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On Father's Day, my family took me into San Francisco for a Father's Day brunch.  We live about 15 minutes away from The City.  We ate at this restaurant called the "Bluestem."  It is a newer, trendy restaurant in the Union Square district of San Francisco.  It was great food, great ambience and of course...great company.  I freely admit I started off with a Bloody Mary, had a glass of Napa Valley Cab with the meal and capped it with an Irish Coffee.  After our meal we walked around downtown.  I got some shots of some of the vintage traction in SF.  They have about 9 or 10 vintage trolleys and streatcars from around the world and our country.  They have been restored and run the lines on a daily basis.  I snapped pics of the 1950 Cincinnati and San Diego PCC Streetcars.  And...of course I got a few pics of the most iconic San Francisco traction...the cable cars!  We love the City and go there quite often.  My mom is a native San Franciscan.  I used to work in a restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf while I was in high school.  Hope everyone had a great Father's Day.  Enjoy!

Bluestem Restaurant Sign #2-004

Bluestem Bar-006

Oysters on the Half Shell at the Bluestem-011

1950 Cincinnati PCC Streetcar-025

1950 San Diego PCC Streetcar-029

Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car Turntable-030

Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #1-032

Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #2-033

Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #3-035

Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #4-036

Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #5-040

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  • Bluestem Restaurant Sign #2-004
  • Bluestem Bar-006
  • Oysters on the Half Shell at the Bluestem-011
  • 1950 Cincinnati PCC Streetcar-025
  • 1950 San Diego PCC Streetcar-029
  • Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car Turntable-030
  • Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #1-032
  • Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #2-033
  • Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #3-035
  • Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #4-036
  • Powell and Mason Sts Cable Car #5-040
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We were out near the end of May for our son's graduation. Rode a lot of streetcars. It is nice that they have a little bit of history on each one mounted inside the cars.

 

SF is an amazing city. We walked all the way down the steps from Coit Tower to Fisherman's Wharf in the dark. It is so steep that I just don't know how people in the houses built along those steps can carry their groceries home. Must have a parking space that we couldn't see in the dark.

And the best part about the streetcars is for $2 you can ride almost all day! You do have to get off at the end of the line and get back on at the next boarding stop, but, that is true of the buses also.

 

The first we went to SF, we got on the right bus route, but, going in the wrong direction. We rode until the bus stopped at where it starts its loop in the other direction. The driver made us get off the bus and walk to the next stop which was just a few steps around the corner to get back on.

 

Same thing with the streetcars down on Fisherman's Wharf. You have to get off the down car here and walk a couple of blocks over to get back on a car going uptown.

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