Posts Tagged ‘up’

How I Go Up Masonic, How I Come Down Masonic

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

This shot shows the real steep block of northbound Masonic, just above Fulton.

Dude here uses the bizarrely-wide sidewalk, the way I and most other people do. Good times: 

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And you should too, that’s what I’m saying.

Now, going south on Masonic is different. You should stay on the street ’til the cross-street Turk (which has a higher speed limit than Masonic, go figure). Then you go onto the sidewalk for one block (taking care to avoid the illegally parked cars put there by area homeowners who actually own garages, go figure). Then at Golden Gate, you cross and wait for the light to turn red.

Then you have two whole blocks all to yourself, if only for a few moments

Thusly:

That’s How I Go Up Masonic, How I Come Down Masonic.

Hey MUNI, Your Thing is Up! A #6 Parnassus Driver Tools Down Market With An Access Panel Propped Open – Peds Beware

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

This wasn’t a sidelined bus waiting for help to get back on the road. No no, this was an operating #6 Parnassus heading inbound on Market just the other day.

San Francisco’s infamous jaywalking* peds will now need to keep an eye out for this kind of thing:

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*Uh, jaywalking isn’t illegal because of Big Oil. No no, jaywalking is illegal because Big Government wants to protect you from killing yourself. Yet another conspiracy theory debunked…

Area Bicycle Thief Claims He Could Have Stolen This MTB Locked Up on Market Street in Two Minutes

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Which is probably true.

But the thing is I only left it there for two minutes

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After a brief examination of the doors of this obsolete newspaper pedmount, the bicycle thief ran off claiming that he wasn’t trying to steal this particular bike.

On it goes.

A Real-Life Carl Fredricksen: This Homeowner on Oak Street Looks Like the Star of Pixar’s Animated Film “Up”

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Except this guy didn’t fly away using balloons. He stayed put and watched larger buildings go up around him.

Anytown, USA plopped down on busy, busy Oak Street, San Francisco: 

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City Hall Goes Orange for the 2012 San Francisco Giants – And This Color Will Work for Halloween Too

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Like this.

Celebrating another good year:

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09/25
Diamondbacks
7
-
2
Giants
09/26
Diamondbacks
0
-
6
Giants
09/27
Diamondbacks
3
-
7
Giants
09/28
Giants
3
-
1
Padres
09/29
Giants
3
-
7
Padres
09/30
Giants
7
-
5
Padres
10/01
Giants
2
-
3
Dodgers
10/02
Giants
4
-
3
Dodgers
10/03
Giants
vs
Dodgers

Tink happy tots!

San Francisco City Hall: The Largest Classical Dome in the Western Hemisphere, Lit in Blue, Yesterday Night

Friday, September 21st, 2012

This is the scene at the end of Dreamforce 2012, one of San Francisco’s largest events in recent memory.

89,999 registrants had moved on at this point last night – here’s the last one:  

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Yes, the fifth biggest classical dome in the world and first biggest in the New World.

Yes, bigger than the U.S. Capitol. On purpose.

If the SFMTA Had Been in Charge of Fighting World War II, We Would Have Lost World War II – Fulton Street

Monday, September 17th, 2012

Together forever, in  Ignatius Heights from a few days back:

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PS: MUNI sucks. And San Francisco’s “strong Mayor” systems sucks as well. Perhaps there’s a relationship there…

PPS: Speaking of which, Mayor Ed Lee’s approval rating is now in the 40′s and MUNI’s on-time rating is down in the 50′s. Perhaps there’s a relationship there…

PPPS: An on-time rating is a fairly stupid way to keep track of MUNI, but it’s what we have so oh well.

And no one’s been lying
‘Cause we don’t lie any more

The Ever-So-Polite Security Guards of Metreon Tape Missives to Illegally Parked Bicycles – Park Near Jillian’s?

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

Park your ride on stair railings at the new Metreon and this is what will happen – you’ll get a note like this taped on:

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Here’s your mise-en-scene with legally parked bikes in the foreground and illegally parked bikes in the background:

See them all? Every bike has a note. (How many reams of paper does the Metreon go through in a week?)

Obviously, there’s no more parking spaces left on the north side, Metreon.

Why not put this on your list of things to do, Metreon? More bike parking near Mission where it’ll get used…

The Surprise of Waking Up in San Francisco to See a Dead Body on the Sidewalk Beneath Your $400 Per Night Hotel Room

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Plus $60 per night in hotel tax – don’t forget about that.

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OMG, Halloween in the Castro is Making a Comeback for 2011 – New Mayor, New Policy? – SFPD Busy With OccupySF

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Have you heard the Word on the Street? It’s that Halloween in the Castro is making a comeback in 2011. So get dressed up and go, if you want.

Now, they won’t shut down the streets and put up fences and charge admission the way they did just a few years back. Oh no. Castro in the Halloween is returning but as a smaller event. You know, the way it was before all the “bros and hos” from Santa Clara County started showing up.

I haven’t heard word one about Halloween being cancelled this year – perhaps a new Mayor has new priorities?

And do you think the cops might be busy raiding (or “training” for raiding) Occupy SF down in the Embarcadero?

Mmmmm…

Anyway, Halloween in the Castro 2011 will be a sedate affair, with delightfully-costumed people milling about.

Thusly.

It will be old-school, with plenty of elbow room, the way it was before the era when cops would shut down streets. Like these scenes from the smallish Halloween in the Castro 2010.

See you there!

Will the Queen of Hearts and the Queen of Diamonds return to the Castro this year?

The stage at 16th, Market, and Noe. A kid from one of San Francisco’s housing projects got mad and shot nine people a little later on this particular evening. Nobody died though:

The Raiders and Niners fan what show up are generally better behaved than the actual fans at the stadiums:

An ocean of people at 17th, Market and Castro, a few years back:

I don’t know if Halloween in the Castro will ever get this big again, but who knows…