Everything was so different from what I had been accustomed to that it was hard to realize I was in the United States. People had flocked there from all parts of the world; all nationalities were represented there. Sentiments and ideas were so liberal and expanded that they were almost beyond bounds. Money was […]
The Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (CVPI), the most popular police vehicle in the US, often seen around San Francisco:
The “last of the V8 interceptors” from Mad Max, not usually seen around San Francisco:
The Go-4 Interceptor from Westward Industries, ubiquitous around San Francisco:
There seems to be some contradiction to naming something “Interceptor” and requiring all the […]
Taking the Ferry over to Alameda, Sweetie and I got a good look at the Cosco Busan. This is the ship that hit the San Francisco Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into the Bay. They were offloading the ship, so it was riding higher in the water than it […]
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Sweetie and I were out at Fort Point, under the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, when Hopper’s Hands caught our eye.
Runners would come up to it, it marks the end of how far you can jog along the Marina esplanade, tap their hands against it and then turn around and run back the other […]
The San Francisco Cardboard tube fighting championship was held last weekend. Basically you are supposed to hit the other person’s cardboard tube until it breaks, without breaking your own tube. Referees check for victory by holding a fighter’s tube from one end and checking the droop: when it hangs too limply, you lose.
Given […]
