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A Photo Journey

Fat Boy Of Alcatraz... The photo claims this is 1990. There is so much I would like to tell my young self here...
'San Francisco 269' would also make a great book title, but I had my title before most of the novel was even a twinkle in the mind's eye.
As with LOL and some future novels, Plato involves students at CSULB
CSULB admin building in the rain
Recreation of the 'SCARS' sign at the mall
After the rains, near the 405 and 22
Each empty cloverleaf is ripe with opportunity
One of the better bars on Broadway
Another landmark of the 'Gay Ghetto'
Dash cam shot, heading up the coast
Looking north toward San Simeon
Main entrance, Hearst Castle
The Duplex -- a model for the Tiny House/Apartment movement
A boy's best friend is his mother
Tower bedroom
La Cuesta Encantada? Or Mount Olympus?
The view coming down Hearst's little hill
Pedestrian underpass, San Simeon
Beach, San Simeon
Above Highway 1
Our characters take a detour into Monterey
Fisherman's Wharf
Pacific House, Monterey
If you're a Californian and a theater geek...
Colton Hall -- NOT just the name of a favorite porn star after he marries me
Heading out of Monterey in the wee hours of the morning
View from the bus, finally heading into SF
Don't panic at the sight of that steep street -- just drive under that building
View from Strawberry Hill
Sunset neighborhood, as seen from Golden Gate Park
Facing east
The Concourse, Golden Gate Park
A quiet little nook to escape to
Inside the Hyatt Regency
Which is worse -- your fear of emclosed spaces, or heights?
Looking east through the atrium
And now, the view east, from the eastern side of the atrium
THE definition of Elevator Music
Vaillancourt Fountain
There used to be a freeway behind this. I don't know if that makes it better.
This was on a sign around the fountain, but I'm sure some wise young men have put this on a t-shirt.
It does resemble something out of a disaster movie...
...which makes sense if you know more about the Regency.
Fog City restaurant
Sun setting behind the Pyramid
So much of the novel happens here... Or, was it the Cafe? Or... was it all in my imagination?
The remains of the Sutro Baths, below the Cliff House
Everyone talks about the crookedness, but not the steepness...
Magical Market morning
City Hall, peeking above the Painted Ladies of Alamo Square
Reverse angle of Alamo Square
Not everyone is painted in bright colors
A Red Herring I found quite by accident in the very early phase of writing
And now, a must-see for lit nerds
View of the Sea Cliff neighborhood, and, well... a sea cliff
You can technically get to Fort Point from this side, but you can't legally
Palace of Fine Arts
An obligatory angle from Crissy Field
Another shout out to Fort Point
Not for the faint of heart
A View From The Bridge, or A View To A Kill?
This makes it look FAR less claustrophobic than it feels
Alcatraz, and Angel Island
There's really no reason for normal people to recognize this
Though, by now, you should know I left 'normal' and kept on walking
Blending into the surroundings...
'Bell out of order. Please knock!
The omnipresent Sutro Tower
Entrance to the Japanese Tea Garden
It's always better without people
Back at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park
Buena Vista Park
A long, longing, last look from Twin Peaks
Back home -- the 'Astronaut Islands' of Long Beach
The end of the journey, and the end of an era -- the now-defunct Ripples
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