{"id":2436,"date":"2009-09-30T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2009-09-30T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:13:31","slug":"travelogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco isn’t a particularly big city in terms of land mass, but it is quite dense. This density can result in some startling changes of scenery in short order. One minute, I was in the trendy and gentrified SoMa neighborhood and a block later I was in the hardscrabble Tenderloin. This density, combined with one of the more comprehensive public transportation systems in the U.S., allowed me to see a good deal of the city and surrounding area without ever stepping foot in a car.<\/p>\n

We’re all familiar with some of the more iconic sights such as cable cars and the Transamerica Pyramid. <\/p>\n

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The Ferry Building hosts a bustling farmer’s market on Saturdays that is sure to give any foodie heart palpitations. The Bay Bridge provides a lovely backdrop to the scene.
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I also made some new friends at the Folsom Street Fair<\/a> (link very <\/i>NSFW). <\/p>\n

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My brother first described it as a gay pride event, but it’s more accurate to describe it as one of the largest leather and fetish festivals in the world. To use a Minnesota analogy, it’s like Grand Old Days, but with a lot more people wearing chaps, dog collars, and nipple rings. It is decadent, outrageous, and the embodiment of every conservative’s paranoid vision of life on the Left Coast. I thought it was a blast, although I could probably have won the award for Most Boring Attire (Heterosexual Male).<\/p>\n

Not shown in these photos are my wanderings through the ridiculously crowded streets of Chinatown, my visit to the famous but cramped City Lights<\/a> bookstore, my afternoon in Golden Gate Park, my exploration of the wonderful Richard Avedon exhibit<\/a> at the Museum of Modern Art, and my day trip to the Berkeley campus (where everyone is both smarter and better-looking than me). <\/p>\n

Of course, I didn’t manage to see everything. But that’s what return trips are for.<\/p>\n

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