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The Avenues Get Electricity.
Sunday's early morning mid-heatwave thunderstorm. (Not my photo, I'd credit it if I could.)

Mike Doyle
Aug 17, 20201 min read
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SF Plywood Art Of The Day: Celtic Category
Today on inner Clement, "The Plough and the Stars" is an institution in the Richmond.

Mike Doyle
Aug 13, 20201 min read
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The Suit Makes The Man.
This Groucho Marx/ Marilyn Monroe love child was seen in a tailor's window on Clement.

Mike Doyle
Aug 12, 20201 min read
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SF Garage Door Of The Day: Work-In-Progress Category.
Today on outer Cabrillo, near Ocean Beach.

Mike Doyle
Aug 9, 20201 min read
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"What's With All The Negative Waves?"
-"Oddball" The movie, Kelly's Heroes A catchy little slogan to inspire mask-wearing adherence during COVID-19. Sheltering in place, the...

Mike Doyle
Aug 6, 20201 min read
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SF Car Of The Day: Land Barge Category
What a monster 2-door rolling piece of Americana. This is a late 1950's Dodge Custom Royal, over 18-feet long and almost 7-feet wide. You...

Mike Doyle
Aug 5, 20201 min read
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Recent & Random.
The recently cleared-out homeless encampment on 48th Avenue behind Ocean Beach Safeway. It had quickly developed a MadMax vibe. This...

Mike Doyle
Aug 3, 20201 min read
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Mike Doyle
Jul 31, 20200 min read
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Family Of Bears Spotted In The Richmond.
Unfinished plywood has made for a bleak landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic. An anonymous local artist breaks up the monotony with a...

Mike Doyle
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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A Message From The Chalk Fairy.
A message of love in a cold, hard city. Seen today on outer Cabrillo Street.

Mike Doyle
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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SF Car Of The Day: Obscure French Category
Meet the Citroën H Van. I did a double-take today when I spotted it in the Richmond District. French-made, "the basic design changed...

Mike Doyle
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Phyllis Hirschbaum: Pedestrian Trailblazer.
On May 27, 1937, Ms. Hirschbaum became the first person to pass through the pedestrian toll both to cross the new Golden Gate Bridge from...

Mike Doyle
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Today & Random, In The GGP Concourse.
Reinventing the wheel. Bike rack outside the de Young. So close, yet so far. The Frida Kahlo exhibit is installed, but the museum is...

Mike Doyle
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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Where There's A Drink, There's A Way. (Part II)
Sunday night outside The Hockey Haven sports bar on Balboa & 38th Avenue.

Mike Doyle
Jul 19, 20201 min read
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What Are You Looking At? Cont.
Sheltering-at-home involves some staring at the walls. Here are the latest examples of what's hanging on my walls. There was a time,...

Mike Doyle
Jul 18, 20201 min read
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Mike Doyle
Jul 16, 20200 min read
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COVID-19 Takes Down Another 80-Year-Old.
It's like a piece of Lands End, after a millennia, suddenly broke off and slid into the Pacific. The same Greek family has run this...

Mike Doyle
Jul 15, 20201 min read
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Recent & Random.
Regatta on the Lake. Spreckels Lake, where radio controlled sailboats have been racing for almost a century. Beauty in the COVID-19 era....

Mike Doyle
Jul 14, 20201 min read
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Mike Doyle
Jul 14, 20200 min read
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Beauty And The Board.
Gleaming brass. Gilded script. And unfinished plywood. The Financial District has definitely lost some of its luster with the COVID-19...

Mike Doyle
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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