Month: February 2008
This unusual view of the walkbridge at SFMOMA was from jasper’s photostream. Foreshortened figures are silhouetted by the skylight overheard.
The image is from GypsyRock’s photostream. GypsyRock has been documenting San Francisco graffiti for some time, having amassed a photoset comprising 1110 photos. What has always struck me…
Gallery 415, located at 49 Geary Street, features work by emerging and mid career Latin American artists. It’s great finally to see a gallery in the city devoted…
I once edited a book by the poet Michael McClure called Scratching the Beat Surface. One of Michael’s premises was that the natural world can be appreciated even…
I go Frisco! Local Tibetan Buddhists find a new home Presidio museum a done deal? Bay Area newspaper publisher cutting workers Newcomer’s Handbook for Moving to and Living…
The Fine Arts Museums presents its 24th annual Bouquets to Art at the de Young March 11 through 15 this year. It’s always a good idea to go…
San Francisco was hardly a forest before the swell in its population in the mid-nineteenth century — it was mostly coastal dunes, scrub, and marshland. The city’s most…
A week of travel in virtual NoCal Bourbon & Branch 10th Annual Balloon Twisters Convention Coyotes on the Prowl in San Francisco Again Patty Hearst wins best bitch…
To celebrate Lunar New Year, the Conservatory of Flowers is presented a display of penjing, the miniature Chinese landscapes that were the precursor to the Japanese tradition of…
The producer of this student video, David Carmona, is asking for feedback. What do you think? Does this present a fair picture of the city?
A week of travel in virtual NoCal Golden State rush SF Noir 2008 Aerial photography in 1906 San Francisco Pillow fight in San Franicsco on Valentine’s Day Link…
A good group of Flickr photosets by Thomas Hawke, who also has a set on San Francisco neighborhoods. Click the screenshot to visit the site.
Did you know the cable cars have their own website (separate from the rest of MUNI)? Besides route maps it offers cable car history, interactive demos, even guidelines…
For a few years running I printed books in Belgium (today the exchange rate is too unfavorable), and I developed a taste for Belgian beer, as one will….
SF Gate provides this cheery map, on which each pin represents a homicide. What a lot of them! Could violent criminals be going into upscale neighborhoods and mowing…
Notes from a week of travel in virtual NoCal. Fisher Presidio Museum moves ahead Lunar New Year Events Little-known S.F. gem may be lost Jan Haag on San…