The Bay to Breakers Race on Sunday, May 17 was the 104th running of a zany San Francisco tradition. Tens of thousands of runners, walkers and just plain partiers completed all or some of the 7.46 mile course from the foot of Howard Street at San Francisco Bay to the race’s end at the breakers of the Pacific Ocean. In recent years the SFPD has cracked down on alcohol, nudity and street parties along the route, but there was still plenty of all three. My favorite was a three-generation family of joggers, all but the little grandson (holding Grandpa’s hand) naked except for running shoes. A woman next to me on the sidewalk explained that she was from a small town in Georgia and “we don’t have anything like this out there.”
- Tacos
- I’m not sure what this is, but they’re having a good time.
- Big Santa
- A jolly cardinal
- Wig Women
- Spectators on Fell Street