Trolley Tour

We thoroughly enjoyed a Trolley Tour on Sunday, a joint venture between SF City Guides and the Market Street Railway (Bill's love!). All aboard had a fun ride (with docents from both organizations) on the Embarcadero, to the Castro, and back to the Railway Museum for refreshments. When we passed Lotta's Fountain I gave the guide my cell phone to play the aria sung by Luisa Tettrazzini in 1909 (Romeo and Juliet). All was very festive. The trolley on which we traveled was a 1950s SF trolley. Bill's eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Scarlet Slippers trolley from Newark.

Bill & Beth circled

Bay to Breakers

Au naturale

Enjoyed the zany Bay to Breakers 'race' today. 50K registered, at least 50K more walked as we watched from the Hayes Street Hill. Here's a teaser of the type of costumes worn or not worn. We can't go again without costume. So, next year, maybe we'll derive a Wrigley's Gum costume and entitled ourselves 'GUMMERS'! Click on and enlarge the collage to see all the photos we took. Soooo many black swans, all sorts of animals, crazy hats/clothes, Victorian-dressed ladies and gentlemen, a bag(s) lady, a terrorist, bacon slices!, muffin tops, Blue Men, even a Stanford 'bush' look-alike, and, of course, many au naturale!

Off to 'work'

The Docent off to work

Bill loves trolleys! When a kid he'd ride his bike to the depot in Newark (NJ) to see the trolleys, talk to the conductors, and just hang around. He found a perfect fit in San Francisco as a volunteer steward for the historic Market Street Railway http://www.streetcar.org/. At the end of the line at the Castro, Bill spends a couple of hours every other Saturday spiffing up the (13) trolleys in rotation in service that day; sweeping, picking up trash, replenishing the supply of brochures, answering tourists' questions. His jacket says he's a Docent - how cool!


The fleet of trolleys is from around the world, Milan, Sydney, London, Barcelona, USA cities. Bill is awaiting arrival of his beloved Newark trolleys 'Scarlet Slippers', so named for their red wheels.


A perk he gets at his job are some of the sights at the Castro - like a couple of guys hanging out wearing hats only!

Graduation!

Had a great day - we're official San Francisco City Guides.
http://www.sfcityguides.org/