I was coming out of my hair salon late yesterday evening, and was surprised to see a crowd of thousands walking along Market Street. I didn’t realize the significance of the Not My President protests at first, then I realized “Oh yeah, the inauguration was today.” I happened to have my camera, so I took the above two shots. Protests like these are not alien to the City, and certainly not to me — I covered a couple while I was a student reporter at SF State. The protest was loud, raucous, but most definitely orderly and under-control. There were also a couple of silent pro-Bush protesters on the side, defiantly holding up their hand-made signs. I found it surprising that they didn’t get heckled more — I guess everyone else was too busy marching onward. That said, I only hung around for a few minutes and decided to head on home, so I may have missed any further ruckus.

For the Chron’s coverage of the protest, click here.