SF Fire Department Headquarters, 698 2nd Street The Ferry Building clock tower is getting a new paint job. That's some serious...

There was a great benefit car show a couple weekends ago at Washington High School to support their auto shop. Many dozens of custom and...

He helped pioneer photography and environmentalism. The new show at de Young includes work before, during, and after his career. You see...

It's a fine line between a penny arcade and a museum. Musée Mécanique in on Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf, and it contains over 300...

A champagne-colored classic 1950's Ford Thunderbird was parked on 37th & Balboa this afternoon. Hard to believe anybody would leave this...

The USS Pampanito WWII fleet submarine tied up at Pier 45 survived a half dozen war patrols, and the 3/4's of a century since then. A...

Kehinde Wiley was chosen to create President Barack Obama's presidential portraits. Here are a few photos from his current exhibit,...

The Shell Building was built in 1929 and sits at 100 Bush Street @ Battery. It's a 28-story office tower and former headquarters of the...

Monday morning 7:30 am southbound on Van Ness near City Hall. A classic late-1960's Mercury Cougar in electric blue and chrome mags....

Giants ballpark tour: 2023 edition. Tours were suspended during COVID, and only restarted a few weeks ago. They hurry you along, so it's...

Powell Street, north of Union Square. Ocean Beach. Elegance in the stairwell. This is my dentist's office building, 22 Battery on the 9th...

This is the old Hibernia Bank on Market/McAllister; this landmark building dates to the 1890s, and was restored a few years ago. I was...

John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy to American parents in 1856. He was really in his element when he would travel to Spain...

Introducing the new Central Subway. They're calling it a subway, but the track and cars look a lot like the Muni Metro to me. It extends...

Sunset at Cliff House/Seal Rocks. Never disappoints. Opening Night at the opera. Nautical art installation on the Embarcadero. At Seal...

Calling this place a visitor center is misleading. This is a pretty cool, and often overlooked, maritime museum. It sits in a corner of...

It's been a particularly dark, wet, and windy winter so far. Here are some things I've seen. The storm winds have damaged almost 300...

I escaped the biblical weather -- looking at you Noah -- by heading over to the Legion of Honor. They were between major exhibits; John...

This piece of marine debris had been in the water for a long time. Light years ahead of the usual tagging we get on the OB seawall....