San Francisco, at night, on Black Friday…

…and it was a cool place.  The crowds were jam packed (lots and lots of shoppers), and security was heavy because of the nature of the world we live in.   I was there with my family and my trusty D3300, and I grabbed a few photos for the blog.

One of the more interesting things I saw were the motor officers.  It was a cool night up here, but a good night to be on a motorcycle.  The SFPD uses Harleys and (get this) DRZ-400 Suzukis (“because we can go up and down stairs on them”).  Cool stuff…

We had a good time, including a dinner in Chinatown.  It wasn’t nearly as good as the dinners in China I enjoyed with my Chinese brothers, but it was pretty good for an American Chinese restaurant.  I bought a new wallet (a Tumi, the best there is) because the humidity did mine in on the China ride last summer.   I had a lot of fun walking around.  I love San Francisco.  I am definitely looking forward getting home, though, and riding my TT250.   I’m not going to ride up and down any stairs, but I’ll bet I could if I had to…