Chinatown Alley Sign / Building for Sale

Alley Sign (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Building for Sale, Art (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

The Canon G5XII is great for taking photos in the rain. Nice and small, can be easily tucked under one's parka.

Chinatown Doors

Doorway, Bird Art (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Person in Doorway (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Both photos taken with a small Canon G5XII.

Chinatown Posters

Poster #1 (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Poster #2 (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Very intriguing. I tried to do a little internet research on "Girls Night" but got nothing, alas.

Chinatown Bakeries

icafe Bakery (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

New Hollywood Bakery (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Since we had just eaten our fill of dim sum delicacies we weren't tempted by the bakeries.

Monday Pigeon Blogging

Pigeons (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

Pigeons, People (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2023

We went for a family outing to a favorite dim sum restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. Alas, they've done away with the dim sum carts due to the pandemic. Ordering from a menu is not the same experience, obviously, and makes it unlikely that one will discover something new.

Anyway! It was raining, which was nice . . . nice for photos for sure.

Chinatown Rain

Street (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2018

Alley (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2018

No umbrellas for us, however! We had our Patagonia parkas.

Vancouver Chinatown

New Sun Ah Hotel - Vancouver  2017

Steamed Buns - Vancouver  2017

Our first food jaunt in Vancouver . . . walking to Chinatown and sampling various buns and such. All good.

Conversation - Vancouver  2017

Chinatown Sightems - 2

Trade Mark (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2017

The Young and the Elderly (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2017

Top photo taken with the Olympus E-M10, with a telephoto range of 430mm (35mm equiv.). Bottom one with the Canon G5X.

Chinatown Sightems - 1

Bao Chan (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2017

Teapots (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2017

I was walking around Chinatown with two cameras: a smaller Canon G5X and a larger Olympus E-M10 / 75-300mm lens combo. Both the above photos were taken with the Canon.

End Commercial, 2016 and 2006

End Commercial - San Francisco  2016

End Commercial - San Francisco  2006

Had more telephoto range for the 2016 photo.

Grant Avenue

Grant Avenue - San Francisco  2016

Fire Escape - San Francisco  2016

Telephoto lens compression in top photo. Photoshop perspective adjustment in bottom one.

Eastern Bakery

Eastern Bakery - San Francisco  2006

Eastern Bakery - San Francisco  2016

Two photos of Eastern Bakery on Grant Avenue, taken 10 years apart. 2006 photo was taken with a Sony R1, current one with an Olympus E-M10.

Follow Me Beauty

Follow Me Beauty (Chinatown) - San Francisco  2016

I used an Olympus E-M10 and a 14-150mm zoom lens for this photo.

Chinese Restaurant

Chinese Restaurant - San Francisco  2016

I was driving through Chinatown / North Beach on my way to The Embarcadero when I took this photo out the car window. (iPhone 6S Plus.)

Anyhoo, that made me decide to return to Chinatown via the Larkspur Ferry for some more pix.

So looking through my Photoshop files I see that I have a bunch of Los Angeles and San Francisco photos. Actually, maybe I'll post them on a random scattershot basis for a while. Yes, sounds like a good idea.

Chinatown - 3

Building "1920" - San Francisco  2015

Brooklyn End - San Francisco  2015

OK, so I had brought along a 45 mm "prime" lens to shoot with, but somehow I never got around to taking off the 14-150 mm "superzoom" lens that I had been using on the ferry. Just very versatile and flexible. Both lenses are by Olympus.

Chinatown - 2

Clothes Drying - San Francisco  2015

Discount Fabric - San Francisco  2015

Whenever I'm in Chinatown I always try and get at least one clothes-hanging photo.

Chinatown - 1

Bread of Life - San Francisco  2015

Chinatown Restaurant - San Francisco  2015

San Francisco's Chinatown is a very short distance from the Financial District.

San Francisco Sightems

G.M. Electronics - San Francisco  2013

Hey Girl (Pinterest) - San Francisco  2013

Top: G.M. Electronics on Grant Avenue in Chinatown.

Bottom: Pinterest interior seen in SOMA.

$1.50 Per Week

Scene in SF's Chinatown.

Photo: Rooms—San Francisco, 2010

Dim Sum

Let me recommend City View Restaurant on Commercial (just off Kearney) for their dim sum. (This was the most recent Diners' Club selection.)

Commercial is a small alley-like street running from the Financial District to Grant Avenue in Chinatown.

Photos: City View Restaurant—San Francisco, 2010; End Commercial—San Francisco, 2008