Mrs Doubtfire House / Tommys Joynt / Indiana Jones Location - San Francisco Cable Car & Walking Tour
San Francisco Walking Tour
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welcome everyone out of the woo
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here eureka eureka
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eureka natalie we have found
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the great seal of california we were at
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pier 39 pier 39 the other day we saw is
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that a dog or a seal like can i do a
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seal
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they kind of make the same kind of noise
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yeah here 39 we are still in san
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francisco as a recording of this
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it is friday august 6th it's like our
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warmest day here it is warm
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i could have probably done without the
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jacket also i purchased this shirt i'm
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wearing an
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appropriate the city shirt this is kind
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of the textbook
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shirt if you will as you were saying
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yeah that's the time we found one
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it is friday august 6th correct yes
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friday august 6th
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directly above us is the great seal
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i almost said the great steel you have
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found uh
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you have found a little ledge there to
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tower over me
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once again this is a very impressive
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building
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behind us piping hot caffeinated
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beverage from both
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our parts is acquired fear not because
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the great seal is still right up there
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just had to shift angles the great seal
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so today what's the game plan
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uh randomness randomness we're just
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going to kind of roam around do
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everything
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on a whim no we have been going pretty
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intent
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around the city lots of we have i have a
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lot of plans i documented a lot of
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things that was on my agenda now there
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really is no agenda
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we're just going to stay open leaving
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the day open
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got to kind of let you kind of guide
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this in a lot of ways there's a couple
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places i want to see
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but for the most part just show me
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around your former
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neighborhood if you will the tenderloin
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we're starting in the tenderloin yeah
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we're gonna be going into a lot of other
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areas this is a long-winded intro i'm
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inviting you to join me
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and natalie shall you
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first up gonna go to a very impressive
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staircase
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right up here at the forefront of the
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city hall
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used in the one of the closing sequence
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of raiders of the lost ark one of my
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favorite movies
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indiana jones it's right up here inside
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now
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this is so
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freaking cool marion and indy walking
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down this very staircase
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was supposed to be in washington dc of
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course the whole movie was filmed
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not in san francisco only this one
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particular scene
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but what an incredible ornate building
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look up top there wow that's the the
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dome you see from outside
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this staircase belongs in a museum just
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to give a little perspective
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standing right there in the middle so if
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you look from here
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right there that's the spot
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pretty dang cool
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cool back outside now
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noticing abraham
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lincoln here
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doing a little pondering in this chair
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this is the bill graham auditorium or
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well it's bill graham who is named after
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it's a concert hall did i get that right
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bill graham
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bill graham yeah you've been to a couple
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of couple shows here
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yeah it was my first time seeing jack
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white there so what year was what year
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was that
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oh 2013 or 2014. it was a lazzaretto
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tour
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the first of many times first versus
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very many times all happened right here
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so that was after the white stripe days
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officially in 2011
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and then so you never saw white stripes
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never got to see them live
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i am in 2009 and then you got to meet
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jack white when he was a wrecking
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tourism
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at amoeba yeah we both went to the
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amoeba show the amoeba and hollywood
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show
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yeah he was signing you got to meet him
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too that's true this really is a
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beautiful area it's interesting going
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back to the raiders of the lost ark
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you know location in there which was
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supposed to be in washington dc
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fictionally but this whole little
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courtyard kind of gives me a dc vibe of
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the mall
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in dc i don't know just like
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that's kind of what i think when i'm
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like walking through here so i get it
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got the steam exuding up from the
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manhole there
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always nice to see some steam going up
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from the sewers
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it is now 11 45 15 minutes prior
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to this establishment on the corner of
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geary
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tommy tommy's joint sandwiches
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and cocktails it says great
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big beautiful sandwiches
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are you waiting in line there's already
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a few people in line
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we're just waiting for the doors to open
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yeah you recommended this yeah you've
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eaten here quite a few times
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i used to live just like five blocks
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that way so
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tommy's joint
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you know it's got to be good if there's
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already a queue starting to formulate
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15 minutes prior to it opening
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yeah i can't wait
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it should also be noted they are cash
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only
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have an atm inside just in case
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definitely a cool vibe in here with
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everything along not only along the the
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pillars that are kind of holding the
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place together
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but also along the the rooftop
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everything just kind of dangling around
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this place the walls could talk
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can definitely tell some stories through
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here
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and it is the way it's set up is
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cafeteria style where you go in
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get your food you go up and ask what you
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tell them what you want they cut off the
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meat
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give you the sides and then you pay at
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the end and find your seat
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once you reach your seat you end up
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getting a booth here on the first level
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kind of close to where the cafeteria
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style end is where you where you pay is
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cash only
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and we ended up getting a booth right
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next to this i went with a sliced turkey
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mashed potatoes and gravy a little uh
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what do they call that uh not
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dumplings they call that stuffing over
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to the side and potato salad which i've
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already kind of
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already kind of started to to tackle
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what it was
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on this plate it is really good
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everything i've had already is so good
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what'd you end up getting
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i always get their brisket with the
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brisket that's your go-to
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yeah you said anthony bourdain was here
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one time
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i think um guy fieri food network
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episodes have been here i could see why
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so far i just only had a few bites it's
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already already really good
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gotta say that was pretty dang good it
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was a good suggestion
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uh yeah i loved it i am very full tried
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to save the best for last
