[ Don't know ]

This strange structure is across the street from the Farmer's Market.


[ Transamerica building ]

A closer look at the distinctive Transamerica building.


[ Security ]

And of course with every distinctive building in the U.S. comes some pretty distinctivesecurity. The conflicting Enter/Stop signage not withstanding.


[ Sam Wo ]

This Chinese restaurant came recommended, in part for its quirkiness. Just inside the door is the kitchen, which you have to walk through on your way to the stairs up to the dining areas on two separate floors.


[ No jive ]

Jive is not permitted.


[ Wait staff ]

The wait staff used this station to keep cutlery and menus etc. The food is delivered through a dumb waiter. Particularly fun is the part where they stick your money on a paperclip attached to a string and drop it down the hole to the cashier.

For the record, I had chicken chow mein with broccoli. It was pretty good.


[ Electric busses ]

San Francisco seems to have quite an extensive network of bus routes through the city, with frequent service at just about all hours (I know this thanks to my ringside hotel room).


[ Trolley poles ]

Particularly nifty is that a lot of the buses are electric. Here's the hardware on the roof of a bus. Although I've always wanted to use the word pantograph on cyberpeasant.com, this is not the time for it. They are merely trolley poles.

Bonus question: Does anyone -- under the age of 30 -- remember the electric buses in Toronto?






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