Showing posts with label Musee Mecanique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musee Mecanique. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Fisherman's Wharf -- August 2, 2016


Today we played tourist.  We drove to Fifth and Mission and rode the F line to Pier 39.  We walked around there and did some shopping.  We had lunch at I Hop and then went to the Musee Mechanique.  I was happy to see that The French Execution was there and working.  We walked around Fish Alley and over to the F line terminal.  We were sad to wind up on an F line bus.  We went to the Ghiradelli Store in the Palace Hotel and had milk shakes.  We walked back to Fifth and Mission and drove home.

I took the photo of PCC 1079, which is painted in Detroit Department of Street Railways livery. 

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Alcatraz -- October 15, 2011


Today we played tourist. We parked at Fifth and Mission and caught a Milan car on the F line. It got to be very full. We got off at Pier 39. It was a warm day, but there was a cold breeze on the pier. We had fried calamari at a seafood place. There was one float covered with sea lions. A few were on the next float. One sea lion slept soundly on the farthest float. A little boy worried that he might be dead.  We assured him that the sea lion was alive.

We walked along the Wharf to Pier 45, where we visted the Musee Mechanique.  The machines had been rearranged since our last visit.  There were two baseball-related games that I had not seen before.  We played the French Execution.  My daughter operated the machine with the baker.  We could not find Peppy the dancing clown.

We went up Fish Alley.  A boat had a radio on and the news said that the Occupy SF people were going to be marching up Market at 3pm.  We headed to the F line terminal and caught the Louisville car.

We got off at Fourth and walked up to Macy's.  There were police barriers set up along the curb on Stockton.  Workers were setting up Holiday Lane.  

We went to Five o'clock mass at Good Shepherd, then had dinner at Subway in Linda Mar.  On the way home, we drove on Cape Breton but didn't see many holiday decorations.

I took the photo of Alcatraz today.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Musee Mecanique -- September 21, 2008


We decided to play tourist again yesterday. It was muggy and it rained a bit. We parked at Fifth and Mission and caught New Orleans 951 on the F line. They had fixed the roof leak. We got off at Pier 39 and had lunch. There was an enormous crowd trying to see the sea lions. We went on to Pier 45 to visit the Musee Mecanique.
I took this photo of my favorite amusement device, the French Execution. I posted a video of this device and the baseball game on YouTube:
We walked through Fish Alley and on to the visitors' center in the Haslett Warehouse. I liked it.