Month: February 2008

SF MOMA walkbridge

This unusual view of the walkbridge at SFMOMA was from jasper’s photostream. Foreshortened figures are silhouetted by the skylight overheard.

San Francisco graffiti

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

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…

Nature in the city

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…

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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…

Bouquets to Art

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…

Trees of San Francisco

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…

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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…

Miniature Chinese landscapes at the Conservatory of Flowers

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…

Explore San Francisco (student video)

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?

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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…

San Francisco Bay Area Photo Destinations

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.

Cable cars website

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…

Belgian beer by the bay

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….

San Francisco murder map

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…

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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…