You live where?
One of the more odd street names around my area — although there’s actually a reason for it. This road runs between Chestnut and Walnut streets. But I’m still glad I don’t have to tell people I live on Chestwall!
WPC: Pedestrian
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of October 4, 2017. Pedestrian or not? It’s up for your interpretation.
Fourth floor window
Montgomery and Green
When I was in San Francisco last week, one of the things I decided I had to see was a fairly nondescript intersection in North Beach. Maybe the reason was a little bit nutty — the TV show Monk (2002-2009). Of course, even though the series was set in San Francisco, very little of the actual filming took place there. […]
Scenes from Justin Herman Plaza
On two legs and four
While in San Francisco last week I didn’t have time to visit the zoo or the natural history museum — and yet I seemed to notice animals almost everywhere I looked. Marina gull Justin Herman Plaza: I could be wrong, but when I looked at this building across the street from my hostel I saw three crabs: I didn’t even […]
Ups and Downs
With all the hiking I do around Lake Natoma, I’ve gotten to be in pretty good physical condition, and climbing hills doesn’t bother me too much. In fact, I enjoy the challenge, and it’s always a healthy aerobic workout. But it never occurred to me last Monday when I decided to trek all the way down and then back up this steep hill along the Fair Oaks bluffs that I was in training for some of those crazy hills in San Francisco a couple of days later.
The Adventure Continues… Crookedest Street
I’d never seen this episode of California’s Gold before today — but since I’m leaving on a short trip to San Francisco in a couple of days, I thought I’d get myself into the right mood. I’ve walked up Lombard Street once, about 20 years ago, and it was quite an experience… but nothing like the experience Huell had. I […]
Red Bus
