Mike Doyle
At My Library, You Can Check Out Farm Animals.
Saturday, March 9th, the SF public library @ 8th Avenue & Geary hosted a community day. Various local service groups were present, and a...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 9, 20191 min read
I Hate To See A Parking Meter Beg.
The broken parking meter is a common occurrence in San Francisco. (Scroll down for a neighbor's rant.) So how do you communicate the...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 9, 20191 min read
The Irish Bakery. An Endangered Species.
Looks like John Campbell's Irish bakery on 21st Ave/Geary Blvd. has closed. Happy St. Patrick's Day! One less source of Irish soda bread,...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 9, 20191 min read
Workers Fell. Workers Rose.
The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike turned deadly in San Francisco on July 5, 1934. Strikers Howard Sperry and Nicholas Bordoise were...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 9, 20191 min read
Pride Of Britain.
Handsome wooden carving of a lion from the old British ship, "Himalaya." This level of refinement reflects the fact the ship carried both...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 9, 20191 min read
Moving Memorial.
This touching memorial was for a young woman who was struck and killed while bicycling through Golden Gate Park. Compounding the tragedy,...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 8, 20191 min read
Personal Safety = 1 Exclamation Point. Lost Revenue = 3 Exclamation Points.
The old, "You pay me" paid parking lot scam. All you need is a bright yellow windbreaker with "PARKING" stenciled on the back.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 8, 20191 min read
"...Blah, Blah, Blah... Extended Orgasm..."
I often hear snippets of conversation between people when I'm walking around San Francisco. This is the snippet I heard from the couple...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 8, 20191 min read
The Garden That Sprouts Pianos.
July 11-22, 2019 will mark the fifth anniversary of "Flower Piano." When a dozen different pianos are sprinkled throughout the Botanical...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 7, 20191 min read
Great Life. Great Death.
This is Fredrick Raymond Dagnino. Freddie. For more than 40 years he was a bartender at the famous Buena Vista Cafe, corner of...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 7, 20191 min read
"Merry Christmas!"
In the days and weeks following Christmas, San Franciscans deposit their trees out at the curb for pickup by Recology. Some hardy locals...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Rare Image Of The Rich Struggling To Keep It Together.
Brick is brittle, and far from ideal in San Francisco as proved during the 1906 earthquake and fire. But this wall is in the exclusive...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Keep Dogs On Leash. And Well Fed.
As seen near the dog run on the west end of Golden Gate Park near Spreckels Lake.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Famous For Our Limited Parking.
This is the shortest bench I've come across in Golden Gate Park. Just north of the buffalo paddock.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 6, 20191 min read
While You Were Texting.
Amazing how many people I see in Golden Gate Park who ignore the surrounding beauty for the appeal of their 5.5" handheld screen. Not...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 5, 20191 min read
An Outlet For History.
Multi-panel mural depicts Outer Richmond District neighborhood icons. It's painted on the side of the Grocery Outlet, 28th Ave & Geary,...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 5, 20191 min read
Triple Matted.
Ground-level view through a drainage cutout in the wall along the rear of the Cliff House. Seal Rocks in the distance.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 4, 20191 min read
It Can't All Be Monet & Rubens.
As seen in a very nice neighborhood in the Avenues. Yes, it was pasted to the side of a porta-potty. But that porta-potty was on a...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 4, 20191 min read
Two-Faced.
In the front window of "Past Perfect," a store featuring quirky home furnishings from antique to modern. (Corner of 25th Avenue & Geary...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 4, 20191 min read
Silk Road.
Gusty winter winds blow the head of a silk rose onto 34th Avenue near Anza Street.
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