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Death In The Garden.
It seems only yesterday the Dahlia Garden was bursting with technicolor, eye-grabbing flowers, each brighter than the last. Now it's a...

Mike Doyle
Jan 9, 20211 min read
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Recent & Random.
Wednesday. A walk from Union Square up through the Financial District and North Beach to Fisherman's Wharf. Two unusual things at Coit...

Mike Doyle
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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SF Vehicle Of The Day: Survivor Category.
This late-1950's Ford F100 pickup is an old school survivor. The unfinished patchwork of galvanized steel and aluminum flashing on its...

Mike Doyle
Jan 3, 20211 min read
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"Hulk Protect Store!"
Outtake from walk through North Beach. Painted plywood on side street off Columbus.

Mike Doyle
Jan 3, 20211 min read
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Recent & Random.
There's an eerie silence to a shuttered children's carousel. This is in Golden Gate Park. I just wish he was a better public speaker....

Mike Doyle
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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Mike Doyle
Dec 28, 20200 min read
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San Francisco. A Wide Open Town.
The houses literally touch each other. But the common areas? Wide open. Today in the Sunset District around Ocean Beach. Great Highway....

Mike Doyle
Dec 26, 20201 min read
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Family Portrait.
Multiple generations of fire hydrants are still at work behind the boathouse at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park. The knob on top of the...

Mike Doyle
Dec 25, 20201 min read
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Recent & Random.
34th Avenue & Geary. Enormous wall mural outside this martial arts studio on 25th Avenue & California. The music concourse looking good...

Mike Doyle
Dec 21, 20201 min read
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Who Do You Call When A Technology Is Dying?
San Francisco's century-old network of landline police and fire callboxes are dying out. All over town you can see these distinctive red...

Mike Doyle
Dec 20, 20201 min read
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A Great White Christmas.
The San Francisco Fire Department is sponsoring a city-wide competition for best holiday decorated fire house. This is Station #34, my...

Mike Doyle
Dec 19, 20201 min read
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Parking. Tougher Than It Looks.
This is the sidewalk in front of my apartment building. Note the "No Parking" sign on the left completely flattened to the ground. Note...

Mike Doyle
Dec 19, 20201 min read
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Playing Under The Lights.
Thursday night in Golden Gate Park. The multi-colored holiday light show ran the spectrum from traditional Christmas Tree outside...

Mike Doyle
Dec 17, 20201 min read
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"If You Hit The Pacific Ocean, You've Gone Too Far."
Today in the Outer Sunset, 41st Avenue & Ortega. Yeah I tweaked the colors, but not much.

Mike Doyle
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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Mike Doyle
Dec 15, 20200 min read
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Recent & Random.
Menorah in the window of the former Aaron Brothers frame shop on outer Geary Boulevard. New phone/camera has portrait mode that makes...

Mike Doyle
Dec 11, 20201 min read
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Your Favorite Non-Malignant Narcissist.
Mike "Front Page" Doyle. Yes, I immortalized my recent newspaper coverage related to a stint with the SF Department of Elections. And...

Mike Doyle
Dec 10, 20201 min read
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When Social Distancing Is Over, Hug A Scientist.
Today, England became the first nation to begin vaccinating its citizens with a fully approved Covid-19 shot. The U.S. is expected to...

Mike Doyle
Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Mike Doyle
Dec 6, 20200 min read
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St. Mike
Late Saturday afternoon in Golden Gate Park. The Skystar Ferris Wheel. The Stow Lake community Christmas tree. The Conservatory of...

Mike Doyle
Dec 5, 20201 min read
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