memories

A collection of 19 posts

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Grab Bag #72

Cool-building Grab Bag with a transcontinental bicyclist and freeway tossed in.

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Grab Bag #69

The Liberty Bell on the road, a mystery watch, and goodbye to the unique Jane Cryan.

San Francisco Zoo

Zoo Train

When old engine #1294 arrived at the San Francisco Zoo.

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Grab Bag #68

An Indian circus, lunch and disco dancing in a greenhouse, and Tiki Bob.

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Grab Bag #65

A San Francisco Grab Bag of queer tales, many about shoes...

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Grab Bag #56

Parades, grizzlies, and a new San Francisco time-machine destination.

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Grab Bag #53

Bars, hogs, mansions, and memories: a typical San Francisco Grab Bag from Woody.

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Grab Bag #52

Signs of the times and San Francisco views here and gone.

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Grab Bag #51

Three years of San Francisco Story means an over-long Grab Bag with German churches, Danish tug-of-war teams, bowling, and Woody wool-gathering.

Castro

Bringing in the Light

An homage to Orphan Andy's diner in San Francisco's Castro District

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Grab Bag #44

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Grab Bag #43

Emporium roof rides, the Human Jukebox, and Dianne Feinstein: a classic San Francisco Grab Bag, right?

Kelly's Cove

The Naming of Kelly’s Cove

What or who inspired the name for a magical stretch of San Francisco's Ocean Beach?

Cathedral Hill

Restless Bones

The moving sarcophagus of Thomas Starr King.

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Grab Bag #34

I come to praise San Francisco, not bury it, plus news on old stuff getting older.

Mission Bay

A Walk on Long Bridge

When San Francisco's Mission Bay was a bay.

San Francisco Zoo

Storyland

From 1959 to the 1990s, kids could step into fairy tales at the San Francisco Zoo.

Sunset District

Secret Ice Rink

Remembering the San Francisco Ice Arena, once hidden in the the middle of a Sunset District block.

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Woody Grab Bag #006

Strange adventures of young men in San Francisco, market memories, a walnut elephant, and recognizing City Cemetery.