Mike Doyle
The Cliff House. Now Serving Memories.
In a few months a new restaurant will open at the former Cliff House. In the meantime, the space is being used as a pop-up museum...
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Mike Doyle
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Recent & Random.
If there was a Karl The Fog, I think he'd look like this. On outer Fulton Street. The Medical Building at 450 Sutter. A cathedral of art...
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Mike Doyle
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Bugging Out.
"Bugs," the latest exhibit at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Insects are not so easily dismissed when they are as big as...
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Mike Doyle
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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On Market Street. New public transportation gets new public art. On Van Ness @ Geary. Bouquets To Art at the de Young. This floral design...
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Mike Doyle
Jun 25, 20221 min read
Hanging Out With The Obamas.
The Obama presidential portraits are on national tour; I saw them today at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. The portraits are...
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Mike Doyle
Jun 18, 20221 min read
Waxing Nostalgic. Madame Tussauds at Fisherman's Wharf.
For decades there was a wax museum at Fisherman's Wharf owned by a private family. Besides historical figures, it had a lot of...
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Mike Doyle
Jun 11, 20221 min read
Beauty Begets Beauty. The 38th Annual "Bouquets To Art."
"...a weeklong floral takeover at the de Young Museum... We are excited to welcome back more than 120 of the Bay Area's most renowned...
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Mike Doyle
Jun 5, 20222 min read
Old Flame.
San Francisco and fire have a special relationship; the City's seal features the Phoenix. This small, simple museum is attached to a...
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Mike Doyle
May 30, 20221 min read
Recent & Random.
A former pay-per-view binocular site outside the Cliff House. Playing with the exposure and saturation. I like what it did to the...
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Mike Doyle
May 28, 20221 min read
Cable Is NOT Dead.
The cable car museum is on the corner of Washington and Clay. It's a fine museum. But what makes it special is right beside the...
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Mike Doyle
May 22, 20221 min read
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Picnicking, San Francisco-style. Atop the Sutro Baths ruins at Lands End. Ocean Beach. Having fun with the Doggie Diner image on outer...
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Mike Doyle
May 17, 20221 min read
50,000 Hours of Passionate Skill. One Dress.
"The piece’s title, Da Jin (Magnificent Gold), is fitting, as the entire surface is embroidered with gold thread from India." Just one...
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Mike Doyle
May 4, 20221 min read
One Of The Few Left Turns In San Francisco Just Bit The Dust.
Don't mourn its passing; it was an existential threat to pedestrians and oncoming traffic. At 36th Avenue and Fulton.
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Mike Doyle
Apr 27, 20221 min read
"DO NOT FLUSH WITH YOUR FOOT." What am I, a Rockette?!
This downtown San Francisco office building was built in 1908 -- when apparently people were much taller. Battery & Market.
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Mike Doyle
Apr 24, 20221 min read
New Extended-Life Batteries.
National Parks Service just opened a new 6-acre open space in the Presidio, overlooking the bay shores at Crissy Field. Revealed for the...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 24, 20221 min read
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Latest plywood mural obscuring the building development behind it. Van Ness @ Market. The over-budget, over-schedule project known as Van...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 18, 20221 min read
How To Get Your Car Keyed In San Francisco.
If you have a micro car, find a micro parking spot. You've been warned.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 25, 20221 min read
Today's Not-A-Prius Winner. Survivor Category.
Early 1960's Plymouth Valiant convertible. Seen on Otis & Gough. This is no pampered beauty queen. The only thing replaced on this...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Recent & Random.
Here I am standing not quite shoulder-to-shoulder (COVID!) with my fellow brothers and sisters in labor. The city workers' union(s) are...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 15, 20221 min read
"STANDOFF " -- A Dramatic One-Act Play. Performed Daily.
Every morning a little after 7 am, the inbound Fulton 5R bus stops at Masonic. The doors flap open on the 60-foot-long articulated coach....
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