Fragments of a day in San Francisco

Hanging yellow trumpets
Cafe in Union Square. Strings of yellow trumpet shaped flowers. Hard to tell that at first, they were large, and mostly hanging upside down. They looked like folded cloth, or a colony of fruit bats in bright sunner clothing.

Lensbaby
First time I had a chance to play with the lens my brother got me for my birthday. It takes some getting used to but is fun, and some of the results were very funky. (Although I did keep thinking 'it'd take me 2 seconds to do that in Photoshop.') Still, want to play with it more and see what tricks I can make it perform.

Nepal
While taking photos, a random guy walked up to me, politely introduced himself, asked about my camera, told me he was from Nepal, talked briefly about the place, and then politely trotted off again. Very strange.

Buena Vista Irish
Dad remembered a place near Fisherman's Wharf that he said served the best Irish coffees in the world ever, and so led us all on a trek to try to find it. Ironically it turned out to be the not-very-Irish-sounding Buena Vista. He was right about the coffee.

Red lines
Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge. Not on my list, as sitting in a ton of tourist traffic to cross a bridge just to turn round and come back again never really appealed. But all those red lines converging and diverging overhead was pretty cool.

Traffic lamp
Trying to manhandle a lamp bigger than you are into the back of a rental car that you can't figure out how to lower the seats near Union Square in the middle of San Francisco rush hour traffic the day before a major public holiday. Not advised. Ended up giving in and sending passengers home by train.

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