Being a student is great, no worries about getting a full time job, facing office drama & politics, and dealing with a boss from hell.
Unfortunately, nothing is perfect. Students are paying high price (literally) to get tortured with this thing called “midterm” or “final exam.” This week is my midterm week, so I ceased all fun activities I had dreamed about in my head (hence less writing). But when I cannot sit still anymore and I am just cleaning the house to escape the reality of being 2 days away from an exam, I am lucky I have Ocean Beach in San Francisco that is about 20 blocks away from me.
Ocean Beach is about 5 miles long at the west coast of San Francisco. Famous spots like Lands End Trail and Cliff House is at the Northern tip of the beach. I usually take my random morning or afternoon walk right in the middle of the 5 mile stretch to avoid the crowd and parking trouble.The weather is almost always foggy and windy there. It is hard to see people or who is walking to you until they are right in front you in the late afternoons. It is also a hard spot to take photos since I am not a pro when it comes to dealing with fogs. However, the chilliness and the feeling of isolation allows me to just breathe, looking into the ocean, and thinking about nothing in particular. I recommend taking your shoes off and feel the warm sand (despite the weather) while talking a walk here, you will love the vibration of the waves and the cold ocean water touching your feet from time to time.
Here are some photos I took recently at Ocean Beach. They are divided into Sunrise and Afternoon sections.
Morning Sunrise
Afternoon (Too Foggy for Sunset….)
Okay, I will stop procrastinating and go back to study! See ya ~
We love the eggs benedict at the Cliff House and, therefore, visit Ocean Beach regularly! My only complaint is it is usually cold. Growing up in So. California beaches shouldn’t be cold, at least to me 🙂
Haha, I agree, this is one of the coldest beach I have been to so far. I usually wear 3 layers just to take a walk there.
I love the French onion soup at Cliff House!! They have good restaurants there. I only wish they had rebuild the Cliff House like it was back in 1896 (the castle looking form).
Gorgeous photos! I have been to Ocean Beach in SF once and I really liked the area. We also have an Ocean Beach in San Diego and it’s one of my favorite towns here as well.
Thank you!
Haha, looks like we have twin beaches =)
I bet the one in San Diego is like the opposite of ours (more sunny!)
It’s great to have a place like this so close. I don’t think I could ever live somewhere that didn’t have an “escape from reality” nearby.
“Escape from reality” places are very important for creativity! (XD or for procrastination).
absolutely gorgeous photos!! i remember using any distractions from studying for school!! so glad to be out! 🙂
I was glad to be out of school….until I realized I was not studying what I really wanted to do, so now I have to go back and redo some stuff XD.
Love the photos! Especially the sort of hazy one with the surfer. 🙂 And good luck with midterms!
Thank you! I am done with the midterms. Now I can go out to events and have fun =D
There are many surfers who live just a block away form Ocean Beach. When I visit the beach in the early mornings, I would see a lot of hot guys half naked with a surfer board in their hands ready for a great day =)
Very beautiful shots!!
Thank you ~~~ =)
This looks like an awesome place to take a break from studying!
It is! I think next time I want to find a place with great aerial view of the beach or the coast.
I can see how going here would be a great stress relief from studying for exams, but I don’t think I’d get much studying done here.
Haha, you bet. San Francisco has a lot of fun places and events go visit every week. I am glad I am taking classes that really matters to me right now. If it was still my old college courses, I probably just ditch school everyday.
Ahh, the foggy beaches of SF! I was recently on Stinson Beach and it looked just like this! 🙂
What a gorgeous photo essay! I love the different perspectives you’ve taken with these photos.
Thanks you ^^ I have more recent ones in my Flickr photosets “Ocean Beach”
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