Category: Local
-
Seven Stills tour
Last night I took a tour of the new Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery, a brewpub located on the edge of the Design District and […]
-
The murals at 23rd and Capp
At the intersection of 23rd Street and Capp — two relatively small streets — there’s a series of colorful murals so wide it spans two […]
-
Portals of the Past
While wandering through Golden Gate Park on a particularly foggy afternoon, I stopped by Lloyd Lake to see one of the park’s more unusual features […]
-
Haunted Ghost Tour from Wild SF Walking Tours
Over Halloween it occurred to me that I tend to gravitate toward “ghost tours” everywhere I go, but I’d never taken any traditional ghost tours […]
-
Haas-Lilienthal House
A block away from Lafayette Park in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood is the Haas-Lilienthal House, a well-preserved 19th century Queen Anne Victorian home. Today […]
-
Salesforce Tower Tour
I got to see the city from a new perspective yesterday thanks to the free Salesforce Tower Tour. Tickets for this are rarely available and […]
-
The Tony Bennett statue
Today I came across the statue of Tony Bennett just outside the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. It’s been there since 2016 though I don’t […]
-
The Emperor Norton plaque is back
Those who visited the old Transbay Terminal before it was demolished may remember the plaque dedicated to Emperor Norton next to the front door. The […]
-
The Central Subway is here… on the web
Hot on the heels of my previous post about subway station plaques, it appears three new San Francisco subway stations are online: well, on […]
-
Every single BART plaque I could find in San Francisco
“Always read the plaque” is the unofficial motto of one of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible. Following that advice, over the past months I’ve been […]
About Eric
Travel, movies, comedy, tech, and whatever I find on the streets of San Francisco.
Contact: mrericsir “at” gmail.com
Categories
Recent Posts
- Keys to the city
- When RoboCop parodied San Francisco’s most infamous assassination
- SFO Museum and Library
- It’s not a Westfield anymore
Tags
16thmission ameritrip2019 art bart cats chicago clarionalley coffee covid-19 dolores park europe food graffiti greece gregg turkington history humor immersive los angeles mexico mission movies muni munimetro murals museums Music nonchalance northbaytrip2019 on cinema photos public transportation Rant restaurants san diego san francisco soma streetart television the jejune institute tim heidecker trailers travel videos wtf