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the best you said that was one of the
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places you really wanted uh
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to show me yeah when i was making a list
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of things that was the number one eatery
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the number one now we got to go work off
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the food and take a little walk yeah
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let's walk made it now over to japan
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town
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kind of a little shopping area down that
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way
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and the structure here located in this
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park
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i ended up going with a mocha boba
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says bubble tea every day right there on
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the side one with a
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tapioca mocha
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bobal bubba wait bubble tea
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which has the boba the boba in the
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bottom of it
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you know with a specialty item oh that
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was like an ice cream cone
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yeah i'm not a huge dessert person but
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their crepes are so good
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like if you use japan okay i've always
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had to only have the crepes where it's
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like like flat almost like a pancake
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would be
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along the ground that's like an ice
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cream cone style yeah it's all rolled
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inside
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and they probably don't face
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oh my gosh it's like is it a panda bear
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i think so it's a bear it looks like a
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little bear
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that's so cute it has a little pretzel
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on top and like so
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fruit loops for ears yeah if you ever
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come to japan town
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it's in the west
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got the oversized straw that you kind of
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jab
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down in the top so it doesn't spill out
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trying to figure out what kind of animal
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this is
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any guesses it's kind of like a panda in
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a way
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do not feed the pigeons you see any shoe
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so basically the opposite of what i
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learned by watching mary poppins
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looking for food pigeon best of luck
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best of luck out here walked about three
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quarters of a mile
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to this direction and you can see the
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bay over there and look at the
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dissension here
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on this everyone's parked sideways not
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going down that hill we walked up a
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couple hills but nothing as steep as
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this
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we're going two more blocks that way
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we're a block and a half
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to the mrs dow firehouse which is just
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on the next corner or so
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this gives a little better perspective
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on the angle of the road with the cars
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down
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if you look closely over there in the
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bay there's alcatraz
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i was there yesterday
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definitely get your exercise walking up
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and down these hills
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i've noticed this whole time i've been
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in san francisco i've seen these cars
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driving around
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i don't know what they're for but maybe
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like a street future
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street view is being recorded with them
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right here on the corner
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of steiner and broadway
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is the screen used home from the movie
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starring robin williams on this very
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steep incline
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this is doubtfire on the stairs they do
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have a fence up you cannot go up and
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take a picture
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and walk up the concrete stairs
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this is the first time i've ever been to
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this spot
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i'm noticing the trees i'd always heard
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that the trees would have carvings
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honoring robin all along
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people would carve their names into the
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side
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of the branches here you can see all
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through here
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some over the years many many years
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people inscribing their thoughts
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can't even imagine how many people a day
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will walk by here oh check it out right
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up there
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just on their steps
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all up in the tree i would imagine it
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goes all the way down the trunk but they
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put the
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iv around them
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oh
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and rob williams looked pretty pretty
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close to san francisco
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just across the bridge
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not the bay bridge the golden gate
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bridge right yeah actually went by his
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house about a week before he passed
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sausalito
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news
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what a view here from this from this
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filming with shreen used home
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filming locations down that hill to the
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bay
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even when you're watching the movie you
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can really tell how steep these roads
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are
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i think they appear more steep in real
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life walking up your legs feel them more
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than watching them on the movie screen
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all right moving on one last look there
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at the house this would be a great view
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to to own this home would be pretty
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amazing
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any of these homes around here would be
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amazing yeah good view of the bay
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standing here on this corner though i'm
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a little bit worried maybe someone will
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throw throw some fruit at us it's a
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drive-by fruiting
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it's kind of interesting to see kind of
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old-timey house there wedged in between
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i don't want to say newer but more
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recent than the home is
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kind of condos apartments next to it
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kind of wedged in the middle of the two
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oh there's an out of the closet thrift
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store here on the corner of polk and
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california reminds me of the one that
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used to be in hollywood next to
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nickelodeon on sunset nickelodeon sunset
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closed
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and the out of the closet was bulldozed
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and now there's an apartment complex but
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next to the one
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this thrift store that used to be in
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hollywood used to be a taco stand i used
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to frequent a lot
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some of the best street tacos i've ever
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had and i used to go in the thrift store
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all the time and buy a few things
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pretty neat they still got him here in
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san francisco and we're gonna follow the
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trolley route
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up to grace cathedral which we were at
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the other day but it was closed off
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hoping that grace cathedral will be open
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and be able to peek in and look at the
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stained glass inside the church
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dang we're two for two are trying to get
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into grace cathedral
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i know right look at these doors wow
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look at that all the carvings here
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it's the front doors of the cathedral
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even a nice little view from the front
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steps
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been doing a lot of walking taking a
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little break on one of these benches
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yeah the stained glass on the side of
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this cathedral is something else
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it really is
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dr martin luther king spoke here
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preached a sermon in 1965 didn't realize
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that i saw some information there on the
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front of the church
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this is the fairmount hotel
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very monumental looking building this is
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a
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mason ave also known as tony bennett
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way where
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oh okay tony bennett has
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he has been honored a little homage to
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the man himself right here
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tony that's right he left his heart in
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san
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francisco debut 1961 the fairmount hotel
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tony bennett must have performed here in
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61.
