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Salesforce Transit Center, opening day
After years of construction it seemed like the new Transbay Salesforce Transit Terminal Center would never open; and yet today, it finally did… sort of. It’s clearly unfinished, and construction workers were still there today (a Saturday) working on the gondola. The underground train platforms weren’t open, and no physical work has been done to…
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Sailing in the bay
On Saturday I went sailing with some coworkers, or to put it more accurately a pair of coworkers sailed a ship while instructing the rest of us on what to do. For my part I barely know port from Starburst starbird starboard, but if you need someone who can pull on whichever rope you tell…
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Doctor Who sidewalk graffiti in Hayes Valley
At the corner of Rose and Octavia, someone painted “Bad Wolf…” underneath the street imprint in the sidewalk. I thought that was pretty funny and snapped the above photo. Spoilers for old Doctor Who episodes follow. “Bad Wolf” was a storyline from the first season of the rebooted Doctor Who back in 2005. Throughout the…
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First impressions of the new Muni Metro trains
This evening I’d planned to take Muni Metro home from work as I often do, but there was an unexpected twist: as I got to the platform level, one of the new trains was pulling in. Finally I’d get to ride one! Unfortunately for me it was going in the opposite direction I was headed,…
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Review: Wonderland from Epic Immersive
This is the final month for an immersive theater show in San Francisco titled Wonderland. It’s a story based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. As the audience is sworn to secrecy and forbidden (wisely, I think) from taking photos, this will be a tight-lipped review. I’m not going to discuss details about the story…
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Carnaval Parade: Stoic Cop
Yesterday at San Francisco’s 2018 Carnaval Parade a number of dancers for whatever reason decided to target a particular SFPD officer with their dance moves, crowding him and grinding against him. He barely reacted — a truly stoic cop if there ever was one. As you can see in the video I was hardly the…
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Carnaval San Francisco 2018 parade
For a bunch more photos check out my Carnaval 2018 album here. Today was the grand parade of Carnaval San Francisco, the Mission District’s biggest parade and cultural event. It was billed as the 40th Anniversary, which isn’t exactly true… but forget it. Sometimes you just have to put down your calculator, pick up a…
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One man’s trash is another man’s toilet
While on my way to run an errand after the Carnaval Parade wrapped up — more on that later — I spotted a humorously placed toilet seat on a public garbage can at 16th Street and Guerrero. The juxtaposition is so perfect, I’d come up with the title of this blog post before I even…
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Salesforce Tower light show allegedly launched
Today was the grand opening of Salesforce Tower, and with it the alleged launch of a massive 11,000 LED light show on the top of the building. As you can see in my photo above taken from Dolores Park, it was so foggy I’m not even sure which building is which. None of them seem…
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Manny’s, coming to 16th and Valencia
There’s a space at the corner of 16th and Valencia I walk past almost every day. For many years it was a sushi restaurant, which was eventually replaced by a different sushi restaurant and an ice cream bar. Since the end of 2017 it’s been vacant with no signs of activity — until the other…
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