Mike Doyle
Seems Legit.
Don't go by me. My go-to spiritual advisers are fortune cookies and a Magic 8-Ball. On Clement @ 24th Avenue, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 23, 20191 min read
Our Lady Of Maytag.
Known locally as "Our Lady of Maytag," because its striking architecture reminds many of a washing machine agitator. Its formal Catholic...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 23, 20191 min read
The Self-Conscious Lion.
Who wasn't self-conscious in middle school? This is one of a pair that sits outside the auditorium of Presidio Middle School in the...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 23, 20191 min read
He Worked His Butt Off.
This well-used head of a ceremonial dancing lion costume rests on the back of a truck during busy Chinese New Year festivities. Outer...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 23, 20191 min read
The Hearth.
Old time dive bar on Geary Boulevard at 11th Avenue.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 21, 20191 min read
City Gardening: "Careful, It Senses Fear."
Some type of spiked succulent so hearty as to be virtually impenetrable. Outer Anza Street.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 21, 20191 min read
This Is What Insurance Looks Like.
San Francisco learned in 1906, in a major earthquake the pipes that deliver the city's water may break. So SF created a series of below...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 20, 20191 min read
This Was No Accident.
I appreciate that this was not labeled a traffic "accident," but a collision. An accident suggests it was some fateful, unavoidable turn...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 19, 20190 min read
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Mike Doyle
Feb 19, 20191 min read
Getting Happy Childhoods Off The Ground.
Argonne Park and children's playground. On 18th Avenue between Geary and Anza, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 19, 20191 min read
St. Pachyderm
St. Nicholas visits the San Francisco Zoo, December 2018. He hosted children and their parents in the old converted Pachyderm building...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 18, 20191 min read
San Francisco: Inventing New Ways To Die Since 1849.
Also, Clowns. Am I right? (Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 6, Number 877, 13 January 1854 — San Francisco Items.)
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Mike Doyle
Feb 18, 20191 min read
The Limits Of Branding.
19th Avenue at Irving in the Sunset, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 18, 20191 min read
A Case For Unions.
On 16th Avenue near Moraga Street, Sunset District, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 17, 20191 min read
In San Francisco, Even The Birdhouses Are Going Condo.
Outer Anza Street in the Richmond District.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 17, 20191 min read
What's Wrong With This Picture?
San Francisco is second only to New York City when it comes to the population density of major American cities. So enjoy your solitude...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 17, 20191 min read
Even Metal Detectors Get An Offseason.
Everybody likes to unplug for a while after a long season. Winter at Oracle Park, home of your San Francisco Giants.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 17, 20191 min read
The Inclusive Christmas Tree.
Every year, beginning after Thanksgiving, a community Christmas tree beside Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park begins sprouting random...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 16, 20191 min read
Battle Of The Bay: Cold War Version.
During the Cold War, the Bay Area was high on the Soviet Union's list of potential U.S. targets. Our large population, military bases and...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 16, 20191 min read
Fish Lockers.
Tall, narrow lockers made of knotty pine house the rods and reels of members in the Anglers Lodge in Golden Gate Park. It was built in...
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