Will he see his shadow? Groundhog Day, February 2nd.
Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic […]
Tag Archives: American history
Legion of Honor
History of the Legion of Honor “Alma Spreckels persuaded her husband, sugar magnate Adolph B. Spreckels, to recapture the beauty of the pavilion as a new art museum for San […]
Octagon House: Beautifully Historical
Octagon House is a unassuming historical house built in 1861. According to Wikipedia, “Octagon houses were a unique house style briefly popular in the 1850s in the United States and […]
Pictures of Hyde Street Pier Maritime Visitor Center / Museum
Located near the Hyde Street Cable Car turnaround, this visitor center and museum features San Francisco and Bay Area Maritime History. The museum holds a large collection of objects and […]
Star of India – hauntingly majestic ship
Star of India was built in 1863 at Ramsey in the Isle of Man as Euterpe, a full-rigged iron windjammer ship. After a full career sailing from Great Britain to […]
Be Amazed by the San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Be prepared to be amazed by the realistic looking model railroads and model trains inside the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. “At 27,000 sq. ft., the museum is one the largest […]
Rhapsody in Blue – My odd photo interpretation
I accidentally took the above picture one night while waiting for a train. Even though this really is a non-picture picture, it reminded me of the composition, Rhapsody in Blue. […]
USS Iowa crossed the Golden Gate Bridge for the last time
Yesterday, we saw the U.S.S. Iowa leaving the Bay Area and headed for Los Angeles where she will eventually become a floating museum. Many people from all over came to […]
Just popping in to see The Del
The Del’s famous red-roofed turret Before we visited San Diego, everyone told us that if we don’t stay on the Coronado Island, then we MUST pay a visit to the […]
Our tour of the U.S.S. Midway Museum
We have never been on an Aircraft Carrier before, so this was a special treat to be able to visit the U.S.S. Midway. The U.S.S. Midway is a great museum […]
Public Art: Unconditional Surrender aka The Kiss!
Yesterday, we featured Stanley Blefield’s “Homecoming” statue that captured the joyous reunion of a family. Today, we are featuring another piece titled “Unconditional Surrender” by J. Seward Johnson that is […]
Public Art: Homecoming sculpture
Sometimes in our busy lives, we are like two people lost amongst a sea of other people. Therefore, making time for each other becomes essential. San Diego, from what we […]
Nostalgic and Historic v. Present Moment, my thoughts on the closing of another San Francisco classic…
I read in our local paper, The Chronicle (okay, I actually read it online, but I like calling it the local paper ) today and it said that another San […]
