That was utterly spectacular.

Nice set, glad you enjoyed the trip.

I guess I will be visiting the bay area once again in a couple of weeks.

Damn son, you got around. I was just in the sunset myself this past weekend at my friend's new place and was impressed at how walkable parts of it are. Didn't really think of it that way until now.

You also got some amazing lighting in your shots. Prime example here:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/234/2...8946917f_o.jpg

Beautiful photos, a very enjoyable thread :cheers:

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the comments. I don't think I've ever received this many before. :)

Oh I definitely hope to visit again soon. I think I am now hooked on San Fran. :yes:

fantastic photos - what a beautiful city!!

Great shots! It's not too often that West Portal, the Inner Sunset, and Ocean Beach make it on a photo thread. Some good Sausalito pics too.

I love san fran

San Francisco is my favorite city in the world!!! So beautiful on every level! :)
Awesome photo tour!!!

This thread should be shut down before it causes heart palipitations. Be still my part. A thread this beautiful for someone having to see it and not be in San Francisco at the time is the ultimate tease.

So great to see neighborhood shots away from the downtown area, particularly west of Twin Peaks.

I'd be upset....if I didn't love your photo spread that much.

FABULOUS!

Hands down the most beautiful city in the U.S. Arguably the most beautiful in the world!!

Such a great set of photos.....thanks for sharing!!!!

Oh wow! What a show, Ohioguy! :tup:

You surely did justice to this spectacular city and some of its surrounding areas.

Consider if you live there--but aren't there. :wah:

On the other hand, here it's sunny and 80 degrees. :cool:

I'm softly weeping looking at all those pictures. I can't describe how much I miss San Francisco. After a few days, it was amazing how much like home San Francisco began to feel. Far from the doom and gloom prophesied by a local medium, I felt happy and at ease most of the time I was there. The whole city just felt good.

If any of you SF natives notices Golden Gate Bridge's aircraft beacon glowing more brightly than normal, it's because I think I left part of my heart there. Likewise if the spire of the Transamerica Pyramid or the Bay Bridge's necklace lights seem a little brighter, they've got pieces of my heart for safekeeping too. Even those lovely little cable cars won my affection. I think I made a gripman's day when I told him that for me, those cable cars were not just a fun tourist ride- I seriously used them to get around, and worked the hell out of my muni pass that week.
Gods willing, I want to return to SF sometime next year. I'll have to post my own photo thread- it's got lots and lots of bridge and tower porn for you all to enjoy.

Every time the subject comes up on SSP, I try to make the point that for some of us they are very practical transportation. You DO have to have a transit pass--otherwise the price is absurd. But, for example, for me the California St cable car is by far the quickest, easiest way to get to Chinatown or the Financial District and as good as any way to get to the Embarcadero.

Awe inspiring!

Easiest maybe. Fastest? Meh, I'd take the 1, one or two blocks away depending on whether you're going inbound or outbound.

I think the cable cars are nice as a historic landmark and tourist trap, but practical transportation? They're extremely expensive to operate and the only line not overrun with tourists is duplicated by several trolleybus lines. This isn't to say that I want them to go away, just that their primary and really only purpose is for tourism. I do wish that the California line would be extended to Japantown or Fillmore St, to provide some kind of tourist destination for it.

The California St line is absolutely not "overrun with tourists". I have NEVER been unable to board the first car to pass me or leave if I'm at either end of the line. I can't say if it's faster than the 1 bus but it's a whole lot more pleasant.

I do NOT wish the California St line would be extended because the tourists have all they need now to keep them entertained and it works well for locals as it is.

You go ride one of Muni's lousy jerky busses with their cranky drivers and leave my cable car, with its smiling operators, to me and Amanita. We know how to get around our town.

PS--Along with thousands of other San Franciscans, I'd rather ride the Market St. streetcars than the subway too.

I used the streetcars too- all those funky ones imported from goddess-knows where, little pieces of rolling history. Those were cool!
And I agree about the Cable Car operators- those guys seem to have a lot of fun at their jobs. Very happy most of the time. One of them took one look at me in my jacket and waistcape (essentially coattails disconnected from the coat) and asked me what I was the Goddess of. I said that at the moment, I wasn't quite sure. I should have pointed to my GGB belt buckle and said "Bridges!"

I even rode up from Fisherman's wharf hanging off the side of a car one night. Fun! I've heard that over the years, there have been plans to replace the cable cars with busses or other things, but really, they handle the hills like nothing else. Too bad Halifax doesn't have anything quite as cool as those cable cars where transit is concerned.