My absolute favorite walk so far is the journey to Levi’s Plaza on Battery St. where it meets the Embarcadero. I knew I could get there and back in twenty-five minutes.
I love this route because I only have to cross one street with a light (okay, two, but I almost always jaywalk across Sacramento St. because it’s one-way). I cross into the Embarcadero center, go up two stories (on the stairs!) behind the cinema, then cross over Clay St.
Ho hum, crossing the street…
I then wander through the Marine Plaza block with lovely green enclosures.
Isn’t looking up fun?
I then cross over Washington St. to the residential block, and then open up onto Sydney Walton Square, where (evidently) we used to come and picnic with my father when he worked on Beale St.
Tee-Hee…it’s Raisu Palace!
I always giggle when I get to this part because of its close resemblance to the end-level of a computer game my brother and I play.
Then down the stairs, through the pigeons, around everyone napping on the grass, and off down Front St, which used to (shocker) go along the bay. For being the closest parallel to the Embarcadero, it’s very quiet and peaceful, even next to the new Exploratorium on Pier 15.
Where did these trolly tracks go?
What playful pup played here?
And then I go for half a block along the Embaracdero when I find myself at…
…almost…
…et voila!
You can hear the bubbling water and feel the shady breeze.
Rock hop across the creek! Eat a picnic! Take a nap!
And then it’s hurry, hurry back along the Embarcadero again, peeking at tall-masted sailing vessels.
Gathering like sea-faring birds for the migration of America’s Cup.
Then swinging back in to Front St. to go back to the office.
My building is directly behind Embarcadero One, which is the solid rectangular tower in the middle of the frame.
Of course, I have to stop and show off my camera.
The Pyramid Building zoomed out…
…and zoomed in. Same spot! Same camera!
But then I whisk myself back to the office before I’m missed.
You see, it only takes me 25 minutes if I don’t take my camera!
Noël Chrisman 
Your camera zooms in THAT MUCH? What kind of magical mystery machination is this?!
I KNOW!! It’s what sold me on it, as I was taking it to Europe last year and I wanted to catch all the steeples and spires. I actually used it frequently as a telescope!
How handy! That’s one less telescope to pack – although some telescopes one MUST, under any and all circumstances pack. Otherwise neighboring galaxies are liable to be too far out of sight.
And a galaxy nearby is better than a nebula far away.