Golden Handcuff: the Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach
It is true that we learned our trade because there were no better offers but we learned it in the magic heaped on the hills of San Francisco. And you know what it is? It’s a golden handcuff with the key thrown away. Ask anyone about San Francisco and the odds are that he’ll tell you about himself and his eyes will be warm and inward – remembering.
John Steinbeck, Pictorial Living supplement in the 11/23/58 edition of San Francisco Examiner