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• Gay Pride Parade San Francisco 2009 (2 of 8)

  28Jun
  Categories: Adventure, Dance, Event, Free Fun, Fun, Music, Odd, Outdoor, People Watching, Photo Opp, SOMA, Silly Click Here to Leave a Comment
  Dykes on Bikes is always a favorite and starts the parade every year. It’s invigorating, exciting and loud, but fun. Click on photos to enlarge … then click again to enlarge a bit more.

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  
  

  Tags: Gay Pride San Francisco

• 98th Annual Bay to Breakers Race

  17May
  Categories: Free Fun, Fun, Odd, Outdoor, People Watching, Photo Opp, SOMA, Silly, Tourist Activity Comments: 1
  WARNING, if photos of totally naked people are offensive to you, STOP RIGHT HERE! It’s not my favorite thing to shoot. I’m just shooting what was there.

  PS-Why are the ones who go nude, are never then ones you’re really like to see naked?
  
  REMEMBER: TO VIEW FULL SIZED PHOTOS, CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL.

  This is by far, one of the quirkiest and craziest “races” in the world. Anyone can join in. You can run or walk. Anyone can wear anything … and they do … and, like I said, some don’t wear ANYTHING! You can see it all at this very popular annual event.

  50,000 - 75,000 people get involved and use it as a day to get crazy, as you can see. Alter egos abound. The people watching is pretty great, but you have to be on your toes. BTW, about the number of participants … it’s a fact that San Francisco has over 50,000 multi-millionaires in this little city of only 49 square miles. That’s about the same number as you’ll see in this race. Think about it. That’s about 1 in 4 people. Kind of amazing, when you think about it, huh?

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  This was just crazy fun … the fireman was spraying water on the crowd and a few fight back.

  Can you spot the naked guy near the beginning? I hope not, but he’s there, nevertheless.

  Tags: 98th Annual Bay to Breakers Race, Bay to Breakers, Bay to Breakers Race, San Francisco Bay to Breakers Race

• Intercontinental Hotel Sign Changing Colors

  16Mar
  Categories: Food, Outdoor, SOMA, Silly Click Here to Leave a Comment
  OK, maybe this is too tame to post, but I think it’s cool. Hotel signs these days are either cheesy or very plain Jane, but this one is tasteful, subtle and fun. OK, maybe I’m loosin’ it, but somehow this one fascinates me and every time I walk by (at night), I have to stop and watch it go through the whole range of colors. Now, thanks to the modern age of technology, you can too. Ha, ha.

  This little video shows the whole range of colors, but honestly (and you know I’m always honest with you) it looks better in person.

  One thing to know … if I haven’t mentioned it already … the bar food there is pretty darn good, and not a bad value either. Steak and fries is only $18, which is just enough for light dinner; so you won’t feel guilty about over eating or eating red meat. They also have two pappardelles that are good - one seafood and one short rib. The short rib, wild mushroom version is only $14.

  I have another entry on this blog with photos of a few of the bartenders there, if you want to say HI and feel like a local. Tell them Randy sent you. Just use the search box in the upper right and click GO.

  NOTE: YouTube videos ALWAYS look better when you click the HQ (High Quality) button on the lower right of the YouTube video frame.

  Tags: Downtown San Francisco, Hotel InterContinental