Welcome back to Flashback Friday: a series where I share some of my favorite weird, wonderful, and occasionally hidden, stories from San Francisco’s past. It was a Sunday, and another pop-up adoption event. I was coming back from a ben...
Welcome back to Flashback Friday: a series where I share some of my favorite weird, wonderful, and occasionally hidden, stories from San Francisco’s past. And don’t laugh, but I may be dumb. I’ve lived in The Ci...
Welcome back to Flashback Friday, a series where I share some of my favorite weird, wonderful, and occasionally hidden, stories from San Francisco’s past. I grew up in the 80s when the Embarcadero looked like a scene from a noir fil...
Welcome back to Flashback Friday. This is the part of the week where we wander through the strange, specific, quietly brilliant stories that made The City what it is. And today I’m thinking about wind. Real wind. The kind t...
Welcome back to Part 2 of the Castro series. By the late 1960s, a wave of change swept through Eureka Valley. Affordable Victorians and a tolerant vibe drew gay men and lesbians from across the country, and the area soon took on a new...
Courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle You’ve reached the finale of the Mission series. Beyond parks and bars, this neighborhood is one of San Francisco’s most creative centers, filled with restaurants, shops, ...
Courtesy of SFGATE Welcome back to Part 2 of the Mission series. If Dolores Park is where you spend the day, the Mission’s bars are where the night begins. Start with Zeitgeist, the biker-bar-turned-bee...
Have you ever stood on Hawk Hill? It’s one of those places where San Francisco’s past and present sit side by side. Once upon a time, Hawk Hill was a military outpost, part of the defense system guarding the Golden Gate Str...
Courtesy of Wikipedia Have you ever walked the ruins of Sutro Baths? Equal parts breathtaking and eerie, it’s one of my favorite historical spots in the city and yes, some people swear it’s haunted. Back in the late 1800s, for...
Welcome to our series exploring San Francisco’s rich and diverse neighborhoods. There are nearly ninety of them, each with its own story to tell. Every week, we highlight a different corner of The City, diving into its history, how ...
Welcome to our series exploring San Francisco’s rich and diverse neighborhoods. There are nearly ninety of them, each with its own story to tell. Every week, we highlight a different corner of The City, diving into its history, how it’s e...
Courtesy of OpenSFHistory Welcome to our series exploring The City’s rich and diverse neighborhoods. There are nearly ninety of them, each with its own story to tell. Every week, we’ll highlight a different corner of The City, di...