Mike Doyle
"Greetings From SF City Hall!"
If you get closer than six feet, his eye gets larger. And he's sporting a bit of a Mike Pence look. Pre-COVID19 my City Hall photos were...
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Mike Doyle
Oct 3, 20201 min read
Recent & Random.
The Chalk Fairy, leaving his props to RBG. A faded movie star. This is one of the stars at the threshold to the 4Star Theater entrance on...
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Mike Doyle
Oct 3, 20201 min read
The Woman Who Saved The Cable Cars.
Friedel Klussmann. Sweet as pie. Tough as nails. When in 1947 San Francisco City Hall announced the pending demise of the cable car, Mrs....
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Mike Doyle
Sep 30, 20201 min read
Recent & Random.
Local artist markets their work. Ugly wildfires make beautiful sunsets. Ocean Beach near the Cliff House. It's not only restaurants...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 28, 20201 min read
"Ow, She's A Brick House"
Roosevelt Middle School at Geary and Arguello. Built in 1930, she was 121,000-square-feet of unreinforced masonry. AKA -- brick. A...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 27, 20201 min read
The Fiery End Of A California Forest.
Smoky amber skies from dozens of California wildfires diffuse the rays of the sun as it sets behind Seal Rocks. Tonight.
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Mike Doyle
Sep 26, 20201 min read
Outtakes: Fisherman's Wharf
Pulling this rope releases the cable car platform at the Hyde Street turnaround. Then the operators can spin the turntable 180-degrees...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Blue Skies? I'm Stuffing My Lungs Like Chipmunk Cheeks.
After a month of spare-the-air days, and the just-reopened Red & White fleet, I took advantage of the great weather this week for a...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Barry Bonds Wasn't Who We Needed To Worry About.
"John Hoberman is a social and medical historian at the University of Texas at Austin who has spent thirty years researching, lecturing,...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Today At Ocean Beach.
What's the plan here -- salmon or seagulls? A rare starring role for dirt. At the northern windmill across from Ocean Beach. Great...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020
ON CRITICISM AND NOT GETTING A MAJORITY VOTE "I’m dejected, but only momentarily, when I can’t get the fifth vote for something I think...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 19, 20201 min read
Recent & Random.
I'll miss all the chalk art when the kids go back to school. Or when the rains come -- which ever happens first. Outer Cabrillo Street....
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Mike Doyle
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Inside Today's Examiner.
I stuck my head inside the lobby of the old Hearst Building today. Third Street & Market. As in William Randolph Hearst, media mogul and...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 12, 20201 min read
Table Turnover Shouldn't Be A Problem.
Outdoor dining "parklets" are popping up across SF thanks to COVID-19. This one belongs to Gaspare's, a longtime italian restuarant on...
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Mike Doyle
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Sesquicentennial Of Succulents.
It was going to be a summer-long celebration: The 150th Anniversary of Golden Gate Park. Now we're just happy if the sky isn't orange.
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Mike Doyle
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Brace Your Retinas.
It was going off this afternoon in the Dahlia Garden, on the east side of the (closed) Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Click...
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Mike Doyle
Aug 27, 20201 min read
SF Storefront Of The Day: Positive Affirmation Category
Seen today at the Chug Pub, corner of Lincoln & 20th Avenue in the Sunset.
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Mike Doyle
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Today On The 38R. (AKA The 38 Mens Regular)
I watched a man buy a shirt off the rack today on an inbound Geary 38R. Hey, if you can have food trucks, why not fashion buses?
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Mike Doyle
Aug 21, 20201 min read
Coming Soon? Later? Much Later?
Managing expectations in the COVID-19 era. Seen today at the Balboa Movie Theatre.
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Mike Doyle
Aug 17, 20201 min read
The Avenues Get Electricity.
Sunday's early morning mid-heatwave thunderstorm. (Not my photo, I'd credit it if I could.)
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