Mike Doyle
The Museum Was Closed. Nature Was Open.
A winter Monday afternoon behind the Legion of Honor fine arts museum in Lincoln Park, SF.
top of page
Search
Mike Doyle
Mar 4, 20191 min read
This Man Was Stuck On The Bay Bridge For 74 Years.
Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. He was royalty in San Francisco from 1860-1880. He decreed the...
2 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 3, 20191 min read
San Francisco. Available For Rental.
Seems like most every pubic space and building is available for private events these days. (Sutro Heights Park near Ocean Beach)
3 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 3, 20191 min read
A Protective Ring.
A heavy iron loop takes the brunt of the cold, salty ocean air for years on this thick concrete gun emplacement wall. ( Fort Baker, SF)
1 view0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 3, 20191 min read
They Came From Different Worlds. (No. 2 In A Series.)
Discovered entwined beside the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park.
1 view0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 3, 20191 min read
Actual Set From "Jurassic Park."
Little known fact. The budget was so tight on the first film, that they contracted with McDonald's to cater the production.
4 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 2, 20191 min read
"Look Everyone, Cursive!"
The suspect vandal is described only as middle-aged, with a distinct sense of style, and probably smiling. (Outer Cabrillo Street, SF)
5 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 2, 20191 min read
The Golden Arches.
The south end of the Golden Gate Bridge arches up and over the historic Civil War-era Fort Point.
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 2, 20191 min read
Blood Trail Or Art Design?
An apparent blood trail snakes past the graphic of a heart spray-painted on the sidewalk outside the Cliff House.
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 2, 20191 min read
City Gardening: Surrender.
When you cement-over your front yard flower bed, you're sending a message: I'm throwing in the trowel! The city discourages this because...
5 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 2, 20191 min read
Hellish Thoughts.
Auguste Rodin's classic sculpture, "The Thinker," was just one element of his unfinished monumental masterpiece, "The Gates Of Hell." It...
5 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 2, 20191 min read
Running In The Park.
Classic painting truism: It's all in the prep. And step one of outdoor painting is checking the weather forecast. As seen beside Stow...
1 view0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
Tunnel Vision.
This tunnel was bored by Adolph Sutro in creating his massive, salt water public pools: The Sutro Baths. The tunnel provided rock for the...
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
Designed To Sit On The Back Of A Yacht. Now Who's Laughing?
1960's Fiat Jolly, seen on JFK Boulevard in Golden Gate Park, outside the Japanese Tea Garden. "Sometimes, less is more, and that was...
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
"Look Like The Innocent Flower, But Be The Serpent Under't"
Macbeth Act I Scene v Lines 75-75/Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park, SF.
1 view0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
Shooting The Breeze.
Members of the San Francisco Model Yacht Club riding the wind at Spreckels Lake, GGP.
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
My New Neighbors. They Seem Nice.
As seen on the third floor. Penthouse, baby!
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
Refused To Grow Up.
Golden Gate Park near Fulton Street.
0 views0 comments
Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
Growing Trees & People.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a government program during The Great Depression of the 1930's. It took young idle men off the...
1 view0 comments
bottom of page