On Sunday I went on the Holiday Lights Ride. A quick map (which, as usual, clicks through to a detailed route), followed by some blurry night cell phone photos…
About 40 people gathered on the panhandle. I’d somehow missed the note about festooning my bike with Christmas or other LED lights.
Our first few stops, after some hill climbing:
Looking at more lights as the rain, thunder and lightning started.
This clock was counting down the seconds until Christmas. While huge amounts of rain beat down on us.
City hall was decked out: [cheating, a photo of it from a later non-raining day]
Finally, the rain stopped! Muted lights, but a reward for climbing the hill to Alamo Square.
An amazingly bright set of lights. You can’t see in this blurry low-res photo, but there’s also a Betty Boop in the window.
Inflatable sculptures (apparently year-round at this inner Sunset location)
After the rather soggy ride winnowed us down to about a dozen hardy cyclists, we went to the Secret Party Location™ hosted by friendly people we didn’t know, with outdoor heat lamps, mulled wine, cider, hot cocoa, and various other snacks contributed by the riders.
A tip of the hat to Robin, Nancy, Barbara, Jeanie, Scott, Ti(?), Kara(?), and others who I met.