22 June 2016
If you have seen a map of San Francisco, have you ever noticed a curve of land into San Francisco Bay near Fort Mason near the Presidio? I was searching for something before the trip and I saw this and wondered what it was. (You can see it here, or Google “Municipal Pier, San Francisco.”) It is a pier and the location of the Maritime Museum, a national historical place. The pier is actually a part of the national park service so the term municipal is misleading. Since that time, I read it is the best place to see Alcatraz from the city, the city skyline with Coit Tower and the Transamerica building. It also has a not too shabby view of the Golden Gate Bridge.
An article I read in the San Francisco Chronicle said the pier is decrepit and in desperate need of renovation but the cost is so overwhelming for the park service it would eat up the annual budget for all national parks. It will probably be declared unsafe for pedestrian traffic soon and I wanted to see it before that happened.
The view is pretty spectacular. Here’s the view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the pier.
Here’s the view of Alcatraz from the pier.
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And here is the city skyline.
It is a shame the cost is so prohibitive to repair and probably the foot traffic is not significant enough to justify city monies. There was a sprinkling of foot traffic, some bicycles, Segways, and some fisherman, but not much else.
Tom Green is sharing my opera tickets this trip. He decided he would like to see the pier also, so we took the J line to Civic Center and the boarded the 19 bus to Hyde Street pier. What we didn’t notice was we got the bus going the opposite way. In our defense, the 19 line was on a one way street, so there was only one place to board. As we were taking the grand tour of the 19 line, a woman got on in an American flag jump suit. We found she was from New York and Miami, so the outfit fit.
After we got off and back on the 19 line in the correct direction, we made it to the pier. Tom and I walked the pier and then headed to Ghiradelli Square at the foot of the pier and had lunch. We then spent a small fortune on Ghiradelli chocolate and someone who I will not name left their chocolate on the street car as we headed back to the guest house. In any case, we boarded the 19 line to retrace our steps and who gets on the bus with us at another stop but old glory herself. Long may she wave. We did to her as we got off.
About the opera…. I’ll post my review later on my website when I get home but just a few words here. The opera was Don Carlo and this was new to me. It was 5 acts with 2 intermissions and ran for 4 1/2 hours! You needed an iron butt to sit through it but I have to admit it didn’t seem that long. I think this opera had the greatest collection of male voices of any opera I’ve heard. Tenors and bassos were amazing. The lead soprano (Elisabetta) was good but the soprano cast as Eboli (yea, I also think the virus) was better. As a matter of fact, I would have sworn Elisabetta in the first act was different from the Elisabetta in acts II, III, IV, and V. Either that or she warmed up to the music.
Tonight we dine at Petit Crenn, one of Dominique Crenn’s restaurants. She was voted one of the best female chefs in America (seems sexist to me, why not just say best chef). The opera tonight is Jenufa.
