{"id":890,"date":"2008-12-27T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2008\/12\/27\/union-square-at-christmas\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T22:52:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T05:52:45","slug":"union-square-at-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2008\/12\/27\/union-square-at-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Square at Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A gorgeous day in San Francisco<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Chinese city, Chinese owner, Chinese dog.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Pug.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>Union Square, San Francisco. 5D, 24-105mm @ 70mm, 1\/160, f\/6.7, ISO 400<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Though fashionably attired for the nippy weather, this poor pug was pretty dehydrated, what with all the Christmas shopping, but his loving owner came prepared.<\/p>\n<p>This year an ice skating rink has been installed in Union Square so I braved the rabid shoppers in Macy&#8217;s on the way to the top floor to snap this:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/UnionSqIce.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>The ice rink. 5D, 24-105mm @ 28mm, 1\/6000, f\/5.6, ISO 400<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Some are less fortunate than others, and even busy Union Square can be an awfully lonely place.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Loser.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>Mendicant. 5D, 24-105mm @ 35mm, 1\/4000, f\/6.7, ISO 400<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Others disregard the hue and cry and do a quiet bit of computing.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/LaptopGuy.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>Laptop guy. 5D, 24-105mm @ 50mm, 1\/1000, f\/6.7, ISO 400<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After all that trudging about, nothing beats a corned beef on rye at Lefty O&#8217;Doul&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/LeftODouls.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>Lunch at Lefty&#8217;s. 5D, 24-105mm @ 24mm, 1\/20, f\/5.6, ISO 3200<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And finally, vanity dictates a self portrait.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/MeDowntownSF.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>On Maiden Lane. 5D, 24-105mm @ 99mm, 1\/90, f\/6.7, ISO 400<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Is that 24-105mm L zoom a corker or what?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gorgeous day in San Francisco Chinese city, Chinese owner, Chinese dog. Union Square, San Francisco. 5D, 24-105mm @ 70mm, 1\/160, f\/6.7, ISO 400 Though fashionably attired for the nippy weather, this poor pug was pretty dehydrated, what with all the Christmas shopping, but his loving owner came prepared. This year an ice skating rink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2008\/12\/27\/union-square-at-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Union Square at Christmas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14772,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/14772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}