I ended up at the America’s Cup race kinda by accident the other day, and happened to get out to the end of the pier at Fort Mason just as Luna Rossa was… doing whatever it was doing. My daughter is a longtime fan of Prada, so I took pictures for her.
These were taken with my iPhone, no zoom or crop. In other words: this boat got a lot closer than I expected.
No one watching was sure whether they had meant to cut it this close. I made a remark about Italian drivers. I think I’m allowed to have an opinion on that, but someone who heard me called me racist. <eye roll>
I recently visited my local Citibank branch (California and Battery Sts., San Francisco) to open an account for the nascent illumos Foundation. The walls are charmingly decorated with huge murals of San Francisco. The banker I was working with said that these were painted decades ago by the original bank’s manager, who included a wry self-portrait, complete with cigar, in the detail photographed above. Presumably “DCS” is his initials. I’d love to get photos of the whole thing – they would make great decorative posters for those of us who love the city.
