Pictures from San Francisco
For some strange reason I really slacked on getting these pictures developed. But anyhow, here's some pictures from my recent trip to San Francisco.
I've always found SF to be a beautiful city. Sure there's alot of concrete jungle, but it's also a city surrounded by water, has parks and trees everywhere, and you'll often find yourself at the top of a hill with an amazing view. In the middle picture in the distance you can see the bay
bridge leading to the east bay. The bottom picture is Valencia Street in the Mission district. The area has been gentrified quite a bit since i first came to visit in the early 90's, but there's still a certain charm to the Mission. In this picture you can see Muddy Waters, one of my favorite coffee shops.
One day i wandered around the North Beach area which has a history with the Beat writers, and then later was home to some of the first punk venues in San Francisco. This is the area with City Light Books, which has put out books by many authors including Jack Kerouac, and right behind the store and just before China Town there is Jack Kerouac alley way. The alley is short but has some amazing wall paintings that i couldn't get pictures of because of all the people posing for pictures.
After looking in the bookstore i wandered around Broadway and suddenly found myself standing underneath the infamous "On Broadway" club sign. The building housed not only the On Broadway (main floor) but also the Mabuhay Gardens (on the top floor), 2 of the earliest venues to host punk rock in the bay area (along with Tool & Die, the Deaf Club an
d others). Yeah i know it's pretty nerdy, but i was stoked to stand outside this building and think about all the amazing shows that have happened here (pick up the book "Fucked Up and Photocopied" to see some of the flyers for shows that happened in these venues.)
One of the 3rd day of my trip i drove out to Sacramento with my friend Devon who lives out in the East Bay. We went out there for a show, but first we stopped at a Krispy Kreme. Devon got 2 donuts, i got a six-pack. I was so stoked to be eating Krispy Kreme again, I guess that might explain why i look so serious in the picture. So anyways, all we really saw of Sacto was old Sacramento, which was alot of tourist shops and candy shops. Guess which part i liked.
One of the famous parts of SF is Fisherman's Wharf. I rode one of the trolly cars down to the wharf early in the morning. Chances are you've seen pictures of the SF trolly cars, they were in Rice-A-Roni commericals, and pretty much any other picture/advertisement for this town. I rode standing up, on the outside foot board, holding onto a pole for dear life. It was kinda scary, thought i was going to fall off at one point. As soon as you get to the wharf you hear the sounds of the sea lions barking and off in the distance you can see Alcatraz. These are the only reasons i go to this area.
So there you go, some of the pictures i took. I've got pictures of SF from other trips i've taken there, so that's why there isn't alot. If anyone wants to see bigger versions of any of these just let me know and i can email you a copy.
I've always found SF to be a beautiful city. Sure there's alot of concrete jungle, but it's also a city surrounded by water, has parks and trees everywhere, and you'll often find yourself at the top of a hill with an amazing view. In the middle picture in the distance you can see the bay
bridge leading to the east bay. The bottom picture is Valencia Street in the Mission district. The area has been gentrified quite a bit since i first came to visit in the early 90's, but there's still a certain charm to the Mission. In this picture you can see Muddy Waters, one of my favorite coffee shops.
One day i wandered around the North Beach area which has a history with the Beat writers, and then later was home to some of the first punk venues in San Francisco. This is the area with City Light Books, which has put out books by many authors including Jack Kerouac, and right behind the store and just before China Town there is Jack Kerouac alley way. The alley is short but has some amazing wall paintings that i couldn't get pictures of because of all the people posing for pictures.
After looking in the bookstore i wandered around Broadway and suddenly found myself standing underneath the infamous "On Broadway" club sign. The building housed not only the On Broadway (main floor) but also the Mabuhay Gardens (on the top floor), 2 of the earliest venues to host punk rock in the bay area (along with Tool & Die, the Deaf Club an
d others). Yeah i know it's pretty nerdy, but i was stoked to stand outside this building and think about all the amazing shows that have happened here (pick up the book "Fucked Up and Photocopied" to see some of the flyers for shows that happened in these venues.)
One of the 3rd day of my trip i drove out to Sacramento with my friend Devon who lives out in the East Bay. We went out there for a show, but first we stopped at a Krispy Kreme. Devon got 2 donuts, i got a six-pack. I was so stoked to be eating Krispy Kreme again, I guess that might explain why i look so serious in the picture. So anyways, all we really saw of Sacto was old Sacramento, which was alot of tourist shops and candy shops. Guess which part i liked.
One of the famous parts of SF is Fisherman's Wharf. I rode one of the trolly cars down to the wharf early in the morning. Chances are you've seen pictures of the SF trolly cars, they were in Rice-A-Roni commericals, and pretty much any other picture/advertisement for this town. I rode standing up, on the outside foot board, holding onto a pole for dear life. It was kinda scary, thought i was going to fall off at one point. As soon as you get to the wharf you hear the sounds of the sea lions barking and off in the distance you can see Alcatraz. These are the only reasons i go to this area.
So there you go, some of the pictures i took. I've got pictures of SF from other trips i've taken there, so that's why there isn't alot. If anyone wants to see bigger versions of any of these just let me know and i can email you a copy.
posted by shaun citrus at 8:45 PM
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