Month: March 2008
Mr. Vista is relaxing in Cambria on the Central California Coast — as well as I can considering the frigid weather. Cambria is best known for the nearby…
Victor Arnautoff studied at the California School of Fine Arts before going to Mexico, where he worked as an assistant to muralist Diego Rivera; his subsequent work shows…
Mr. Vista has finally finished filling in his old swimming pool, which was built in the 1950s. He topped up the job with some local hero veggie…
The following is an AP news story. The role of politics has dogged the Olympics almost since its founding. The 1936 games in Berlin, the 1968 games in…
Frisco Vista received the following e-mail from Ken Knabb of the Bureau of Public Secrets. The 13th annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair is happening this coming weekend at…
The Asian announced today that Jay Xu will succeed Emily Sano, who retired in January, as director of the museum. Xu comes to the museum from the Art…
Despite reports to the contrary, a testing service claims that San Francisco tap water is the purest it has ever seen. The Chronicle is among those who have…
Yep, that’s what it is. Some guy was widening his driveway. I’m using the dirt to fill in my swimming pool, which will now be a garden. It…
Bubbles and balloons in Golden Gate Park, from brokenchopstick’s photostream.
map by Chronicle Graphics I missed this article when it appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle back in December. It presents several of the city’s neighborhoods from the…
Vicki Saulls does interesting ceramic sculpture. The image above is from the North Beach pool and clubhouse in San Francisco. The work was commissioned by the San Francisco…
Many people think of Tony Bennett and his left-behind heart when they think of San Francisco tunes. But residents know that our theme song is really “San Francisco,…