Mike Doyle
18 Holes: No Tee Times. No Green Fees. And We Provide The Woods.
Golden Gate Park has something for everyone, including a chain-link "basket" disc golf course. Just off JFK Boulevard in the central...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20191 min read
San Francisco's Newest Ruins.
Move over Sutro Baths. This is the once grand Alexandria movie theater in the Richmond District. Opened in 1923. Its Egyptian motif is a...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20191 min read
The End Of The Road For California.
California Street starts at the cable car turnaround next to the Embarcadero Hyatt Hotel. It cuts clear across San Francisco over Nob...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20191 min read
How To Entertain A Billion People For A Thousand Years, With Just Two Strings.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Ehru. Essentially a 2-string violin, dating back over a thousand years in China. The Ehru is one of...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20191 min read
The Dying Embers Of An SF Tradition.
For young locals, Ocean Beach late-night bonfire parties were something of a rite-of-passage. Today, they are only allowed in a certain...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20191 min read
Where Crabs Walk Right Into The Pot.
Look closely and you still see reminders of San Francisco before tech. Here a pickup truck in the outer Avenues is piled high with empty...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20191 min read
This Water Hazard Has Repeatedly Proven Fatal.
Over the centuries shipwrecks by the hundreds have been reported in and around the rocky, foggy entrance to San Francisco Bay. This is...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Arts & Crafts From SF County Jail.
I stopped by this eye-catching exhibit at the SF County Sheriff's table during San Francisco History Days at the Old Mint at 5th &...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Prime SF Land, $125
OK, it's the Fort Mason Community Garden. There are 125 plots available, most 20x5 feet. Membership dues are $125 annually. You may...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 17, 20191 min read
UnderPromise, OverDeliver.
A steaming ration of marketing is served on Maiden Lane, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Our Roots Are Showing.
In recent years, archeologists from the Presidio have been excavating the very foundation of "El Presidio," the original Spanish fort...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 16, 20191 min read
Happy Trails, San Francisco.
For generations you could rent a horse and ride the shady trails through Golden Gate Park. That ended years ago; the nearby stables are...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 16, 20191 min read
This Turntable Spins The Classics.
A more than century-old ceremony. Where the Powell Street cable car reaches the turntable at Market Street -- the end of the line. A...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 16, 20191 min read
Dancing In The Dark.
A temporary public art installation so captured the public imagination, that it was made permanent. Thousands of light emitting diodes...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 16, 20191 min read
"I'll Take That Pot-O-Gold."
Happy St. Patrick's Day! This artwork is the logo of "The Irish Mob" page on Facebook. All about the Irish and their contribution to...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 16, 20191 min read
This Building Makes You Feel Good.
Mayan-inspired Art Deco, who knew? This is 450 Sutter, known locally as "The Medical Building." Designed by San Francisco architect...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 16, 20191 min read
"Local History On Aisle 3!"
A while back, Ocean Beach Safeway replaced the two large disc-shaped corporate "S" logos on the front of the store, with murals devoted...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 15, 20191 min read
A Lot Of Praying Happens Here.
The lobby of St. Mary's Hospital. Fulton & Stanyan.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 15, 20191 min read
City Gardening: A Splash Of Color.
I'm no connoisseur of bird baths, but this one looks old. Like Disney-era, while Walt was still alive. The house is going through a major...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 15, 20191 min read
She Was A Goddess, Until She Fell Off The Wagon.
The towering 20-foot-tall "Goddess of Progress" ruled from her perch atop the dome of the Old City Hall. The imposing building was badly...
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