A Nighttime Stroll Around San Francisco - Crossing Between the Financial District and Chinatown, and Back

During the Lady Gaga concert, I had time to kill, so I ventured north into the Financial District.  I parked the car near Kearney and Pine, and spent some time in the Chipotle near there, at Sutter and Kearney. Then, I walked to Grant Ave., headed north on Grant through the Dragon Gate into Chinatown, turned right onto Jackson St., I guess on the edge of the North Beach neighborhood, and right again, returning on Kearney Ave. back to where I parked.

Tall buildings.

Apparently they once had one of these in Davis.

Deborah McMillion-Nering often paints men with heads like these.

Cool escape stairs.

Dragon Gate.

Looking south.

Lanterns.

Mona Lee.

Why Do They Fear the Mysterious (Jang) Manchu?

Pretty.

Linda Boutique.

Jackson St.

"The Empire Strips Back," a burlesque show at the Great Star Theater.

Spectral Transamerican Pyramid.

In my "Breaking Bad" Symbols book, I discuss Vault Glass, windows that help illuminate spaces below the sidewalk, and how you can't find Vault Glass in Albuquerque anymore.  Whoa!  Here is Vault Glass on the sidewalks of Chinatown!

Trip to Berkeley and San Francisco - September 8, 2022

Rachel was worried that she couldn't attend the Lady Gaga concert in San Francisco with her daughter unless she had help with the driving (her school-teaching starts ungodly early in the morning), so I volunteered to provide that help, even though I wouldn't be able to see the concert myself. (Having seen her show last year in Las Vegas was sufficient, even though her style that night was jazz and this one's style would be more pop.  So, off to the Bay Area!)

The center of the universe, Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, at Bancroft and Telegraph Ave.

Curious mural near Oracle Stadium, where Lady Gaga would be performing.

Approaching the Lefty O'Doul bridge and Oracle Stadium in San Francisco's China Basin neighborhood.

Lefty O'Doul bridge.

Lefty O'Doul bridge.

China Basin sign.