Anza Vista and the Haight

Musicians at the "Off the Grid" Event near Stanyon and Waller

Today I walked through the USF campus to the Anza Vista neighborhood, which I have to say is one of the most drab neighborhoods in the city. They have a nice view, but otherwise, the neighborhood seems lost in some weird version of the 60's. Afterwards, I headed over to the Haight, and checked out a couple celebrity homes (Graham Nash, Marilyn Monroe).


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View of the back of St. Ignacius Church, Sutro Tower behind

University of San Francisco

Staircase between O'Farrell and Terra Vista Streets

Drab Houses in the Anza Vista Neighborhood

View of Downtown from Anza Vista

View from Buena Vista Park

View of St. Ignacius from Buena Vista Park

731 Buena Vista St., One-time home of Graham Nash

Groovy Gate at 731 Buena Vista St.

Casa Madrona Apartments (110-116 Frederick St.), where Marilyn Monroe once stayed for three months to dry out, after "The Misfits"

Courtyard of Casa Madrona

Casa Madrona Apartments

The Sunset and More!

Monday, September 6, 2010

The Beach at end of Taraval St.

It was an amazingly beautiful day today in San Francisco. I decided to head over to the Sunset and ended up walking 12 miles covering block after block of residential buildings. And there's lots more where that came from! I'll be walking in the Sunset for a long, long time.

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Weird Mural at Sunset Elementary School, 41st and Ortega

The Sunset has block after block of streets just like this

Grandma's Saloon on Taraval

Parkside Branch Library on Taraval

Pick School of Ballroom Dancing on Taraval

Good Quality Cleaners on Taraval

Looking down 43rd St.

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church at Judah and 43rd


Sunday, September 5, 2010

Stephanie at Toronado


Jon and I walked over to the Castro neighborhood today to go to a birthday party for someone he knows from work. Other than Jon and me, everyone there was in their early 20's - kind of a generation gap!

After the party, we walked over to the Haight, and stopped in to see Stephanie at Toronado, and to have a Racer 5 (of course). Next, we walked to Positively Haight Street, a nice head shop on Haight and Masonic and hung out with our friend Jim. Then off to Amoeba Music, and finally home.

Apartment Building at Carl and Arguello

View of St. Ignacius from 17th Street (Ashbury Heights)

Jon and Marianna (Birthday Girl)

Giant Rainbow Flag in the Castro

Jon with Cupcake in the Castro

Live Music at Castro and Market

The Glass Coffin at Market and Castro

Street Vendor (after yelling at me for stepping on his paintings)

The Lookout in the Castro

More Victorians on Potomac St. in the Lower Haight

Sign in Window in the Lower Haight

Jon and Stephanie in Toronado on Haight St.

More Pretty Victorians on Haight St.

Jon on Haight St.

Jim at Positively Haight Street

Jon at Haight and Ashbury

Jon at Amoeba Music on Haight St.

Roller Skaters in Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park

Jon Making Friends

Jon and I walked 5.35 miles through Golden Gate Park today. We walked around Stow Lake, Past the Japanese Tea Garden, the de Young Museum, the Academy of Science and the Lawn Bowling Clubhouse and Greens.

The Francis Scott Key Monument (SF Landmark #96), near the de Young, was built in 1888. Although this was 74 years after Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner", it was not until 1931 that Congress adopted the melody and lyrics as the official national anthem. The monument was damaged in 1906 and, after repairs, it was moved to another location in the park. In 1967, it was again restored, and relocated to the site it currently occupies.


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Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park

View of the de Young from Stow Lake

Pagoda at Stow Lake

Japanese Tea Garden

Lawn Bowling (SF Landmark #181)

What is there to say?

Lunch at Yellow Submarine

New Fountain in front of the Academy of Science

Music Concourse

Francis Scott Key Monument