Sunday – Saturday: What I Saw In San Francisco 7/29 – 8/4
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*This image is from the Carlton Art Gallery at Creekside.
This “what I saw in San Francisco” segment begins with last Sunday which was the last Sunday of July, otherwise known around here as the day for the annual Dore Alley Street Fair. What I saw there was a whole lot of leather, a whole lot of flesh and a whole lot of people who kept repeating “this is interesting” to each other. It was interesting. It wasn’t really shocking to a girl who spends her nights out on the town in San Francisco, but it was definitely different to see all that action out on the streets. Probably the most interesting thing I saw there was a man get Saran wrapped from head to toe. Tightly. So he couldn’t move. For fun.
Another thing that I saw on Sunday was the inside of The Cheesecake Factory, which I’d never been to before. Located about the Macy’s at Union Square, this restaurant seems to always have a multi-hour wait. It surprised me by having really, really good food. I didn’t actually get cheesecake but I did get stuffed chicken tortillas and they were impressively tasty, something I don’t say lightly about any chain restaurant. This place was totally over-stimulating, though, with people hovering over our table waiting for us to leave before we’d even gotten our checks.
Over in my neighborhood (North Beach / Fisherman’s Wharf area), I saw some other interesting things throughout the week. My favorite was when I was walking to the grocery store which is near the cable car turnaround. I heard a trumpet playing The Addams family tune and I looked over to see that it was coming from a clown who was playing for the tourists. A clown, a trumpet, the Addams family … sure, why not? I also saw a long line of people waiting to hop on those cable cars because it’s still summer here and there are tourists aplenty. (See my advice on how to ride the cable cars if you’re not quite sure how the locals do it.)
These are just a few of the things that I saw last week in San Francisco.
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