Our trip to San Francisco last April was not all leisure.
Ferry Plaza clock tower. Trams Electric-powered light rail cars run along theSan Francisco Bay-fronting Embarcadero.
Dave pulled himself from bed early Saturday morning to shoot the photos for the write-up on the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market which appears in this month's Flavours magazine. The article was penned by our friend, San Francisco-based freelance writer and food blogger Catherine Nash. I tagged along for the snacking.
If a trip to San Francisco is in your future it's well worth staying over a Saturday to catch this market, with its numerous goodies to eat on site and plenty more to cart home. Catherine provides a round-up of the best eats at the end of her article.
Nice and great pics....
Posted by: New Kid on the Blog | 2007.09.10 at 10:30
I think the 'green thing parking along the curb' is not the famous SF cable car??? I think it is just a bus that run on electric?
The cable car has fixed rails.
Posted by: cindy | 2007.09.11 at 01:29
... continue from other post
the rails for the cable car runs along the middle of the road if I am not mistaken. AND they are brown???
Posted by: cindy | 2007.09.11 at 01:31
A trip to SF is in our future - so cool to see some shots. That photo of the tomatoes is astonishing!
Posted by: Kevin | 2007.09.11 at 03:03
NKotB - thanks.
Cindy - well, good question. This vehicle runs on fixed tracks (you can barely make them out in the photo) up and down the middle of the Embarcadero. Traffic, including, buses, run alongside. Perhaps I should call it a tram instead. Thanks.
Kevin - don't miss this market. And go hungry!
Posted by: Robyn | 2007.09.11 at 09:25
Nice pictures-yes, the SF Farmers Market is wonderful!!!
Posted by: Elle | 2007.09.11 at 13:49
The green streetcar is car # 1015 on the historic F-Line running along the Embarcadero:
http://www.streetcar.org/mim/streetcars/fleet/pcc/1015/index.html
It is not a cable car (the above article never claimed it to be such) but an electric-powered light rail car.
Posted by: Nate | 2007.09.12 at 07:09
Elle - the thing is, it's only one of many wonderful ones in the Bay Area.
Nate - thanks for that. Would you believe we lived in the Bay Area (albeit across the bridge) for about 8 yrs? Shame on me. I guess we've been gone too long.
Posted by: Robyn | 2007.09.12 at 09:11
Ahhh. Dave's pictures make the place look even more beautiful than it already is.
Can you tell I'm "home"-sick already?
Posted by: Jennifer | 2007.09.16 at 04:28
Jennifer - you'll just have to dig hard in Madison to find something equally as wonderful. But yes - I know what you mean!
Posted by: Robyn | 2007.09.17 at 17:28
Wow looks absolutely amazing. Ive been planning a tour of the US and this blog has been really helpful so far. Thanks! :)
Posted by: ferry ticket | 2008.02.26 at 00:17
The 2nd picture looks just like it has been shot 20yrs ago or that the time stood still :)
Love it
Posted by: Ferry france | 2010.07.24 at 08:14