All photographs by Damien B. Donnelly

The Streets of San Francisco were the bookends to my Palm Springs trip last week.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY; SLOPES OF SAN FRANCISCO

20/02/201916/08/2021 / deuxiemepeau / 17 Comments

17 thoughts on “WORDLESS WEDNESDAY; SLOPES OF SAN FRANCISCO”

Ms. Liz

20/02/2019 at 20:56

Awesome, I’d feel right at home there; you must’ve worn down a fair bit of shoe leather!

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- deuxiemepeau
  
  20/02/2019 at 23:05
  
  Well I arrived Wednesday afternoon and then flew to Palm Springs on the Thursday evening with my friends for her 50th birthday weekend and then got back Monday evening and flew back home on Tuesday afternoon but I did manage to cram in a lot of hill walking in the city all the same. I don’t like to miss out! Jet lag helped me be up early! 5 people said hello to me while they went to work at 8am! Strangers just saying hello while passing by! It ain’t Paris!
  
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  - Ms. Liz
    
    20/02/2019 at 23:08
    
    That is so lovely and friendly! We found people in LA were also super friendly, even just like on the metro or the city buses!
Jane Dougherty

20/02/2019 at 21:48

Lovely setting! And a city that looks lived in and attractive. If you don’t mind the hills.

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- deuxiemepeau
  
  20/02/2019 at 23:01
  
  That lived in look is so appealing, it makes no excuses for who it is or what it was, it just exists, it’s one big melting pot and has a number of mad one too, I sat next to one on the bus! interesting journey!
  The hills are insane! It is like walking up walls
  
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  - Jane Dougherty
    
    20/02/2019 at 23:10
    
    Looks like a good place. Yes, the hills might be a problem as one gets older, but maybe they don’t do much walking when it gets to mountaineering levels of difficulty 🙂
  - deuxiemepeau
    
    25/02/2019 at 18:20
    
    I think that’s where the trams come in to save heart attacks. You can literally brush your nose up against the path in front of you as it rises so steeply the path is almost at the tip of your nose
  - Jane Dougherty
    
    25/02/2019 at 21:46
    
    I think I would find that absolutely terrifying.
  - deuxiemepeau
    
    25/02/2019 at 22:21
    
    😂😂🤭
merrildsmith

21/02/2019 at 20:24

Lovely photos that definitely capture much of the city. My brother lived there for many years, but I was only there once briefly–with a baby–I don’t think we even have photos of the city. The photo of Castro with the gay pride flag, and A Star is Born on the movie marquee made me smile. 🙂 It looks like you had a busy, but fun trip–seeing sights and also being with friends.

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- deuxiemepeau
  
  25/02/2019 at 18:28
  
  It was a great Merril, if brief, but I loved every minute of it and especially to catch up with great friends and meet some new ones. I had a short time in San Francisco but I still managed to get about, my eager feet wanted to view it all! I did think the Castro picture was fun, sort of typified so much in the one shot. I think when you grow up in the back of a closet trying to find a way out, you hope one day to either find the freedom to see a star or else be one.
  
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fashionsausage

25/02/2019 at 05:46

You got some great shots! You walked a lot!! X

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- deuxiemepeau
  
  25/02/2019 at 13:19
  
  Thanks my lovely, I did let the footsteps mount up although I took the bus back up from Castro to the Heights and sat next to a couple on Meth! That was fun! I felt like I was in an episode of Breaking Bad!!! I realized why everyone else was standing up(far from them) when I sat down next to them.
  
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memadtwo

25/02/2019 at 16:17

Such a wonderful contrast of old and new, curves and lines. My brother lives in Oakland, and I hope to get out and visit one of these days. (K)

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- deuxiemepeau
  
  25/02/2019 at 18:34
  
  Oh you must, and Oakland is so close by. Bring comfortable shoes!
  
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  - memadtwo
    
    25/02/2019 at 19:44
    
    Hopefully sometime this year…
  - deuxiemepeau
    
    25/02/2019 at 22:22
    
    🤞🤞🤗🤗