Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Occupy Movement

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

If you haven't been totally asleep for the last several months, then you know that there have been occupy encampments and protests in hundreds of cities and countries around the world, and it ain't over yet. I've been to a few encampments and a couple of demonstrations and here're some ...

Folsom Street Fair

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

The Folsom Street Fair is a uniquely San Francisco event. The official Fair website had this to say, "In spite of gray skies and sprinkles of rain in the morning, gregarious throngs of fair goers materialized on schedule. Dressed in leather harneses, or with roman chariots, in latex and rubber, ...

Project Bandaloop

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Barbara and I went to a performance of Project Bandaloop this evening. Like Cirque du Soleil, you gotta see it to believe it. It was spectabulous, and it was free --(I think I read that their performances are always free. They performed outside on a wall on Grand Ave, in Oakland, right ...

Pride 2011

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

The annual San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade took place on June 25 and 26. I took photographs at the parade, some of which are posted here, the remainder on Flickr. Feel free to comment. (Click on images to see larger view) The young woman in the above three photos is a ...