San Francisco is a mad city – inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty. ~ Rudyard Kipling

A Walking Day in San Francisco

I know my time living in San Francisco is growing shorter, so I want to make sure I tick off all of the things I want to do here. To be honest it’s a really short list, I’ve done a good job over the last six years of taking advantage of much of what the city has to offer, at least those things I’m interested in. I was having a conversation at work the other day with a Burmese staff member and realized I had never had Burmese food. So I asked for a recommendation and Burma Superstar became my first walking target on my latest walk. I got the Chicken Basil, Burmese Fried Rice and the Tea Leaf Salad and it was all absolutely fantastic.

From Burma Superstar I walked over and through the Presidio.

Coming out of the Presidio I walked over to my next target, the Palace of Fine Arts, someplace that looks absolutely amazing when you drive by it and I’ve always wanted to get down there. But honestly, it’s big, and pretty, but wasn’t all that exciting.

The beauty of being in the Marina District is that you do get great views of the Golden Gate Bridge and sometimes, it seems like the bridge is right in the city.

Finally, after finishing about ten miles of walking I ended up down near Fisherman’s Wharf for my last target of the day, my very first cable car ride, pictured above. Even got the locals discount, although honestly I just think the conductor was lazy and didn’t want to deal with a Clipper Card so my ride was free. It was a fun ride because of the tourists, had a good conversation with some women from NOLA and a couple from Australia. Ended up one car short of getting to ride on the Willie Mays car #24.

All in all a lovely and long day in the city, and a complete rarity, not a single pizza slice the whole day. And of course San Francisco wouldn’t be San Francisco without a little bit of weirdness.