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Pingbacks is a Word Press expression for when you create a link to another blog post. Usually it refers to one blog creator linking to a post from another individual’s blog, and is allowable, as long as the other blog accepts the pingback. These are pingbacks from my blog to my own posts, so I … Read more ‘Pingbacks’

One of the most prominent Mexican painters of all time, Diego Rivera, was commissioned by San Francisco Architect, Timothy Pflueger, to paint a mural for the 1939 / 1040 Golden Gate International Exposition at Treasure Island for the 1940 season of the fair. Fair visitors were allowed to watch Rivera as he painted the mural. … Read more Diego Rivera’s mural, Pan American Unity (Thumbnail images)

1939 was a milestone year for San Francisco and the world; San Francisco staged the last World’s Fair it probably will ever have, World War Two broke out, and also 1939 saw the first member of my family ever to visit San Francisco. I haven’t counted, but I’ll bet the year of 1939 has the … Read more 2019; 1939 plus 80

The beginning of an exciting summer; and why not? True, there’ll be no 4th of July gatherings, no county fairs, still no Disneyland, and I won’t be hanging out at the beach checking out the girls; which won’t be a problem because they never paid much attention to me anyway. Still, the weather will be … Read more San Franciscana (Part Two)

“Mellow as the month of May” Carole King could have been in San Francisco on a day like yesterday when she wrote that line. I spend more time in San Francisco during the month of May than any other month.  In May, the weather in San Francisco is always “mellow”, (except, when it isn’t). On … Read more “Mellow as the month of May”

In a post last November, I wrote that November always feels like the last month of fall to me just as August feels like the last month of summer, as well. I think the August impression comes from my grade school upbringing and always having to go back to school the first week of September. … Read more Back to school

The Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park with Ghirardelli Square in the background in 1939: The old and now closed Art Deco restroom and snack bar is on the right. (opensfhistory.org) The WPA built Maritime Museum opened in 1936 as a casino. Here it’s seen in a picture from 1955. (opensfhistory.org) The steps behind the Maritime … Read more Aquatic Park (For Mom)

In 1939 my 17 year old mother took a train out to San Francisco from Grand Forks North Dakota, and spent that summer there. She left behind some vintage photographs of the City back then. She fell in love with San Francisco, and came back to the area to live after marrying and starting a … Read more Mom and the summer of 1939

It’s the last week of summer in what Herb Caen called “the city with no seasons’, and that holds true for this week. The weather has been cloudy and overcast on some days, and warm and sunny on others. I got mostly sunny weather for my visits this week. This is at the northwest corner … Read more “Now watch the summer pass. So close to you.”

New York City has Broadway, Paris has Champs-Élysées, London has Oxford Street, and San Francisco has Market Street. I’ve seen all four, but Market Street is home. It starts at the Ferry Building where reminders of the nautical and transportation center this area once was still exist, The Embarcadero, the Southern Pacific Building, the Matson … Read more A walk along Market Street (For Dana from Paychex)