Skaters Do San Francisco New Jersey Style
We met these kids while exploring Fort Miley a couple weeks back, and although they are way too nice and friendly to behave like their Shore-lovin' brethren from the Tellievision - figuratively, they...
View ArticleGolden Gate Park’s Rhododendron Dell
Of all the ghosts haunting Golden Gate Park, the most frustrated might be John McLaren. When McLaren died in 1943 at the age of 96, he'd served as Golden Gate Park superintendent for 52 years, during...
View ArticleI Want to Go to There: Bayview Park
With the mild renaissance of Candlestick Point Recreation Area, you'd think there would be more interest in the conspicuous hill that juts up from the far side of the football stadium. It's called...
View ArticleVictory of the Mad Viking: Brooks Park
Not long ago it was a post-apocalyptic den of drug abuse, blood sport, and murder. Now, it has been re-made as a virtual Valhalla by The Mad Viking himself, Peter Vaernet, and is a tribute to the past...
View ArticleA Surreal Encounter Above Dolores Park (video)
I'm sure weirder things have happened at Dolores Park. But the weirdness combined with being four stories up on a bright, sunny day, really pushes this encounter into the red. I was at home being all...
View ArticlePulled From the Bay – An Angry Stingray
Clearly, the stingray is the star of this video, as it should be. The cruel, matter-of-fact way that the fisherman handles it doesn't seem to lessen its sinister awesomeness. Perhaps it's a good...
View ArticleFeels Like Independence Day
I didn't see any fireworks over the weekend. Boo hoo. But after watching this latest video by Daniel Jarvis, I feel like I can miss fireworks for the next three years. Filmed at Dolores Park, 24th and...
View ArticleHazardous Cliffs Stay Back
Be sure to watch to the end for some sweet irony. Related Posts:Urban Tree to BicycleThe Attempted Homicide of a SanctuaryLobos Creek & Mountain Lake
View ArticleSweet Vintage Street Sweeper, circa 1950
This beauty of a machine is shown cleaning the street at Dolores Park, which apparently even back then was regularly trashed by hordes of Missionites. (If anyone knows the origins of this photograph...
View ArticleHuge Ships, Tiny Ships, Polar Bears
On Thursday, I attended the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association's 60th birthday bash. I'm a new member, and so I'm just beginning to learn about this little gem, and the maritime history...
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