Month: May 2008
This charming photo, taken near Moscone center, is from roger jones’ photostream. .
He’s Toshio Hirano, originally from Japan. He teaches in San Mateo by day. But at night another dimension emerges, as he plays his guitar and sings in south…
Virtual NoCal An extensive San Francisco blogroll Mount Flushmore : an enduring legacy The Privatization of Golden Gate Park LA Times on California gay marriage Mona Brooks’ photo…
I went over to City Hall over my lunch hour today and caught the press conference and celebration over the Supreme Court’s ruling that marriage does not depend…
David Newman administs a Flickr pool called San FranGone: The City as It Was. Here you can find photos, postcards (such as the mid-a960s cable car above), and…
This photo of the Filbert Steps from EricGjerde’s photostream is actually a composite of many photos, as this detail shows: .
The Exploratorium has a pretty cool roof cam. It is set to shift its view every fifteen minutes, or you can select from several presets. If several people…
Verbascum bombyciferum ‘Arctic Summer’ is a kind of mullein native to the mountains of Greece, but it makes quite a spectacle of itself in Bay Area gardens.
Perhaps the most attractive feature of the place is its large, wooly, silvery leaves, which grow in an attractive succulent-like (although the plant tolerates regular water) basal rosette pattern.
Okay, it will be called Tavern on the Green (I guess). Okay, it will be a branch of the pretentious New York restaurant (more frequented by tourists than…
This dramatic (presumably Photoshop enhanced) photo of Coit Tower at night is from Thomas Hawk’s photostream. I don’t know what the red lighted area is. .
Here’s an amusing animation depicting Mark Twain drolly calling for respect for San Francisco’s dignity. It’s pretty funny, and nicely done. Is this a real Twain quote? I’d…
For a handy map of canoe and kayak put-in locations around the Bay Area, check out gotoes.org. Happy paddling! .
Virtual NoCal Gray whales in San Francisco Bay drawing a crowd Oakland overtaken by green glass trend Berskeley’s trend-setting history Wanting to work for Oakland Transbay plan would…
Just yesterday I was talking about films shot in San Francisco and noting that the San Francisco Chronicle‘s list seemed a little slim. And today Sparkletack posts on…