Oh My Gosh, It’s a Mash Letter from France: “San Francisco, La Grille Sur Les...
TweetVia famed bay area mapmaker Doug McCune comes word of a book from 1999: San Francisco, la grille sur les collines / the grid meets the hills (English and French Edition) Paperback – June 17, 1999,...
View ArticleNews Flash for Willie Brown: SF WAS NOT IS NOT AND WILL NEVER BE the Sister...
TweetHere’s Willie Brown (Mayor of San Francisco, 1996 to Present) going on about: “…our sister city Paris…“ The problem with that is that Paris only has one (1) sister city and it’s not San Francisco....
View ArticleDoes San Francisco Really Have a “French Quarter?” Not Really, Despite What...
TweetWell, here it is, from the Bing Maps: (IDK, this is less offensive than “Uptown Tenderloin,” one supposes, you know, coming from San Francisco’s non-profit profiteers.) French Quarter sounds a...
View ArticleFLASHBACK: Recalling When Hipsters of the Lower Haight Tried to Own and...
TweetThis was the scene on Haight Street back in the aughts (and back when CWNevius still lived in the East Bay, where he belongs and where he’d be happier) – four urban youts inside of one AMC Pacer:...
View ArticleElite French Air Force Team to Fly Over Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, April...
Tweet[UPDATE: Things went well with this fly-by, except for some cloudiness. And here’s a well-wisher from France.] Here’s the news: SF French consulate @FranceinSF Replying to @FranceinSF...
View ArticleParis is Not THE Sister City of San Francisco – And Paris Never WILL NEVER BE...
TweetThis issue comes up from time to time, and recently as well, so here’s the detailed answer. Something to consider when sister feelings call. Leaving you with the new list, which omits 2012 Frisco...
View ArticleSECURE THE BAG: Our Golden Gate Bridge District Tells Tourists to Hand-Carry...
TweetNot that many French Francs circulating these days, but oh well: All those car break-ins is the reason
View ArticleUnexpected Art Enraptures Visitors – There’s a Lot for Howard Street Passers...
People just stop and stare at it, thusly:
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