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Concrete Jungle Or Plywood Forest?
Rolling past Union Square this afternoon on the 38R.

Mike Doyle
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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Can You Taste The "House Made Raviolis With Meat Sauce"?
Sorry, that was absolutely Pavlovian. I passed Westlake Joe's today; they're open for curbside service! So maybe civilization can...

Mike Doyle
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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"Cancer Is The Price We Pay For Evolution."
"If our cells couldn't mutate, we could never get cancer, but we also couldn't evolve. We would be fixed forever. What this means in...

Mike Doyle
Jun 7, 20201 min read
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My Dad Was Thrown Out Of This SF High School During WWII.
Washington High School -- "Wash." My dad said there was so much work available in SF during WWII that he'd cut school after first period...

Mike Doyle
Jun 7, 20201 min read
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Demanding Justice, From Sea To Shining Sea.
The murder of African-American George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the latest in a long series of such events, sparked an...

Mike Doyle
Jun 2, 20201 min read
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You Can TRY To Take It With You.
The Federal Office Building (50 UN Plaza) occupies the entire block bounded by UN Plaza, Leavenworth, McAllister, and Hyde Streets. Back...

Mike Doyle
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Shocking News About Your Mother.
"Human mitochondria is the vital little powerhouses of our cells... Over time, the mitochondrial pool for humans has shrunk so much that,...

Mike Doyle
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Mike Doyle
May 29, 20200 min read
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Apt. 302 Caused This Leak. Wait, I'm Apt. 302.
I live in a 60-year-old building. Recently the kitchen sink drain in my apartment developed a leak. I had no clue, because it was all...

Mike Doyle
May 27, 20201 min read
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How To Draw A 1,800,000 Gallon Bath.
This video is looking down on the catch basin of Sutro Baths at Lands End, SF. The baths opened in 1896, and were comprised of several...

Mike Doyle
May 25, 20201 min read
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Death Of A Laundromat.
For the last ten years I've lived a block away from two laundromats. Now we're done to one. It must've been here for generations; who...

Mike Doyle
May 25, 20201 min read
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"Sir, You Have Bigger Health Challenges Than COVID-19."
Sunday afternoon in a storefront display on outer Balboa.

Mike Doyle
May 24, 20201 min read
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I Need A Larger SF Giants Cap.
My hair is like the American economy: bountiful, but not evenly distributed. I'll be glad when the apparently intimate experience of a...

Mike Doyle
May 23, 20201 min read
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This is Not Your Dad's Electric Car.
The first electric dragster just broke the 200 mile per hour barrier: 1/4-mile, 201mph, 7.52 seconds. Electric cars are coming on fast....

Mike Doyle
May 22, 20201 min read
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Recent & Random In The Richmond.
In the display window of "Past Perfect" at Geary & 25th Avenue. After a couple months sheltering-at-home, the neighbors are ready to get...

Mike Doyle
May 22, 20201 min read
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On A Postive Note: SF Car Break-Ins Plummet.
The Beach Chalet @ Great Highway, Ocean Beach. Baker Beach, SF China Beach, SF

Mike Doyle
May 21, 20201 min read
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"Reach For The Sky!"
This clip is from winter a few years ago, just up from my apartment. The naked vines were revealed rising up four stories and over the...

Mike Doyle
May 20, 20201 min read
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The Great Foam Migration.
Rarely seen nature footage of the mystery that is the global migration of foam. This species is almost back to its native land -- a local...

Mike Doyle
May 20, 20201 min read
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Just A Man Walking His Duck.
You never know what you'll see in this town. This clip is from a few years ago on the pathway that winds around Stow Lake in Golden Gate...

Mike Doyle
May 20, 20201 min read
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Your Head In The Clouds. Your Feet On The Ground.
"Silver Clouds" 1966, by famed pop artist Andy Warhol. Mylar balloons that visitors couldn't keep their hands off. It was just part of a...

Mike Doyle
May 20, 20201 min read
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