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The Last Bookstore’s upstairs labyrinth
On my last trip to LA I just sort of stumbled across The Last Bookstore, a large bookstore selling new, used, antique, and rare books and comic books as well as vinyl records. Both times I wandered in I was a little distracted by well-attended events they were holding in the store with authors and…
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LA’s Union Station
It’s been almost two years since my last visit to Los Angeles, a trip I accidentally over-planned to the point where I had three times as much stuff to do as I did time to do it. So today I’ve returned for a few nights in an attempt to cross a few more of those…
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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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The Emperor Norton plaque is back
Those who visited the old Transbay Terminal before it was demolished may remember the plaque dedicated to Emperor Norton next to the front door. The plaque reads: Pause travelerand be grateful toNorton 1st, Emperor of the United StatesProtector of Mexico, 1859-80,whose prophetic wisdomconceived and decreed thebridging of San Francisco BayAugust 18 1869 Dedicated by E…
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Every single BART plaque I could find in San Francisco
“Always read the plaque” is the unofficial motto of one of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible. Following that advice, over the past months I’ve been tracking down every BART station plaque located within San Francisco as a scavenger hunt of sorts. Conventional wisdom tells us there are eight BART stations in San Francisco, so there…
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A ride on San Francisco’s boat tram
On Wednesday I mistakenly clicked on bookmark to streetcar.live, an online map displaying the current locations of each of San Francisco’s historic streetcars that are currently running. Before I had a chance to close the tab, I noticed something unusual: one of the Blackpool “boat trams” was running! I decided to take a long lunch…
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Fairyland for Grownups
Children’s Fairyland is a small theme park attraction at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, and is normally only open to children accompanied by an adult. However once a year there’s a fundraiser organized by Oaklandish as a benefit for the park: Fairyland for Grownups. On Friday I visited Fairyland for my first time ever — I’d never…
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The murals inside Coit Tower’s first and second floors
First floor murals A couple years ago I visited the top of Coit Tower for the first time. In that blog post I noted: I should point out there is a second activity at Coit Tower that isn’t as well advertised, and I have yet to try it myself: in addition to the Depression era…
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Pony Express plaque on The Embarcadero
Today I stumbled on a plaque on the west side of The Embarcadero. It honors a long forgotten pier that once stood on the other side of the street facing Oakland: the Broadway Wharf. The plaque reads: Pony Express Wharf Nearby was the location of the Broadway Wharf, the wharf extended from Broadway and Davis…
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