San Francisco has many wonderful buildings, but this is one of the wonderfulest.
Tag Archives: San Francisco
The Painting Banker
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.
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San Francisco Walk
A long walk in San Francisco: Embarcadero to Fort Mason to Union Street…
A young man stopped me on the Embarcadero.
“I’m doing research on working life, for young people aged 18-22 who haven’t known success. What one piece of advice would you give them?”
I kept my answer short.
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The Blue Angels Over San Francisco
So the Blue Angels were here for Fleet Week. I wasn’t well enough to cope with the crowds and transportation hassles to get to a paid seat where we could see all the action, but there was quite a lot to be seen from my own balcony and rooftop and then (Sunday) from the Embarcadero (a brief walk from my home).
Yes, it’s an expensive, polluting display of America’s military might. But it also looks like a lot of fun! Next year I definitely want to be up close.
SFGMC: Rockaria
I snuck footage at the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Rockaria concert a while ago – couldn’t resist, particularly because I was entranced by the deaf interpretation performed by Ethan Pope (above, during a Michael Jackson medley).
Of course, there were plenty of crowd-pleasers like Material Girl:
Mickey:
Viva la Vida:
Venus:
And, in support of marriage equality, Single Ladies:
