{"id":911,"date":"2004-11-27T23:02:22","date_gmt":"2004-11-28T04:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/?p=911"},"modified":"2004-11-27T23:02:22","modified_gmt":"2004-11-28T04:02:22","slug":"off-to-a-tourist-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/index.php\/2004\/11\/27\/off-to-a-tourist-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to a tourist tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

After I got bored with the car show I started heading back down to Market Street
\nto catch the BART train back to the East Bay. Somewhere along the way I spotted
\nCoit Tower, which didn’t look too terribly far away (actually it’s a couple
\nmiles) so I figured what the heck, how about a little urban hike? <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

I paused for lunch at the San Francisco Brewing Company … which has good
\nbeer made on site and not-too-shabby sandwiches. I had a sausage sandwich and
\nfries that were pricey but tasty. The great thing about San Francisco’s world-class
\nrestaurants is that they force all the other eateries in town to raise their
\nstandards. So even bars like this one serve food with gourmet touches. <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

That’s the Transamerica Pyramid down the street. I know I should resist the
\ntemptation but I always want to take pictures of it when I’ve got my camera
\nhandy. <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

Here’s Coit Tower. Note the perfect blue sky — a storm blew through last night
\nand washed away all the air pollution. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

On the right it’s the Bay Bridge from Oakland. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

On the left it’s the Golden Gate to Marin county. This is probably one of the
\nfew places in the city where you can see both bridges. <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

And, of course, Alcatraz. I can’t remember the skies being so clear in all
\nmy previous visits to the city. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I walked past these on the way back downtown to catch the BART home. <\/p>\n

All I could think of was this: don’t mess with Satan, he’s got three
\ntesticles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After I got bored with the car show I started heading back down to Market Street to catch the BART train back to the East Bay. Somewhere along the way I spotted Coit Tower, which didn’t look too terribly far…<\/p>\n

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