San Francisco ride

Bimbo's 365 Club is about a 25 minute walk from the BART, and in general we haven't gotten that good about learning the other modes of public transit in SF because we like to walk and our house is on BART, so it seems to make the most sense to us even though it might not be the quickest way to travel.

Bimbo's is on a cable car line, however, which will take us directly to the BART. The cost to ride the cable cars is a little steep, $5 one way, and most people think of it as something just for tourists. But, SF has a little thing called the FastPass, which is a monthly pass that gives me access to the light rail (aka Muni), buses, the BART stations within the city and cable cars. (Bob doesn't have a FastPass since it doesn't include his trip down to Palo Alto). So, since my ride was free and a cable car came around the corner, we hopped on. It truly is a pretty sweet way to get around the city, especially late at night when there aren't as many tourists, and really nice that the city wants to encourage residents to use it too.

We had the added bonus of having a chatty conductor. I had my big, huge bag I use when I want to go to the gym after work. He told us it reminded him of the sotry about when Ann Richards was governor of Texas, and a member of the State Legislature wanted to pass a law that would require women to carry handguns in order to fend off sexual predators. Ann Richards replied, "Is he crazy, does he know how long it would take me to find a gun in my purse?" Then, as we were walking away from the train the conductor shouted after us, "Have a good night, don't get a hernia!" Nice to know he's looking out for me.