The incident with the streetcar

This is a picture of the historic tram that fell off its wheels this morning. I'd got on it at Ming's Dry Cleaners, and was just thinking that I should get off, as the driver had just announced that she was going to the Castro (I was hoping for Market Street) when there was a crunching sound and the driver shouted, "Oh my God!", brought the streetcar to an abrupt stop and jumped out, leaving the bus listing slightly to the right. I thought we'd hit a dog or a child, as we were right at a crossroads, but the driver came back on and told us that the tram had slipped off its wheels. Luckily there was another (newer) streetcar right behind, so we all got on it and watched as the sad little broken historic tram limped its way to the Castro, to go where the broken trams go to be fixed.

I was so shaken that I headed to the Embarcadero, and had to have a pistachio and bourbon pecan ice cream at Ciao Bella Gelato in the Ferry Building. That also came as a bit of a surprise, as I was thinking "bourbon - vanilla" whilst Ciao had another kind of bourbon in mind. Whisky and nuts goes surprisingly well in ice cream, I have to admit.