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Oil Paintings. Sketches. Ballet Costumes. And Of Course, Murals.
I've only known Diego Rivera through his mural work. This exhibition, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art through January 2nd, is...

Mike Doyle
Sep 9, 20222 min read


You're Supposed To Feel Proud When You Look At The Flag.
Van Ness between Market and Mission.

Mike Doyle
Sep 6, 20221 min read


"Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs"
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...

Mike Doyle
Aug 29, 20221 min read


The Cliff House. Now Serving Memories.
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...

Mike Doyle
Aug 8, 20221 min read


Recent & Random.
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...

Mike Doyle
Aug 5, 20221 min read


Bugging Out.
"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...

Mike Doyle
Jul 29, 20221 min read


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

Mike Doyle
Jul 7, 20221 min read


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

Mike Doyle
Jun 25, 20221 min read


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

Mike Doyle
Jun 18, 20221 min read


Beauty Begets Beauty. The 38th Annual "Bouquets To Art."
"...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...

Mike Doyle
Jun 11, 20221 min read


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

Mike Doyle
Jun 5, 20222 min read


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

Mike Doyle
May 30, 20221 min read


Cable Is NOT Dead.
The cable car museum is on the corner of Washington and Clay. It's a fine museum. But what makes it special is right beside the...

Mike Doyle
May 28, 20221 min read


Recent & Random
Picnicking, San Francisco-style. Atop the Sutro Baths ruins at Lands End. Ocean Beach. Having fun with the Doggie Diner image on outer...

Mike Doyle
May 22, 20221 min read


50,000 Hours of Passionate Skill. One Dress.
"The piece’s title, Da Jin (Magnificent Gold), is fitting, as the entire surface is embroidered with gold thread from India." Just one...

Mike Doyle
May 17, 20221 min read


One Of The Few Left Turns In San Francisco Just Bit The Dust.
Don't mourn its passing; it was an existential threat to pedestrians and oncoming traffic. At 36th Avenue and Fulton.

Mike Doyle
May 4, 20221 min read


"DO NOT FLUSH WITH YOUR FOOT." What am I, a Rockette?!
This downtown San Francisco office building was built in 1908 -- when apparently people were much taller. Battery & Market.

Mike Doyle
Apr 27, 20221 min read


New Extended-Life Batteries.
National Parks Service just opened a new 6-acre open space in the Presidio, overlooking the bay shores at Crissy Field. Revealed for the...

Mike Doyle
Apr 24, 20221 min read


Recent & Random.
Latest plywood mural obscuring the building development behind it. Van Ness @ Market. The over-budget, over-schedule project known as Van...

Mike Doyle
Mar 24, 20221 min read


How To Get Your Car Keyed In San Francisco.
If you have a micro car, find a micro parking spot. You've been warned.

Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20221 min read
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