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Shots of San Francisco

November 12, 2012 By Katie MacLeod 2 Comments

Painted Ladies, San FranciscoMaybe it was a mix of the Sixties music played by my parents, or my teenage obsession with TV show The O.C., but for one reason or another I had always wanted to visit California and see San Francisco.

I finally flew there three years ago, as I left behind my movie-style summer in Manhattan.  It was colder than I had anticipated, but everything I had expected.

With friends in tow, I walked the length of the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog.  We climbed Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower for a 360 degree view of the city, saw sea lions by Pier 39 and scoured the streets of Chinatown to find a fortune cookie factory.  The cookies were worth the wandering: we stocked up on bags of them for our road trip down the California coast.

There was soup in sourdough bread bowls at Boudin Bakery by Fisherman’s Wharf, and a jaunt to Ghirardelli for dessert.  Of course, we went for a ride on one of the city’s famous cable cars – the one that broke down on an especially steep SF street.

It was a meeting with a new city, and a reunion with old friends: the perfect plot for a suitcase story.

San Francisco Skyline

Chinatown, San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge in fog

Flowers on Lombard Street, San Francisco

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Comments

  1. GiggsMcGill Jill says

    November 14, 2012 at 6:50 am

    Gorgeous pictures! And glad you got to eat at Ghiradelli’s – always worth it ^.^ (So are the sea lions I guess…)

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    • K.C. says

      November 15, 2012 at 4:38 pm

      Thanks 🙂 I’m a bit of a chocoholic, so Ghirardelli was a must-see for me!

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