among the many things san francisco is famous for, one of them is definitely the cable car. and many tourists will ride the car and stand on the steps. there is always a line for it and in fact vj and i queued for a while and then gave up because it seemed like it would take some time before we could get on.
i like this picture because it seems to illustrate that old saying about london buses. you wait ages for one and then 3 of them turn up at the same time:) and you guys may find this video interesting - i don't recall that we saw this on our last two trips to sf.
guess they have to do it this way cos the cable car has no reverse gears? another interesting bit - swensens (as in we're so not going there?:)) used to have the cable car as a theme in its restaurants when it first started in singapore. and you had sundaes named coit tower - in fact i think it is still on the menu.
isn't the mix of architectural styles in this picture amazing?
mummy told me about this place and i thought it was named witchcraft! wonder if she wanted me to get a broom:) but she did say it was opened by one of the top chef judges called tom colicchio - the bald one. it was quite difficult to find because while the address says it is in a westfield mall in san francisco near union square, to get to it you have to come out of the back of the building! then when i saw the name, i finally understood...'wichcraft, as in sandwich. quite clever. no prizes for guessing what they sell. but since we already had lunch, we couldn't eat a sandwich but we did find something interesting on the menu. and it would feel like an anti-climax not to eat something there when we had so much trouble finding the place.
this is a cream wich. as in ice cream sandwich. quite yummy.
can't quite recall what this was but i think it may have been coconut with raspberry.
just like westfield valley fair, this westfield mall also has a food court.
and to complete the singaporean theme, there's a restaurant inside called straits which serves singaporean food. i heard though that it isn't quite authentic. and it is a bit on the pricey side.
and finally, to round off the day, we headed to union square. interesting sculptures. i imagine these reflect the theme around the old song, "i left my heart in san francisco".
this is macy's at union square. if you look closely you can see people eating up there (cheesecake factory is one of the restaurants) with a great view of the square.
coincidentally, there happened to be a free movie screening at the square that very night. it is organized to help raise funds to save cinemas that are part of the history of the city. the movie is free but there are volunteers who go round to collect donations. the movie screened that night was the romantic comedy, when harry met sally. lots of people turned up early, with their own chairs (as you can see below) or blankets with a picnic all laid out.
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