Local motion

Sight seeing Tecate and V.Gallo billboards.

Yesterday, I attended SPUR's young urbanists series: [Blogging] in the City. I was interested in learning about SPUR as well as checking out what the local people behind the blogs/writings/photography around this beautiful city had to say.

A gathering with different points of views, Q&A's and putting a face to a site, not only the ones below, but many other local people. Nice to meet you all. Cheers!
/ WHAT IM SEEING DOT COM
/ Burrito Justice

/ SF Streetsblog
/ Mission Local

All images taken before or after the event at the LGBT bldg on Market & Octavia.

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North The West Evening Ride

I am. And very happy about that.

These are from a quick solo ride, up and around the north-west-end of the city. This is San Francisco, and San Francisco has massive hills and I love them. Of course there's always way to cheat them and go around them, but sometimes is fun to go out to the city's greenest miles and just get lost. Middle-ride coffee pit stop was mandatory. Loving the late sunsets.

Hello headlands. You're next.

Quixote wheels.

Tulipsized me.

Scooby Doo House.

Bike fuel.

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Mission Bike tour

Where was the city's first amusement park located? What street did the railroad run down? Which park sits upon a disinterred Jewish Cemetery? These questions and so many more will be answered on the Mission's Secret History Bike Tour. /Excerpt from chain of events -sfbike.org

The Mission's Secret History Bike Tour met at the corner of Dolores Park on 18th this past Saturday. It was a gorgeous day and it was a pretty good size group on wheels. We learned very cool details about the Mission historic landmarks and some great information about specific spots dating pre-1905 earthquake. Such things, can always be learned in local history books but a group of bicycles and a good tour guide always enhances the experience to the next level.

The first stop /2oth and Church

The view /2oth and Church

Mission outdoor pool /19th and Linda

Mission Dolores. Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June 29, 1776 /16th and Dolores

and the usual le suspect.

Learning about the first SF amusement park 1866-1892

NO. 454 WOODWARD'S GARDENS - R. B. Woodward opened his gardens to the public in 1866 as an amusement park catering to all tastes, and it remained San Francisco's most popular resort until it closed in 1892. The Gardens once occupied the block bounded by Mission, Duboce, Valencia, and 14th Streets, the main entrance was on Mission. Location: SW corner of Mission and Duboce Sts, San Francisco. /From: CERES State Historical Landmarks for San Francisco County

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Boys, bags, bikes, Etc.

Of course I was paying close attention to the tour. I didn't notice all the bags and packs varities until I was uploading the pictures. Mostly guys, that is just a coincidence, really.

boy.girl.rickshaw.rickshaw.bike.bike.

Omar loves brown chrome bags and to next to him a super cool patch -I♥LIFE-

Stripes and a Banjo Brother.

What a lovely vest!

Say queso!

Kirk's kusin has exquisite style. I was fascinated by all the patterns. Nice to see you both again!

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Do not try this at home.

My beloved is somewhere in there.

We ended up 'cutting' the tour a tad short, which IIIIIIIII wasn't too happy about. 4 vs. me, I typically would have not given in, but whatever... I guess food sounded good -insert not so convincing tone here-
As we were figuring out where to wonder off to for food, my favorite local stuff-maker-myth-destroyer master was right there(!) I'm a HUGE fan and have been shy enough in past encounters around the city to ask for a photo, but since we are on a why not? kick, here we are. Super awesome!! and no, the bikes did not explode.

It was a pleasure to meet you!!!

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Happy Friday! Glass act.

These are all from the last few weeks or so. Waiting for a friend, after work or locking bikes Etc. Glass is my analog skill. All straight from the camera, no editing. Actually I don't edit any of the pictures for this blog, as I consider it purely for fun. Except for maybe a rare occasional crop. Anyways.
Go ride your bike & have a great weekend everybody. Enjoy!

wheeling and high-heeling. /Citizen Chain

realz. /Embarcadero center

The Warming Hut /Crissy Field

She's got bike legs /Hayes near Laguna

BRUJA!! /That's how the witches from the west roll...

_via RandomImage

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Photo del Dia: Priority

Gough st. at Grove

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Centurized

Meet Dusty's new ride! He got his Centurion beauty from Citizen Chain. Now all Dusty wants to do is ride his bike all day. Exactly. We can all relate.

He left his heart on his shirt.

What's the plan? There's no plan boys, it's Sunday.

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Crissing Around

Last Saturday we cruised over to Crissy Field to meet with some peeps. Just in time before the myriads of happy tourists storm by.

Postcard.

Kid.

Shady.

5.

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Basket K9se

This is P. and her bike with pink pedals and her dog in a basket. So cute. His name is Pancho. I got to see how this dog operates on the weekends. Effortless and in a fashionable manner rolling throughout the city in the sun. What a lucky dog.

Pancho doesn't want to go home...

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Hump Day: Knowledge is Power

View it large, even if not a flickr user, click image above. _via flickr user:  ff

And earthquakes come at you fast. There's only so much we can do in having the illusion of controlling certain scenarios, but earthquakes the very least we can do is be prepared. --My thoughts &prayers are with you Italia--

And for those of us here in the Golden State of earthquakes, we can never be too prepared.
•The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (DEM)
•QuakeQuizSF

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Pretty Polkster

I love meeting people on the bike lane. I was riding on Polk street to meet with the girls Friday night. Waiting on a red light, I happened to look back for a second and met this beautiful rider. Isn't she adorable?! and that basket is super cute.
We chatted for a few blocks when I finally decided to ask to take her picture.
I'm often very shy about this but always go with my impulsive well, why not?
A block later she said it was her turn, and she wanted to snap a picture of me! So I handed her my camera and here we are.

♥It was a pleasure to meet you!

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Boys and bags on bikes

Teddy bag.

What a sweet cruiser.

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Citizen Saturday

After our coffee fix, we rode around for awhile and then made a pit stop at Citizen Chain, one off my fave spots in North Beach.

Hola.

_Previous Citizens

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New Fix On The Block

Live coffeestrong.

After a long wait, the Blue Bottle's newest location has finally opened. Full of caffeinated zombies willing to wait for a dose of the fix, including myself of course. It opened on April 2nd and it's looking pretty good. I hear that in the near future they will also have food. Cheers. /Inside the Ferry Building.

I'm personally on a tulip kick. But these do the trick. Flowers are pretty!

Gibraltar. Smell it via blogesphere ;)

Happy.

Waiting.

Well, and I just thought this guy was cute with his fruit preserves or something like that.

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