Outside the Van Ness entrance to San Francisco City Hall.

"When We Were Very Young," children's books through the ages. An exhibit in the Skylight Gallery of the SF Main Public Library in Civic...

Succulents: The U.S. Marines of the plant world. Low maintenance, and high survival rate. They seem to thrive in the harsh cold and fog...

Definitely Not-A-Prius. This is a 1957 English Ford Squire. I walked by it in the Sunset District off Noriega. Then I came across a...

On Noriega Street In The Sunset District.

This was the flagship retail location of Bank of America. Corner of Montgomery & California, in prime downtown SF Financial District real...

Quite the mashup seen on Balboa Street: Retro-Futuristic, Bicycle-Motorcycle, Pedal-Electric. The only thing that doesn't defy...

A colorful T-Rex is seen, between spring showers, on 21st Avenue in the Richmond District.

This is Empire Park @ 642 Commercial Street, near the waterfront in San Francisco. Between 1860-1880 it featured the "Eureka Lodging &...

This is artwork on the west wall of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. This lesson in the etymology of the term, "Civic Auditorium," is...

This is 101 Grove Street, the San Francisco Department of Public Health building. It's directly across from Civic Center Plaza. I like...

This close-up detail of the totem pole in front of the Cliff House is enduring yet another fog-swept afternoon, fed by a wind-whipped...

This detail is on the front of the former Commerce High School building at 135 Van Ness. It was built in 1926, and with dwindling...

The front window of "Simple Pleasures Cafe" on 36th Ave & Balboa. In their words, " A San Francisco original bohemian coffee shop...

Not everybody in San Francisco is on Muni or a scooter. This is 901 Van Ness Avenue.

Just sayin'. Today on Van Ness near Market.

The self-cleaning public restroom at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco.

This specially commissioned italian ceramic sculpture of a classic muse once graced the ornate walls of the Sutro Baths. The former...

This time it's personal. After nine years and hundreds of delicious meals, particularly my beloved "Black Pepper Chicken," Jade Garden is...

Meet Stephanie Ernst Scott. Steph. Her dad started Gus' Discount Tackle on 38th Ave & Balboa about 70 years ago -- Steph has been running...