Pierce Street between Clay and Post

...which also happens to be between Alta Plaza Park & Hamilton Recreation Center

From Alta Plaza Park towards the rival hilltop: Alamo Square

Trash day

2120

Twisty Stairs

Woodwork

Copper Van

Pink petals with purple, orange and yellow inside

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...

Restoration in progress

View other San Francisco Streets

Divisadero: Geary to Hayes

A quick walk on a beautiful day down Divisadero between Hayes and Geary near our apartment.

Spring Blossoms

Face mask

Look Better....

...Feel Better

Sleeping on the Streets

Good dog

Vintage Pepsi

Pointed Arches

Other San Francisco Streets

Castro : Duncan to 24th St & Mission : Powers to 18th St

This morning Nik and I set out in a new direction towards Noe Valley on the #24 bus. We were shocked that it wasn’t packed and have now vowed to take it whenever we have to go across town instead of the #22. We rang the stop request bell near Clipper Street and climbed the rest of the way up Castro to an unexpected overlook on 27th.

The panoramic view from 27th looking Northeast *Click for larger image

A few homes lined up in a row

From here we could see the entire eastern half of the city and noticed the bald spot, which is commonly known as Bernal Heights Park. Obviously, the park would also have an amazing view of the city, so we decided it would be our next stop. But first, we strolled back down Castro to the main drag in Noe Valley where Nik scouted out the bagel shops while I eyed a few shops I might want to revisit. Then we stopped at Hamano Sushi for a tasty lunch before heading for the bald spot.

Cyan House

My reflection

Leprechaun flag...is it March already?

White hydrant, Black house

Castro Substation

Bus Stop & James Lick Middle School

Red Bell

Lunch at Hamano Sushi

Manchester Street from Bernal Heights Park

The grass is green on this side.

A strange bubble fungi

Bernal Heights Park did not disappoint! I could have sat up there all day just watching life bellow. But we didn’t. Instead we walked down Mission Street in search of chaos. The street was actually pretty calm and not as quirky as I expected. We saw tons of great signage and people that I would love to photograph, but my zoom isn’t good enough and I’m too shy.

Sub Sandwiches crossing the Golden Gate Bridge

Fresh Produce!!!

Gold and Red

Elmo hanging out with Mario and Luigi

Football anyone?

dentistry

Squeem, Magical Lingerie..........hahahahahahahahah! Hilarious

El Capitan...this city is filled with beautiful old theaters

We concluded our adventure with a couple scoops from Bi-Rite Creamery. Oh My Goodness, this ice cream lives up to its reputation. I had salted caramel and toffee coffee, and as you can tell, I liked it.

I ate it before I could take photos

Other San Francisco Streets

My Google Analytics of the United States

Every now and then I check the Google Analytics for my site, and my favorite part is the map overlay. Today I noticed that someone in South Dakota FINALLY visited!!!! In fact, two people from South Dakota have now visited; one from Mitchell back in September 2009, and one from Parkston on February 18. Why in the world am I so excited about these two people from SD?

Well, now that they have visited, it means that after my almost 2 years blogging, someone from every single state of the United States has visited my website. I can’t even make the claim that I know someone in every state, yet something that I have done….a photo, a couple words, something…has captured the attention of these people…you people! (now that I have actually mentioned South Dakota on my blog, I bet that I’ll get a lot more attention!!)

Through this blog, I am connecting to people all over the world. From 6 continents: 42 Asian countries, 40 European countries, 16 African countries, 10 South American countries, 7 Central American countries, 6 Australian territories. I have never personally set foot in most of these countries, but someone somewhere found me a little bit interesting. Isn’t that just crazy?

So thank you, wherever you are, for pausing for a second or two. I am amazed that I have digital pen pals everywhere, and I am thankful that I am part of the first generation of casual bloggers. I will tell my grandchildren about you one day!!

Google Analytics of the World

Asia

Europe

South America

Africa

**A little aside: It is fun to note that the countries/states that I have visited and written about are the darkest green. And the saturation of green is almost in exact proportion to the amount of time I have spent there. Kind of cool….it satisfies my nerdy math mind.

Hayes from Stanyan to Fillmore

After meeting a friend at the DeYoung Museum to see the Amish Abstractions: Quilt exhibit (it’s amazing), I walked down Hayes Street to get home. All of these photos were taken on the 14 blocks between Stanyan and Fillmore.

Oh, and I spruced up my blog a little bit. I finally designed a logo, which consists of all the places that I have ever lived starting with Tennessee in the middle. Then I cleaned up and styled everything else. I am quite pleased with results, and the best part is that I did it almost all by myself!!! Nik helped me a couple times when I was stumped, but that really only happened once or twice. Do you like it?

Window Faces

Wash & Dry | Leather/Suede

Big Bright Bold

Reflection of Big Bright Bold

Hayes & Clayton

Strolling

...

Wait to Walk

Betty Boop in the Window

1700 Hayes

Bike Parking

Mail

Bus Stop

Golden Reindeer

"ma"

1234567

Police Telephone

Pink Victorian

Other San Francisco Streets