Halloween Pet Costumes 2014

Last weekend in Thompson Square Park, there was a parade for pets in Halloween Costumes. My favorite costume was two dogs carrying a moving crate. See the location on OpenStreet Map. Vive la différence.

Red Devil

“Please be kind, rewind.” Bring back the Hollywood glamour of Madeleine de Beaupre.

“Making space for the new”

Moving crew from the rear

Proud Chicken

Warm Embrace after a “Bad Romance” – learn more about the Sphynx cat breed.

“The first three were easy.”

“The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry” by Brothers Grimm.

Princess holding the Frog Prince

“Don’t let a clown laugh alone.”

Blue Monday

Kings rejoice while thinking “the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.” – George Santayana

“Punk’s not dead.”

“Christmas was never the same after Santa developed his whey protein allergy.”

San Francisco 2014

The clock is ticking for print media. The local San Francisco newspaper shows a clock with four typewriters in a window on Market Street. A memorial to slow journalism.

Typewriter below clock from above in window on Market Street.

View from our plane window looking north over the city. Twin peaks with the radio towers at the bottom with Golden Gate Park and the Presidio looking toward Sausalito above the bridge. Compare this bird’s eye view with the OSM map at (lat 37.8080, long -122.4625).

Golden Gate Bridge looking east toward Oakland

Visiting a technology hub offers advertizing targeted toward RF engineers on an airport billboard. One of the many reasons, I enjoy going to Silicon Valley.

This Smith Chart from the airport ad reminded me of one favorite lesson from college.

Palace of Fine Arts, a beautiful classic structure surrounded by water. See the location on the map.

Market with Acme Bread at the Embarcadero next to the ferry terminal.

Wall art in Russian Hill. Found two great bookstores while walking around this area: Russian Hill Bookstore and Books, Inc on Chustnut. Highly recommend either one if you are in the area.

Islamic tiles outside El Mansour Moroccan Restaurant in Outer Richmond.

Face at the mall

Face at Castro Street Festival

Sun setting after “Hardly Strictly Blues” festival. My favorite act was Hurray for the Riff Raff.

Lovely Russian Orthodox church at dusk in the distance.

Morning sun at hotel

UPDATE 1: Correction to name of building at 6210 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA.
UPDATE 2: Added new heading for first picture of clock and typewriters.