San Francisco is like a coat of many colours as we look at it from a strangers point of view.
There's 'old' money from the railroad kings.
There is a strata of money from the builders and developers.
Of course where's there's money there's bankers.
Now there's 'new' money from the IT industry with Twitter, Google, Microsoft etc.
There's also money from the film industry and films like 'Dirty Harry', Sister Act, even parts of Titanic were all shot around the city.
Sorry guys, I've 'turned' them, 'locked' them still the photo's come out sideways.
Please bear with me on this.
Photo's.
1, Francis Ford Coppola's building, downstairs in the bar they serve wine from his nearby Napa valley estate. We didn't go to visit Napa valley as we live in Languedoc Roussillon, one of France's wine growing regions and it would be like taking snow to the Eskimo's.
2, I uploaded a photo of Alcatraz which didn't arrive, in the meantime you can pick out your suit !
3, This is a famous/infamous restaurant that's been going for years. It's actually very good but you won't be making love to your wife after an evening meal here, whew ! it's really strong, give it a go...I double dare you ! Garlics good for the heart, it'd better be because don't expect mouth to mouth if you have a heart attack after visiting here.
4,For us Europeans the ubiquitous yellow taxi's are cute.
5,From a technical logistics point of view Europe leads America in waste handling equipment. This truck takes far to large a footprint for it's effectiveness.
6, These dinky little things are cute but on the main highway I don't think they are the safest way to travel.
7, This is San Francisco's fine city hall. Rubber cushions were installed below all the piles at great expense to prevent collapse in case of an earthquake.
San Francisco lies besides the San Andreas fault where the eutectic plates can rub and cause earthquakes, one in about 1906/8 destroyed nearly half of the city.
8, Watch out, Mason's everywhere !
9,One of San Frans biggest industries is tourism, everybody eats and drinks but there are very few public toilets. A sad lacking in the city. Cafe's and restaurants don't encourage you to visit if your caught short in the street.