Sunday in the City
Kim and I spent the afternoon in San Francisco last Sunday. We took BART over to the Embarcadero station and then switched to MUNI. BART was "single tracking" between stations, and that added an unexpected delay to our departure. Otherwise public transportation to and in San Francisco is quite a treat for me.
We took the N Judah line to Church St. and had good food at Duboce Park Cafe, especially The Cake -- they have many pastries but the layer cake is made by someone who really knows good cake; so far I've had the chocolate/white chocolate and lemon -- excellent! We were there about 12:30pm on Sunday, almost got a table outside, but had to eat inside where the music was just too loud. I had the hot chicken w/chipotle aioli sandwich and salad, Kim at a tuna melt w/homemade lemonade. The food is very good, the salad and lemonade was excellent.
We walked up a few blocks to Fillmore St. and caught the 22 bus north to the Marina. I am charmed by how the neighborhoods' personalities all appear distinct within just a few short blocks. The Lower Height and Hayes Valley areas are easy and interesting, with lots of local shops and eateries on each block. When I visited by myself a few weekends ago I walked straight up Steiner from the cafe past Alano Square, with its very good view to the west and north, all the way to Turk before turning east to Fillmore. From there I thought I'd catch the bus north but kept walking all the way to Geary -- the area is developing its roots of local jazz clubs into new clubs (including Yoshi's) and a culture district.
On the bus with Kim it is a somewhat brief drive up to the Marina district. I am very curious about the restaurants that pepper Fillmore north of Geary in to the Pacific Heights area and on down into the Marina. The 22 bus' terminal point if a few blocks from the actual Marina, so we walked through the charming and fancy homes that line Fillmore down to the water. When you reach the bay at ground level, the view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island, with the people walking left and right at the green and the sail boats and pelicans at the water, is spectacular! We sat on a bench by the walk by the water and feed the birds the leftovers of Kim's tuna melt.
Beautiful day. Thanks.
We took the N Judah line to Church St. and had good food at Duboce Park Cafe, especially The Cake -- they have many pastries but the layer cake is made by someone who really knows good cake; so far I've had the chocolate/white chocolate and lemon -- excellent! We were there about 12:30pm on Sunday, almost got a table outside, but had to eat inside where the music was just too loud. I had the hot chicken w/chipotle aioli sandwich and salad, Kim at a tuna melt w/homemade lemonade. The food is very good, the salad and lemonade was excellent.
We walked up a few blocks to Fillmore St. and caught the 22 bus north to the Marina. I am charmed by how the neighborhoods' personalities all appear distinct within just a few short blocks. The Lower Height and Hayes Valley areas are easy and interesting, with lots of local shops and eateries on each block. When I visited by myself a few weekends ago I walked straight up Steiner from the cafe past Alano Square, with its very good view to the west and north, all the way to Turk before turning east to Fillmore. From there I thought I'd catch the bus north but kept walking all the way to Geary -- the area is developing its roots of local jazz clubs into new clubs (including Yoshi's) and a culture district.
On the bus with Kim it is a somewhat brief drive up to the Marina district. I am very curious about the restaurants that pepper Fillmore north of Geary in to the Pacific Heights area and on down into the Marina. The 22 bus' terminal point if a few blocks from the actual Marina, so we walked through the charming and fancy homes that line Fillmore down to the water. When you reach the bay at ground level, the view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island, with the people walking left and right at the green and the sail boats and pelicans at the water, is spectacular! We sat on a bench by the walk by the water and feed the birds the leftovers of Kim's tuna melt.
Beautiful day. Thanks.
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