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Ross “The Boss” Mirkarimi Reopens Hamilton Recreation Center With a Splash
TweetThis was the scene at Geary and Steiner in the Western Addition / Japantown area today as hundreds gathered to see the debut of the new Hamilton Recreation Center and Pool. This place has it all –...
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Dirty Harry at 40, San Francisco Time Capsule from 1971: Who Emptied the...
TweetDirty Harry at 40 continues with the case of the pool atop our Financial District / Chinatown Hilton. Now check it – everybody’s favorite psycho killer hippie Scorpio somehow got on the roof of...
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OMG, It’s Time for Another Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon – Sunday Sunday...
TweetIt’s going to be on this Sunday. Deets below. Via Sonic Fitness See you there! 2011 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon to Invade San Francisco on Sunday, June 5 — 2,000 Athletes to Compete in One of...
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“Let’s Keep Not Paying Taxes – YAY!” Taiwan’s NMA-TV Takes on the Amazon v....
TweetNMA-TV out of Taiwan, Free Republic of China, well, they’ve got us pegged. They know all about what goes on in California and they show that with pithy animated videos. As here, with the whole...
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1/1000th of a Second in the Western Addition: Hamilton Pool & Rec Center Lets...
TweetThusly: Click to expand And thusly: Now you kids are too young to remember, but the Pool at Ham Rec is just like the Mario Bros. arcade game, from 1983: Good times… “In this game, Mario is...
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The Humpback Whales of San Francisco County – Meet Mama, Papa and Junior –...
TweetAll right, I need to payoff on that headline. Here are your humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) of San Francisco County, which, of course, includes a whole bunch of ocean (depending on how...
View ArticleKnow Your Wild Animals of the East Bay: It’s Not a Rat, It’s a Muskrat –...
TweetFirst check out this photo from David Cruz, who’s Everywhere You Want To Be. Almost cute, huh? But then check out these fun facts, and the video below, which shows how rat-like it is. -Muskrats...
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Does This Look Like Berkeley to You? – The Charming Lake Anza Swimming Hole...
TweetAs seen on Saturday by Amy Chen: But watch for that e coli…
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Corrupt Twitterloin Update: Using a Rubber Duck to Show Off How Wide Your Car...
Tweet(The funny thing about Twitter is that lots and lots of its employees would prefer having the HQ in northern San Mateo County anyway. Oh well, bygones.) As seen on Golden Gate Avenue in the 94102:...
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A Modest Proposal: Let’s Ban Swimming at Ocean Beach, Let’s End the Carnage
TweetNow, let’s not ban surfing or kite-boarding or whathaveyou. And oh, what about wading? Yes, that’s banned as well. How about above-the-knees as a demarcation betwixt wading and merely getting you...
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When Scorpio Shot Uncredited Swimmer from Trump Tower West: Recalling Dirty...
Here ya go – it’s the opening scene of Dirty Harry, with mop-topped killer SCORPIO aiming to take out a swimmer (born in 1929, that’s old this film is) with a rifle from the saw-toothed carnelian...
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How is It Possible that Lobos [Sea Lion] Creek (and Its Sandy Pool What...
IDK, check it. The wildest watercourse Frisco has left, yes even with substantial culverting: It could be that ppl do get sick, but for some reason we never hear about it, or that things have changed...
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