The Golden Gate Bridge.

More here and an interesting bit of history from San Francisco Bay Area Whale Watching Blog.

A cold swim in the bay

Taken from hyde street pier, they are certainly tougher than me.

The Golden Man.

Photo Friday entry: Strange

The silver man of San Francisco.

Photo Sharks entry: famous

San Francisco has a number of famous street people, the Bush man is another one, but not as photogenic. This Silver guy is a fixture around fisherman's wharf or union square in San Francisco asking for tips if you take his picture. He does a funky little dance and moves around with a whistle in his mouth too. You can also get him to put his hand on your head, sometimes he goes hatless. He also has a few imitators not as clever. Good times.

Alcatraz.

This is a foggy shot of Alcatraz from the wharf area. Its often foggy so don't wait for a sunny day to visit! Its also grimy inside, so be careful what you touch. You need to get tickets from the Blue and Gold fleet (usually a day or so beforehand) to get there.

Downtown

The TransAmerica Building.

The TransAmerica building, its right downtown.

Chinatown, San Francisco, California.

Another shot of colorful Chinatown, which is probably the cheapest place in SF for souvenirs.

Chinatown anti-Bush guy.

Moody Monday entry: Fashionable, Bush bashing is very fashionable lately.

Coincidentally I took this picture about the same time as San Francisco Daily Photography posted his. Seeing that he did it in black and white, I immediately copied his good idea. His angle makes his picture more interesting. Anyway, the guy stands on that corner in Chinatown quite a bit and waves his signs around.

The full color uncropped version which includes part of a US flag which I sorta like and part of a car which I sorta don't like:

Barbary Coast Trail sign San Francisco California.

I thought about cropping the cigarette out, but decided to go with the authentic look. The Barbary Coast Trail is a halfway decent walking tour of San Francisco. It covers Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, and Fisherman's Wharf. Some of the stops are a bit obscure, and I hated waiting for the cable car at the end to take me back to the start because there is always a big line for the cable cars. The entire walk is a decent hike, so don't go on it with someone who is not at least halfway into walking or you'll have to stop every block, it is pretty hilly in parts. Dougan's World has more.