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Paul Adsett
Film God
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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted July 12, 2013 07:21 PM
Anybody been to San Francisco lately? Of all the US cities that I have visited, none come close to the breathtaking City by the Bay. Tony Bennet of course has immortalized this stunningly beautiful city, with its steep hills, cable cars, Chinese quarter, and the awesome Golden Gate Bridge. Hitchcock also loved SF, which is why he filmed his masterpiece film, Vertigo there. Whenever I go to SF I do my own Vertigo tour. Most of the film locations are still there of course, including Scottie's apartment. I took a photo of my wife standing exactly where Kim Novak stood on Scottie's entrance step. K
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David M. Ballew
Expert Film Handler
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From: Burbank, CA USA
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted July 12, 2013 08:44 PM
After living in Los Angeles for a number of years, I finally made my first trip to the Bay Area about five years ago.
You really nailed it, Paul, when you used the word "breathtaking." San Francisco took my breath away.
There are things I hugely appreciate about Los Angeles-- the many recognizable movie locations; hiking, biking, and other outdoor pursuits; the many wonderful people (and even the interesting stinkers); and the friends I've met who share some of my greatest passions.
But when I was standing in San Francisco, looking out at the Golden Gate Bridge on a bright, sunny day, I thought to myself, "I am standing in one of the Great Cities of the World!"
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Steve Klare
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted July 12, 2013 09:18 PM
A few years ago, the electronics company I was working for moved production out of Tijuana and transferred it to a contract manufacturer in San Francisco. I flew out there twice to train people at the CM about assembly and test. I was scheduled to be restructured soon myself and travelling on an expense account. (I lived well while I was there!)
They put me in a hotel called the Argonaut, which is near Fisherman’s Wharf. The second trip I looked out my hotel window and saw the turntable where they turned the Hyde Street cable car for the trip back up the hill. I could walk out the front door and pass by Ghirardelli Square, look across to Alcatraz Island and be by the Golden Gate Bridge in just a few minutes. Walk the other way and there were 1930's vintage streetcars in the paint jobs of the cities they were bought from.
For a guy from a flatter place like Long Island, SF is spectacularly hilly. I remember the sidewalks turning into staircases they became so steep. One day I drove down a hill and found myself driving basically standing on the firewall to keep myself in my seat. The windshield was vertical at that point, and all of San Francisco Bay was spread out before me. I started to wonder how hard I had to stomp on the brakes before the whole mess tumbled end over end into the Bay!
One thing that was kind of disturbing was the guys hiding behind bushes and jumping out to scare people and expecting money from them.
-you just don't do that to someone from New York! (Gets the adrenaline flowing!)
The whole experience actually had 8mm related consequences:
Panorama International Travelogues
I definitely want to go back there some day. (Maybe this time I won't have to spend all day in a factory.)
Every time we cross the George Washington Bridge and find ourselves on Interstate 80, I say to my wife "You know, we can skip the Poconos in be in San Francisco in a couple of days!"
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I eventually inched my way down the peninsula and now live in the South Bay where the weather is much warmer. I take the train up to The City ... usually to go to AT&T Park to watch a Giants game.
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