archive for August, 2005
Friday, August 26th, 2005
#23: the wave organ
it’s one of san francisco’s strange and secret treasures, hidden in plain sight at the edge of the bay. as you stroll along the jetty you suddenly spy the… wait, what is that? a fragment of the ruins of a lost city? no, not this time… it’s a collision between nature and architecture, the [...]
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Friday, August 19th, 2005
#22: the china clipper
i’ve just returned from a short vacation to a distinctly un-san francisco like location… hawaii! it took me a little while to come up with a san francisco connection, but on the flight home i remembered that san francisco was once home to the “china clipper”, the first transpacific airline service to those gorgeous [...]
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Friday, August 12th, 2005
#21: Emperor Norton
We’ve had our fair share of peculiar citizens over the last 150 years, but in my judgement none compare to the “Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico”, his excellency Norton the First! Whether or not he was truly a secret descendent of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette or not is, to [...]
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Friday, August 5th, 2005
#20: fog city
There’s a strange atmospheric phenomenon peculiar to our location halfway up the north-american coastline, something that has shaped the romantic atmosphere of san francisco since the very moment that it truly became a city. poems have been written about it, as well as songs and stories, and i aim to celebrate it too. you’ve [...]
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