The Palace Hotel Courtyard, 3rd & Market. "This giant tree is lovingly referred to as "Uncle John's Tree," in honor of the man who built...

Dating to 1879, the Conservatory of Flowers is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park. As the weather in San Francisco turns cold and...

On the Ocean Beach seawall. Early morning CPR class -- or something more horrific? Near Market & Van Ness. West SOMA skateboard park. "It...

Today was the 40th Anniversary of the Ocean Beach sandcastle competition. It matches local school kids with Bay Area architectural and...

A couple weeks ago there was a car show in Chinatown. The one pictured below was in Golden Gate Park near the Polo Field. I stumbled onto...

I didn't see this coming: A car show on the narrow, typically clogged, Grant Avenue in Chinatown. There was something for everybody....

This stretch of South Van Ness between Market and Mission has seen repeated homeless encampments spring up, creating a community of...

I've only known Diego Rivera through his mural work. This exhibition, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art through January 2nd, is...

Van Ness between Market and Mission.

Some photos from the latest exhibit at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Ramses II lead a thousand years after the pyramids, and a...

In a few months a new restaurant will open at the former Cliff House. In the meantime, the space is being used as a pop-up museum...

If there was a Karl The Fog, I think he'd look like this. On outer Fulton Street. The Medical Building at 450 Sutter. A cathedral of art...

"Bugs," the latest exhibit at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Insects are not so easily dismissed when they are as big as...

On Market Street. New public transportation gets new public art. On Van Ness @ Geary. Bouquets To Art at the de Young. This floral design...

The Obama presidential portraits are on national tour; I saw them today at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. The portraits are...

For decades there was a wax museum at Fisherman's Wharf owned by a private family. Besides historical figures, it had a lot of...

"...a weeklong floral takeover at the de Young Museum... We are excited to welcome back more than 120 of the Bay Area's most renowned...

San Francisco and fire have a special relationship; the City's seal features the Phoenix. This small, simple museum is attached to a...

A former pay-per-view binocular site outside the Cliff House. Playing with the exposure and saturation. I like what it did to the...