THE WAY INTO SAN FRANCISCO WAS POST RUSH HOUR, BUT THE CLOUD FORMATION WAS A HINT OF WHAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THE DAY.


THIS WAS SHOT AFTER MOST OF THE DAY WAS DONE. IT TOOK ALL DAY FOR THE FOG TO LIFT ENOUGH TO SEE
THE TOWERS OF THE BRIDGE. AT TIMES THE ENTIRE BRIDGE WAS INIVISIBLE


MIST SHROUDED ALCATRAZ


IT STILL TAKES MAN POWER TO TURN THE CABLE CARS AROUND. THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE THINGS OPERATE
IS REALLY AN ENGINEERING WONDER.


ME AND THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD


IN THIS SHOT YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE TURNTABLE THAT SWINGS THESE CABLE CARS
AROUND SO THAT THEY ARE FACING THE CORRECT WAY


LOUD CLATTERING GRINDING SCREEEEEEEEEECHING SHAKING ROUGH AND TUMBLE CABLE CAR CONTROLS.
CONVERSATION WAS DIFFICULT WHILE TRAVERSING THE STREETS.


LOMBARD STREET. THE CROOKEDEST STREET IN THE WORLD


LOMBARD STREET FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. THE PURPLE FLOWERED HOUSE IS OFF TO THE LEFT.


THESE HUGE MOTORS AND PULLYES POWER THE CABLE CARS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE CITY. EACH LINE IS
REPRESENTED BY THE NAME OVER THE MOTORS. THE LONGEST LINE RUNS OVER 21,000 FEET. A MILE IS 5,280
FEET.


EVERYONE HAS A SHTICK. THIS GUY BILLED HIMSELF AS MR. MAGIC. HE WAS NOT TO GENTLE
WITH THE CROWD AROUND HIM.


THIS COLLECTION OF SELF CLAIMED MUSICIANS MANAGED TO PLAY THE SAME SONG AT THE SAME TIME, IN
ROUGHLY THE SAME METER, BUT CERTAINLY NOT IN THE SAME KEY - OR - PERHAPS IT WAS THE LACK OF
TUNING..... THE WORST BAND IN SAN FRANCISCO


THE VISUAL EQUAL TO THE ALLEGED BAND. THIS GUY HAD NO CUSTOMERS AT ALL WHEN WE SAW HIM. WE
PASSED HIS LITTLE STAND A COUPLE OF TIMES. OTHER ARTISTS, DOWN THE STREET, WERE PACKED.
THE GUY IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, IS EITHER PETER LAWFORD OR BILL CLINTON. I THINK HE GOT SOME OF
THESE DRAWINGS OFF OF THE REFRIGERATOR AT HOME.


FIRSHERMANS WHARF. SUNNY AND SOMEWHAT WARM. AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS PHOTO
WAS TAKEN, ALCATRAZ AND GHE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WERE INVISIBLE BECAUSE OF THE
FOG.


I AM NOT SURE OF THE MESSAGE HERE. IS KHOON
CHANG THE THAI WORD FOR ELEPHANT? IS KHOON
CHANG THE PROPRIETOR?
DO THAI RESTAURANTS SERVE KHOON CHANG?

 

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