San Francisco Day 2

Sorry for the delay...

I have somehow successfully managed to survive another semester.  Four semesters down, two more to go.  I finished up the semester this week and got all moved out of my apartment and made it back to East TN tonight.

Back to San Francisco...

We spent a second full day in San Francisco visiting various sites.  The second day we were in a bus though as the sites were more spread out.  The first place we stopped was at the Golden Gate Bridge.  There are viewing platforms on both sides of the bridge for some photo ops.  There are some really incredible views of the city and bridge from the north.  On the other side of the Golden Gate, we went to Sausalito to visit SWA's office.  Great firm.  I would love to work for them someday.

After visiting SWA, we went to the Donnell Garden.  I'll cover that in a separate post.

We ate lunch with another LSU alum landscape architect, went to his private studio, and then headed back to San Francisco.  We visited the the grounds of the de Young Museum within Golden Gate Park and then finished the day at Stern Grove, an amphitheater designed by Lawrence Halprin.  Really awesome stonework.

California Academy of Sciences

de Young Museum

Stern Grove. panorama taken from stage of amphitheater

As I mentioned in my first post about San Francisco, I thoroughly enjoyed the city.  Great city with lots to do that is close to the ocean as well as close to the mountains.  I wouldn't mind living there if the opportunity ever came up one day.