A night on the town at this very popular North Beach eatery in San Francisco. Hey, how many restaurants are there where you can sit outdoors under a nice warm heater in the rain? Talk about romantic...
[Canon 5D w/ 16-35mm f/2.8 lens: ISO 50 - 16mm - f/10 for 5.0 seconds]
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@Suzanne: Thanks, Suzanne. It was actually a very pleasant evening. I took this on Christmas Eve. It was a lovely evening in North Beach. All of the restaurants were busy and people were all in a festive mood. A sweater or light jacket was called for - but it was rainy and mild. I took this not far from the Chinese man with the string instrument the I posted on the day after Christmas. You can see this place in that photograph:
http://fogguy.aminus3.com/image/2008-12-26.html
After I photographed the musician - I wandered on down to Broadway and then up along the Bohemian end of Grant Avenue before returning along Columbus Avenue and this capture.
@Mike: Thanks, Mike. I hope you found their menu - but find myself at a loss as to how the food will stay hot and fresh until they get it to your door!?! And I'm sorry to report that the girls aren't with me. They were waiting for the valet or their boy friends to fetch the car. They saw the camera. I yelled out that they'd have to hold very still. They did - and this was the result! And with all of that happening - were I seated at one of the tables - I'd be curious, too!
@Magda: Thanks (and my pleasure).
@LeenaM: Location, location, location. Your revenge will be this June - when you are outside at 10 PM and it is still mild and light out - and we here in San Francisco are chill and wind blown by our famous fog.
@Jeff: Well, Jeff - I wouldn't want you to loose your boyish figure - so no more restaurants for now. We all need to be in shape for our upcoming photo challenge number one from Eric Fry on AM3 on Facebook:
"Your Favorite Restaurant" - to be taken between 2/1 and 2/14 and posted on your AM3 page on February 15th. Details will be released tomorrow.
@hugo poon: Thanks, Hugo - I'll admit - I was having fun that night!
@k@: Your summoning of Edward Hopper is greatly appreciated - a calendar featuring his paintings his hanging above my left shoulder as I type this - thank you, k@.
@Pascale: Vous êtes toujours les bienvenus - pluie ou soleil -!
@Diane Schuller: Thanks for the visit Diane. That tree effect for the most part - wouldn't have happened had it not been raining.
@Paco Díaz: Thanks, Paco - you are looking at, "The checkered pattern of the sidewalk." - and I agree, wet with the reflections - it adds a lot. (chess or checkers - English is a dog of a language)
@Shrig: Thanks, my friend.
@Scott Schilling: Well - we are waiting...
@mo.langel: Thank you for the kind words.
@Calusarus: Enough wine, and we all get blurry...
@Susan: ...happy to be of assistance, fair Susan....
@Yonatan: ...electric pink spaghetti coming from the sky...
@DenisSm: Hi there Denis - it is good to hear from you. I have many photographs of California Street - here is one: