Tag Archives: San Francisco

About that Header Image of San Francisco Bay

The image at the top is from the webcam of the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California. It sits high in the Berkeley Hills and is one of the sites I visit daily. It’s an excellent ‘weather report’ … Continue reading

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US Navy to Name Ship After Harvey Milk

The United States Navy will name a ship after gay rights icon Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, according to a report by US Naval Institute (USNI) News. LGBT activists in San Diego and San Francisco had campaigned … Continue reading

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Your Chance to Buy the “Flintstones House”!

    This fun-looking boulder shaped house that you’ve probably seen from I-280 is up for sale and they’ve knocked a cool $1 million off the asking price! Tile and site specific art cover the entire home and match the exterior. … Continue reading

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KKK Flyers Appear in Haight Ashbury, Haight Responds Brilliantly

This is the original flyer that reportedly appeared on a few doorsteps in the Haight: A day later this appeared on poles up and down Haight Street: I think I’m in love with the Loyal White Lady Ally of the Haight! … Continue reading

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New Hammer Graces Roberts Hardware

This 5 ft. tall styrofoam-based, polyurethane-coated hammer sculpted by Sean Mason, artist and fellow Roberts employee, has replaced the old 2D plywood one on the front of the building:

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Bill Graham at the CJM

This is a wonderful show that is as much about the last 50 years of the San Francisco music scene as about Bill. I highly recommend it. Here’s the QR code for Bill’s narration  which will take you here: http://billgrahamaudiotour.toursphere.com/en/index.html

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Spotted Myself on Google Street View

Poking around the neighborhood on Google Street View I came across this image of myself painting my QR mural on Masonic at Haight: The 8’x8′ (2.6m x 2.6m) QR code takes you to an album on this blog with over 200 … Continue reading

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Haighters Be Haightin’

These images were collected for my QR mural on Masonic Ave at Haight. Here’s a Google Street View shot of me at work on it: I generated the QR code at this site, a QR code generator that was a gift to the Internet … Continue reading

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Outside Lands.org Posts 1,182 Historic Pictures Online

Like this 1905 image from Sutro Heights: They started with 1200+ of the Richmond District, Ocean Beach, and Sutro Heights but the total collection (the gift of an anonymous donor) that they are in the process of scanning and uploading is … Continue reading

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San Francisco’s Assassination Trail

This is my first Google map, San Francisco’s macabre 2 mi (3.2 km) long  ‘Assassination Trail.’ Starting at the Baker St end of the Panhandle and ending at 7th Ave & Lincoln way it traces a route past places and things … Continue reading

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