Tag: “San Francisco”

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1. 

   Pier 39 window shopping

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   California Academy of Sciences

   gifts corner

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   California Academy of Sciences

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   Golden Gate Bridge

5. 

   California Academy of Sciences

   Junior High goes to Academy

6. 

   swimmers and the Golden Gate in the back

7. 

   Hyde St. Pier

   talking about boats and ships

8. 

   Halloween Day in the Castro District

   Everyone turns out for Halloween in San Francisco, and some of the best viewing is during the day as things get underway.

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   Lombard Street

   One of San Francisco's most recognizable streets, it's almost cliché to come here during a visit to the city, but the novelty of such an unusual street is inarguably fun. Most locals never come here, but visitors line up for a block or two west of Hyde Street to drive down the eight or so bends at five miles per hour, while others taking photographs line the sidewalk staircases on either side.

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    Palace of Fine Arts

    Originally built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Palace itself is antique architecture - the massive columns dwarf human scale. It's very Arcadian or Picturesque - there's a swan-inhabited man-made lake.
    
    This is what it is now, not what it was then...
    
    The nearby Exploratorium is a science-based art gallery with exhibits designed by some amazing artists that work with natural phenomena like Ned Kahn and Doug Hollis - great on a rainy weekday if you can swing it....