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also should point out from from this
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little
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from this angle you can see part of the
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bay bridge there off in the distance
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just uh one of the pillars of the bay
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bridge
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next to the hotel now right here on the
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corner of powell and california notice
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there's that little
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traffic light station over there and
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this is one of the only spots well as
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far as i know the only spot where the
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cable cars
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cross over there are only two streets
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where the cable cars go by
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that's am i am i saying that correctly
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this is a spot where they intersect
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california and powell
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i wonder what that is over there across
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the way so looking down you can see the
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cable cars go down this road
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down powell and then down and up
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california
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going across number 16 howell
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and hyde street
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that's where it picks up right powell
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and hyde
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they have quite an incline going down oh
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they're stopping right here in the
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middle of the road
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they're pointing something out
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there we go see let's go with a break
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this is so dang cool
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and then down wow look at this incline
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holy cow the guy on the back hits the
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brakes
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it's pretty fascinating how all that
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works you're holding on to your hat
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not because of the wind but how exciting
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the cable car mechanisms are
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i can't believe you haven't ridden on
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the cable car until we did it the other
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day
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i mean spend eight dollars for
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transportation just to go
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i almost just slipped on this but right
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now they're free right now i've been on
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them a couple times and i can say
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i kind of got my fill i kind of did it
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that coit tower over there how do you
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spell that c-o-i-t
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coit tower really shows up here on the
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perspective of
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the video but this is really inclined
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going down i'm going to kind of hold it
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at a normal level and then i'm just
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going to shift this way
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and you can see just how tilted the road
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is
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with the tower over there in the
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distance looking i can tell the brick
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down on that side
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yeah good point if you've ever seen the
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film the towering inferno
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this were this was the exteriors
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from that movie 555.
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there was even a scene right here in
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front when fred astaire
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exits his vehicle
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fred upstairs okay very well done
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a stairs that fred walked up
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and into this building an all-star cast
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one of the 70s disaster movies there was
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a lot of them
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in that decade decided to go ahead and
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catch this trolley because we're going
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to go back
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uphill up california to one last spot
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yesterday
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trying to get up to the basketball court
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it's on the second level here
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it's all fenced off and locked up
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there's no one in there
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said to go up to the front door which we
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thought was this
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no one's answering but right up here
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quite a few things including the
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princess diaries had a
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a scene where one of the students
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slipped and fell was kind of almost like
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it was almost like a it was an error it
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was a slip up that was left in the movie
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they left it in and i know it from
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pursuit of happiness when will smith is
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talking to his son
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giving a little inspiration quote about
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telling him that don't let anyone ever
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tell you
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you can't do something especially him
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if you have a dream you got to go for it
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and overlooking
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from up there if there was the ability
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to get up there
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you'd see the cityscape off in the
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distance
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it's a little bit of a bummer can't get
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up there because that's that would be
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pretty amazing but that's the basketball
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court from pursuit of happiness
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among other productions right here down
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this alley
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i totally forgot all about it and we
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were a couple blocks over that way and
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natalie remembered we walked over here
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yeah we were so close here we're like
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three blocks over
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but at least we can see it you can see
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it from down here
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oh there's someone right there let's
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maybe ask them all right we were
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directed around to the front of the
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knocked on the door someone came out we
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asked if we could go get a picture
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and they said no he said we are not they
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are we are not the first ones
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to show up here and try to get a picture
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up there but at least we tried
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it's a possibility yeah it is is it it
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is an active building
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so what happened is one thing i learned
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is they told us
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no even though in pursuit of happiness
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will smith said
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don't ever let anyone tell you you can't
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do something
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i was just told i can't do something
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dang it will smith
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okay this is good i'm kind of getting a
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side angle and that's where will smith
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and his son were kind of looking over
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off to the side
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i was always under the impression that
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it was on top of a skyscraper
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but in reality it's it's street view
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it's just the the way san francisco is
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set up with the elevation of the streets
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looking down in the city it appears as
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if they're on top of a huge building but
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really it's only
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second floor up wild maybe magic
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well i guess city magic city magic oh
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yeah real quick like i just wanted to
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show the screen gap grab there
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yeah take a look at this you would never
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expect that to be two floors up from
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ground level
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that is incredible i always assume that
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was on top of a skyrise
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building but it's not it's right there
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that little basketball court
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san francisco streets are they fool you
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a bit
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i know you're pretty familiar with the
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streets of this area
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and since i've been here
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i'm getting pretty familiar with the
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streets too these pigeons
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i'll see you the next video the vlog oh
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watch out pigeons watch out
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the vlog