no photos to share (too busy protesting ) ... about 100 people.... all good... need more, lots more of this

Lot of cars honking and waving and giving the thumbs up.

There is hope.

Cars with a Handicap placard hanging from the rear-view mirror: We're protecting Social Security Disability!

BMWs, Mercedes, Audis, etc.: We're protecting your portfolio!

Cars with children in the back: We're protecting your children!

No Cybertrucks. They probably heard about the protest and didn't go through town.

I was at the NW Suburb of Mount Prospect's protest; about 200 people. However, the number of cars that honked and gave the thumbs up was huge.

Of course it helped that one of the signs said, "Honk if you hate Trump."

Chicago is the last city I definitely want to visit first time! Has so many interesting things to see; landmarks, architecture, food, music, etc. 👍

And as a bit of a geography buff (I draw landscapes from my imagination, but I've looked at ?5,000+ photos 😄 over decades, and traveled to a variety of types); as originally a Manhattan-ite near the upper most area I've been at the northern tip many times. Also the southern end, as well at it's western edge, and eastern edge by the rivers.
So I have a real sense of it as an island.
But Chicago is the reverse - sitting on the edge of a gigantic, massive lake! What a difference.

Maybe thousands. Lots of cool signs.

Drove down State Street coming home from CPR class and 3 blocks filled with protesters on both sides of the street. I honked my horn and applauded. People chanting, waving and smiling.

Visited in '79. Wonderful 2 1/2 days there.
Of course rode the outside of the trolley!

I worked there around y2000 ( yeah, I prevented a disaster 😁 ) and that was before tech flooded the area, but it's still a great place.


Hmmmmm.



San Francisco cioppino.

Don't have the kind of $ to revisit. If I did, I probably would.

When I went I somehow missed the info that the participatory Science Museum would be closed the day I went! The ?Exploritorium! Big fan of our NYC Museum of Natural History, the Planetarium, and Queens NY Hall of Science.
It wasn't a total loss bc it was still right by that Big arched ?stone, and covered ?clay, or plaster structure with .fancy decorative additions by a lake. Very impressive. It was from a World's Fair?
They moved elsewhere.

The Italian Seafood dish looks tasty. I'd skip the the clams, mussels. Crab, shrimp, scallops, and fish for me plus the veggies and seasonings. Maybe not red pepper flakes. I like savory, but not heat.

Didn't think of having seafood in SF. Duh.

But I went for something cool - dim sum in their Chinatown! Yum! As a NYC'r I've had dim sum off & on for 30+ yrs since before covid in our Manhattan Chinatown. As Chinese population has also settled in other Burroughs I've been to the one in Brokklyn. And also in Queens.

Cioppino is easy to make if you have the many ingredients. I just toss in whatever I have. Usually frozen. Hard to cook for one.

Lots to see. Golden Gate Park has fly casting, bison, windmills. It was gorgeous in rhododendron/azalea time. Japanese tea garden (bring a wide angle lens)







and Japantown is cool. I always check out the Soko hardware store for unusual items.



https://www.sokohardware.com/

Oooh, that Soko store looks great!
The decorative hanging panels, the chopstick rests 🥰 one of my uncles collected them, the vases(!), yeah, I had a low black vase and the kenzan!

the Palace of Fine Arts?

I grew up in the Bay Area and moved away in the early aughts, right after the dot-com bubble burst and when the tech sector still acted like a positive, hopeful force for good, not like these tech bros trying to burn it all down. Not too far away, just to L.A., but I get homesick sometimes. It's more consistently liberal overall and has a "quirky" quotient like nowhere else in America save maybe New Orleans.

What a cool structure! 👍 🥰

Good time in Oakland today!
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I always need somebody to start a Thread on Protest Days so I can glom on with my photos...

I figured first glance it was sarcastic, but now I see it was a particular type if sarcastic!👍

We need something catchy.

and, oh so many honks, thumbs up, waves and 'Thank You!' from motorists.

first or second headline on BBC World Service news most of yesterday afternoon and through at least part of the night. It was likely covered widely. So at least the world will understand how much this administration is despised.

50 states, 50 protests as one! People, we are in for a loooooooooong ride but our course is direct and we are strong! We are going to stay strong and ANGRY!!!

If there was no local protest today near you there will be soon.

already posted it. She has great videos!

Lots of horn blowing, waving,fist bumps, videos and photos from passersby. Lots of folks taking video from their cars too. Few bad messages from the traffic.

It was a good day

We're all fighting together for our individual and collective freedoms.

Truly together we stand and fight or divided we fall.

Here's to reason's rule!!!

Link to tweet