you on the grittiness of the city. i just always felt silt covered after a bike ride there. But it does have its great and groovy things too. and it is a very scooter friendly city.