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A visit to the Oakland Museum of California
With so many museums in the Bay Area to choose from, I’d never gotten around to visiting the Oakland Museum of California until yesterday. It’s not that it wasn’t on my radar, I just wasn’t sure what it was aside from a funny looking building I occasionally pass by while walking from the Lake Merritt…
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I built the San Francisco LEGO kit
Today after coming back from lunch the office manager stopped me to say “Hey, I got something for you. It’s on your desk.” When I saw what she’d left me I couldn’t help but to laugh. A few months ago I spotted a rumor in the SF Examiner about a supposedly upcoming San Francisco LEGO…
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Mission mural roundup
It’s been too long since I posted about murals at home here in the Mission District. To fix that here’s some recent photos of murals in the neighborhood, starting with the Calvin and Hobbes one above across vacant storefronts. The image seemed familiar; after Googling around I found the original on this page, which claims…
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My biggest surprise returning to San Francisco
Given my short holiday vacation I was surprised to return to San Francisco to notice a few rather obvious changes. On the smaller scale, the Muni Metro electrical substation upgrade seemed to have progressed faster than expected. The biggest physical change is at Moscone Center where the new structures appear to be nearly complete. If…
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The murals of Chicano Park
Every now and then some boring government official decides what to do with a boring piece of land under a boring freeway overpass. More often than not the land ends up as a parking lot or some other type of storage — and that’s almost what happened with a stretch of land in the Barrio…
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Photos of downtown San Diego after dark
Due to early evenings this time of year, I spent a lot of time walking the streets of San Diego’s downtown after the sun had set. These are my favorite photos I took after dark. Gaslamp Quarter Gaslamp Quarter welcome sign over the southern tip (and ultra-touristy part) of Fifth Avenue. The Convention Center just…
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A walk along San Diego’s Embarcadero
Walking along San Diego’s Embarcadero brought back a lot of unexpected memories. But I’ll get to that in a moment. Far too late in my trip I thought it’d be great to book a sunset cruise on San Diego’s bay. By the time I thought of this there were no available cruises. If you think…
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USS Midway Museum
Initially I didn’t plan on visiting the USS Midway Museum as it sits right in the most touristy part of San Diego, next to the cruise ship terminals. But glowing reviews online made me figure it was worth a visit, especially considering I wanted to see the Maritime Museum which is just down the street.…
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Tijuana street food tour
I spent this afternoon on a guided street food tour of Tijuana. Starting at the Blue Line trolley stop near my Airbnb, I took a ~45 minute ride to the last stop on the line at San Ysidro. The trolley stop is a stone’s throw from the border between the US and Mexico. I’d signed…
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San Diego’s Balboa Park
I suspected one of the places I had to see in San Diego was Balboa Park, but I also knew very little about it. Where to start? So I signed up for a 90 minute morning walking tour through Airbnb, Tour & Hidden Secrets of Balboa Park. The tour was a great intro to the…
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