Aug 2008
Day in the Life: SFFD Tribute
08/31/08 23:06 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: In with the New! | Gay Housewife
Dateline: USF, McAllister Street near Masonic Avenue, where Mister SF and Jeff react quickly after walking onto the scene of a neighborhood building fire. After calling 911, we rousted building residents and neighbors. The San Francisco Fire Department arrived within minutes to put the fire out. No one was injured, and it was all over before brunch. Did you know a “fire truck” carries ladders, while a “fire engine” pumps water?
SFFD fire engine on the job at MacAllister and Masonic.
SFFD fire truck on the job at MacAllister and Masonic. (Note: Wooden ladders help keep fire fighters safe from overhead electrical wires.)
The San Francisco Fire Department Museum is located at 665 Presidio Avenue near Bush Street.
Bern’d: (Russian Hill, Jones Street near Bernard.) Apartment fires are a devastating aspect of life in the City. They leave dark, decaying holes in the landscape of our neighborhoods and bring chaos into the lives of renters and owners alike. More >>
SFFD fire engine on the job at MacAllister and Masonic.
SFFD fire truck on the job at MacAllister and Masonic. (Note: Wooden ladders help keep fire fighters safe from overhead electrical wires.)
The San Francisco Fire Department Museum is located at 665 Presidio Avenue near Bush Street.
Bern’d: (Russian Hill, Jones Street near Bernard.) Apartment fires are a devastating aspect of life in the City. They leave dark, decaying holes in the landscape of our neighborhoods and bring chaos into the lives of renters and owners alike. More >>
Del Martin 1921-2008
08/28/08 15:06 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Gay Housewife
Hank Donat and Jeff Halpern celebrate the life of Del Martin. The lesbian and gay rights pioneer who died on August 27 is survived by her lawfully wedded wife, Phyllis Lyon.
Cityscapes
08/13/08 08:56 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Only in SF...
Cityscapes are everywhere;
Earth; southeast corner of Geary Blvd. and Arguello.
Sky; the City’s newest tower, One Rincon Hill.
It pokes through the view, east from Sutter St. and Van Ness Ave.,
Changing it subtly, gently - maybe hoping
you won’t notice.
Geary Blvd. and Arguello
Sutter St. and Van Ness Ave.
Earth; southeast corner of Geary Blvd. and Arguello.
Sky; the City’s newest tower, One Rincon Hill.
It pokes through the view, east from Sutter St. and Van Ness Ave.,
Changing it subtly, gently - maybe hoping
you won’t notice.
Geary Blvd. and Arguello
Sutter St. and Van Ness Ave.
The Book... Guy
08/01/08 23:35 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Notorious SF
Ever since I was called a Nazi by a nervous browser at the Green Apple Bookstore on Clement Street - something I owe to an extreme haircut I got along the Prinzengracht while in Amsterdam for Queen’s Day - I have to refer to the Forever After Books, 1475 Haight Street, as The Book... Guy. If you come here you'd better be prepared to check even your smallest bag, and don't loiter, take photos, remove books from top shelves without assistance, or ask any questions about the signs. Also, no roller skates, bicycles, strollers, bare feet, or guitars. Heart of the City acknowledges all levels of infamy in San Francisco’s catalog of notoriety. Continue to galleries...
Hinter Gittern: Books behind bars.
Forever After Books, 1475 Haight Street
Hinter Gittern: Books behind bars.
Forever After Books, 1475 Haight Street
Mister SF Loves New York
08/01/08 09:27 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Mister SF's Roadshow | Gay Housewife
Jeff Halpern and Hank Donat, the first gay grooms of San Francisco, honeymoon in New York. Following triumph at home, Donat marches down Fifth Avenue to the Stonewall Inn in NYC's Pride Parade as the couple celebrates the city that celebrated them. (View from Mandarin Oriental NYC, Columbus Circle.)
No Sight Lovelier than SF
08/01/08 09:27 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: High on a Hill
The view; the city; the VIEW; the City; it sees itself and can’t look away. Heart of the City celebrates the most beautiful corners of San Francisco. Some are famous, many are not, all are fleeting. Continue to the galleries...
JT Leroy
08/01/08 09:27 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Literary SF
In exchange for literary recognition and free side dishes, Laura Albert pretended to be JT Leroy, a boy, an abused child prostitute turned-author. What a world. We’re just pretending this is LeRoy body-double Savannah Knoop, author of "Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy." Do we get fries with that? Heart of the City celebrates even the dubious of contributions and contributors to San Francisco’s rich literary history. Continue to galleries...
Local Joints
08/01/08 00:32 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Local Joints
If you’re like Mister SF, you know where you can find the perfect burritto - you know, the cylantro is just right and onions so sweet. But how will you ever replace the dry cleaner that knew how to fold stuff exactly your way before it closed (on YOU) after 20 years? There are a million “best of” lists, but the only one that matters is your own. Heart of the City celebrates all the local businesses that help make San Francisco’s neighborhoods what they are. Continue to archive...
Lucky Penny, 2670 Geary Blvd., best 3 am pork chops and scrambled eggs.
Lucky Penny, 2670 Geary Blvd., best 3 am pork chops and scrambled eggs.
Street Talk #1
08/01/08 00:12 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Only in SF...
Dateline: Inner Richmond, Geary Blvd. and Presidio Avenue, where - as in love - the bus is always running.
Architecture Primer
08/01/08 00:06 MisterSF.com: Heart of the City: Splendid Structures
Do you know your bracket from your cornice? Mister SF’s Splended Structures includes a guide to understanding SF’s ornate Victorians. All of the City’s beautiful building are landmarks - some official, others only sentimental. Continue to the galleries...
