{"id":840,"date":"2009-09-07T11:26:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T03:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/?p=840"},"modified":"2009-09-14T01:20:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T17:20:05","slug":"golden-gate-bridge-clement-gg-park-haight-ashbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/07\/golden-gate-bridge-clement-gg-park-haight-ashbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Gate Bridge, Clement, GG Park, Haight Ashbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a couple days of doing nothing, I hit the streets of San Francisco again.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the BART to the Montgomery, I transferred to a MUNI, 38L, transferred to another MUNI, the 28 and arrived at Golden Gate Bridge car park.<\/p>\n<p>Of course after two days of clear days, today, it was misty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc175909_dsc_6892.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-841\" title=\"Golden Gate Bridge in mist\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc175909_dsc_6892.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Gate Bridge in mist\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc175909_dsc_6892.jpg 332w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc175909_dsc_6892-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I walked down to Fort Point which offered more opportunities to take the bridge in interesting ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190225_dsc_6962.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-842\" title=\"Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Point\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190225_dsc_6962.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Point\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190225_dsc_6962.jpg 500w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190225_dsc_6962-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190305_dsc_6963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-843\" title=\"Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Point\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190305_dsc_6963.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Point\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190305_dsc_6963.jpg 332w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc190305_dsc_6963-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then walked across the GGB and back. It was a good walk and the wind was blustery and cold and just the way I like it. Although I think I was the only one in bermudas and t-shirt there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc203548_dsc_7073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-844\" title=\"GGB lights\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc203548_dsc_7073.jpg\" alt=\"GGB lights\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc203548_dsc_7073.jpg 332w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc203548_dsc_7073-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc204508_dsc_7079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-845\" title=\"Hope is a call away: GGB\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc204508_dsc_7079.jpg\" alt=\"Hope is a call away: GGB\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc204508_dsc_7079.jpg 332w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc204508_dsc_7079-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this is why when people offer me to take photos, I always say no: GGB growing out of head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc195530_dsc_7025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-846\" title=\"GGB growing out of my head\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc195530_dsc_7025.jpg\" alt=\"GGB growing out of my head\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc195530_dsc_7025.jpg 500w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090904_utc195530_dsc_7025-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boy, I look fat.<\/p>\n<p>I took the 28 back down the road to Clement Street, which has a lot of Asian food and I had an excellent roast duck and, while the roast pork was crispy, it was too meaty. I had to speak in Cantonese to order the food and they gave me too much and charged me $6.75 for it. It was way more meat I would&#8217;ve gotten for $6.75 in Singapore. Well, it filled me for lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Then I walked from Clement down to the Golden Gate Park, which is lovely to visit if you are taking a more leisurely visit of the city. Great wide open space, lots of space for people and dogs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000209_dsc_7115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-847\" title=\"Conservatory of Flowers\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000209_dsc_7115.jpg\" alt=\"Conservatory of Flowers\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000209_dsc_7115.jpg 332w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000209_dsc_7115-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the Conservatory of Flowers that has an admission fee of $7 to see special exhibits but it closes at 4:30pm and I only got there after 5pm. However, I glanced through the windows and saw nepenthes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000747_dsc_7124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-848\" title=\"Detail of the Conservatory of Flowers\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000747_dsc_7124.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Conservatory of Flowers\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000747_dsc_7124.jpg 500w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc000747_dsc_7124-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, I walked briefly through the Haight-Ashbury area, which was a kind of funky grungy place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc005823_dsc_7149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-849\" title=\"Mural at Haight-Ashbury\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc005823_dsc_7149.jpg\" alt=\"Mural at Haight-Ashbury\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc005823_dsc_7149.jpg 500w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc005823_dsc_7149-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took the 71 back to town and walked around the Embarcadero-Ferry Building and found the Hyatt an interesting building to photograph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc023609_dsc_7204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-850\" title=\"Hyatt at the Embarcadero\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc023609_dsc_7204.jpg\" alt=\"Hyatt at the Embarcadero\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc023609_dsc_7204.jpg 500w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc023609_dsc_7204-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that the Bay Bridge is more more golden than the Golden Gate Bridge when the sun sets. During this time, for the first time in 20 years, the Bay Bridge is closed for this Labour Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc020843_dsc_7179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-851\" title=\"Golden Bay Bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc020843_dsc_7179.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Bay Bridge\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc020843_dsc_7179.jpg 500w, https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090905_utc020843_dsc_7179-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the end of the trip, I had gotten the hang of the San Francisco public transportation system.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, always get a transfer because it&#8217;ll will save you a quarter each trip, and try and make your trip within your transfer time stated on the ticket, because that means you&#8217;ll be able to complete your trip (back and forth) within the least amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, I&#8217;ve overstayed at all my locations taking photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a couple days of doing nothing, I hit the streets of San Francisco again. Taking the BART to the Montgomery, I transferred to a MUNI, 38L, transferred to another MUNI, the 28 and arrived at Golden Gate Bridge car park. Of course after two days of clear days, today, it was misty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[315],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}