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This Santa Clause has been a silent 45 year old tradition in the heart of San Francisco’s Union Square. Riding his bike on the flower stand, Santa stands at the corner opposite to Macy’s. This might be a very less known fact that this Santa Clause has been in the city for so long. I came to know while talking to the lady at the flower shop. “I have customers who bring in their children and grandchildren to see our Santa. He has been here for so long that …
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It is a regular scene – chess players competing against one another for fun. Seated along various parts of Market Street this is a part of the daily city life. So much so that the chess boards are taped permanently to the tables so that they could be set up or tucked away very fast.
San Francisco Chess Player @ photoduniya.com
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Jacob usually plays the keyboard in and around the Westfield Mall on Market. A veteran, he is widely traveled and plays a lot of wind and pipe music. An unfortunate turn of events caused him to go through gum surgery and that quite disabled him from playing the saxophone and the trumpet. It is easy to spot this frail gentleman flaunting his Vietnam medal and a “Kill ‘em All” tag around his neck.
Jacob in San Francisco @ photoduniya.com
With the holidays approaching and each of the street musician bringing out …
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Since the early 1960s, the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie factory has been shipping hand made fortune cookies to San Francisco. The lady here, one of the three workers, is making chocolate flavored fortune cookies. She makes them one by one – as the machine bakes them, she has to pick up the half done cookies, fold them, put the fortune inside and cool them off. All done in a span of less than ten seconds per cookie.
San Francisco Fortune Cookie Factory @ photoduniya.com
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While in Hollywood for a couple of days during Thanksgiving, I met a few musicians who were playing the the streets. Shown here is a vocalist and guitar player from Universal Studios.
Also flocked along Hollywood Boulevard were tens of rappers who made their own recordings and sold discs to the tourists. Not that I have seen many of the tourists buy any, but the sheer number of sellers and the fact that this remains their primary living makes me believe that there are quite a few customers. Many are …