Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Murals of North Beach and Some Others

 


I was walking in North Beach and saw these murals:






And then I hit down by Fisherman's Wharf and always these murals:




Finally in Chinatown, these murals were super cool:



I love seeing new murals. The Kobe one was just finished. 

Monday, March 31, 2025

The San Francisco Flower Market

 


The San Francisco Flower Market is the largest wholesale in Northern California and one of five grower-owned wholesale flower markets in the United States. The Market has been around for over 100 years in different locations. It moved to its brand new building and location in January of this year:














I had never been there and it was super cool to walk around and see the different flowers. 

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Music Monday: ABC and Howard Jones

 Last month, I was able to see Martin Fry and ABC along with Howard Jones live. It was an amazing concert, one of the best I have seen in a while,

First up Martin Fry and ABC:








And a little Howard Jones:








It was a super amazing night which I totally enjoyed.



Thursday, March 27, 2025

Walking along the Embarcadero

 


Just decided to take a stroll along the The Embarcadero from Pier 39 to the Ferry Building:












It was a very nice stroll on a beautiful day.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Matisse's Jazz Unbound

 


In the last years of the great  French artist Henri Matisse's life, he took up book illustration. The deYoung Museum in San Francisco has an exhibit that are his illustrations from his 1947 book Jazz which was about the circus and theater. These prints were created using Matisse's paper cutouts:










I really found these prints by Matisse very interesting and cool.