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Embarcadero waterfront at night
Over the past year or so I’ve taken to walking along the Embarcadero waterfront, if for no other reason than to stretch my legs after work. With the early sunsets this winter I’ve been experimenting with after dark photography with my new iPhone 11 Pro Max. Here’s a few I’ve taken along the waterfront. Pier…
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Exploratorium’s Curious Contraptions exhibit
50 years ago the Exploratorium opened, a first of its kind museum aimed at teaching science to kids and teens with a 100% hands-on approach to learning. Six years ago the museum relocated from their original Palace of Fine Arts to a new space at Pier 15, adding the new 21 and over “After Dark”…
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The Jejune Institute is coming to the small screen
“Welcome to The Jejune Institute,” a disembodied female voice declares as someone enters a small room. When I first saw a list of TV shows AMC was working on, Dispatches From Elsewhere immediately jumped out at me. Both the name of the show and one of the characters — Octavio — were lifted straight from…
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Seven Stills tour
Last night I took a tour of the new Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery, a brewpub located on the edge of the Design District and Mission Bay in San Francisco. The six year old company is in the process of moving their operations to this new facility but it’s not up and running just yet.…
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The murals at 23rd and Capp
At the intersection of 23rd Street and Capp — two relatively small streets — there’s a series of colorful murals so wide it spans two buildings and a fence. I couldn’t find a way to fit it all in one shot. Surprisingly it still looks good as new despite being up for nearly a decade.…
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Portals of the Past
While wandering through Golden Gate Park on a particularly foggy afternoon, I stopped by Lloyd Lake to see one of the park’s more unusual features up close. Although Portals of the Past looks like a sculpture — and in a way it is — originally it was something else entirely. Some time ago while on…
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Haunted Ghost Tour from Wild SF Walking Tours
Over Halloween it occurred to me that I tend to gravitate toward “ghost tours” everywhere I go, but I’d never taken any traditional ghost tours at home here in San Francisco. The tricky part it turned out was figuring out which one to go on — there’s a surprising number of such tours from different…
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Haas-Lilienthal House
A block away from Lafayette Park in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood is the Haas-Lilienthal House, a well-preserved 19th century Queen Anne Victorian home. Today the house is a museum of sorts. I took the tour earlier today. The only way to see the interior is on this tour, which takes around an hour. The…
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Salesforce Tower Tour
I got to see the city from a new perspective yesterday thanks to the free Salesforce Tower Tour. Tickets for this are rarely available and are snapped up quickly — somehow I was able to snag one back in June. The line to enter the tour is on the small plaza at Mission and Fremont,…
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The Tony Bennett statue
Today I came across the statue of Tony Bennett just outside the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. It’s been there since 2016 though I don’t think I’d ever gotten around to seeing it until now. The statue is in the front lawn of the hotel on Mason Street — a block also now known as…
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