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Muir Woods

I visited Muir Woods yesterday (in the company of a couple of beautiful women) via the main entrance and found it quite crowded — the only parking was a good ways down the road from the auxiliary lot. That’s one of the reasons we normally enter from the Pantoll or Bootjack trails. But the main [...]

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Muir Woods

Let’s log some trees in San Francisco!

It would be a good thing. Urban Forest Map is trying to make a log of all of the trees in San Francisco. The group is made up of government agencies, nonprofits, and private businesses. By mapping the city’s trees they hope to calculate the environmental benefits the trees are providing: “how many gallons of [...]

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Let’s log some trees in San Francisco!

New garden photos

Took advantage of the nice weekend weather and worked in the garden. This year our problem is that everything's filling all the spaces and getting crowded. We're going to have to be fairly ruthless. Took some photos and posted them to flickr. Click the image or follow this link to my flickr garden set.

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San Francisco before the earthquake

This seven-minute film taken from the front of a San Francisco streetcar going the length of Market Street toward the Ferry Building is said to have been shot four days before the earthquake and fire of 1906, and to have survived because it was sent by train to New York for processing before the quake. [...]

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How to get from SFO to the Oakland Airport

Most people would probably take BART and the Oakland International Airport connector shuttle. (The trip takes about 45 minutes and costs around $10.) But Delta Airlines offers a new option. Their “Weekly Fare Specials” newsletters alerts travelers to the special fare of $69 from SFO to OAK. You will go through Salt Lake City, where [...]

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How to get from SFO to the Oakland Airport

Spare the Air

If we are so concerning about sparing the air, why don’t we hold Chevron and the Port of Oakland to a higher standard? AROUND THE BAYSan Francisco Presidio in 1887 This image of the presidio in 1887 comes from the public library's historical photographs collec...QM2 Arrives in San FranciscoWhile most of the U.S. was watching [...]

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Terror map of San Francisco

By David Enos AROUND THE BAYFriday roundupTravels in virtual NoCal "Gap founder's amazing art collection may leave San Francisco" : Plus, ...Women’s Guide to San FranciscoGirlfriend Getaways offers tips for women on nightlife, restaurants, shopping, and siteseeing in San...San Francisco neighborhoods Dreamworld.org has a good overview of San Francisco neighborhoods, with some comment under the [...]

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Terror map of San Francisco

Criminal

I am hereby calling for a criminal investigation of CalTrans and the Bay Bridge repair contractor, C.C. Myers Inc. It’s a miracle the failure of the bridge repair did not kill several people, less than two months after the original repair work. Blaming yesterday’s moderate breeze — in the 20-30 mph range around the bridge [...]

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Governor says “screw SF”

I’m back from vacation, just in time to find that governor Arnold has sent a not very subtle message to the city by the bay, and the California legislature. As reported in the Guardian’s online site, the governor sent the following letter accompanying his veto of a bill sponsored by SF Assemblyman Tom Ammiano that [...]

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Governor says “screw SF”

Back soon

Frisco Vista is taking some time off. Back soon. AROUND THE BAYBackI was siderailed by a medical issue, but now I'm back and blogging. .Dog, cat, ratA designer I've been working with on a book project reported today that he saw a guy in downtown San...Love (now get back to work)Here's a belated valentine for [...]

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