Marilyn Monroe (another side)

Marilyn Monroe is an undeniable world-wide icon.  Nevertheless, how many of you know this about her?

Monday’s walk

Yesterday was a beautiful day so the dog and I took our usual stroll along the San Francisco Bay.  I took along my camera with a telephoto lens and took some shots of the City and the Bay Bridge.  Take a look.  Don’t forget to click on the image to enlarge it.

The City.  Bay Bridge between Yerba Buena Island and the City coming in from the right.  You can even see Coit Tower just above the middle of the bridge suspension.  And of course the dense fog bank lurking behind it all.

A portion of the Bay Bridge showing the suspension section on the left, Yerba Buena Island behind all the naval ships, and to the right of that the brand spanking new suspension portion of the new eastern span of the bridge between Oakland and Yerba Buena.  We haven’t crossed the new bridge yet but we are looking forward to it.

On the way back we left the shore and took the green belt…

where we saw Mr. Crow.

Some good advice

“Don’t cry because it’s over.  Smile because it happened.”

~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

Charlie Pierce is so right on

This article by Charlie Pierce is edifying and oh so true.   The article is a must read.  Pull your friends’ coats.  Someday, history is going to give Barack Obama his due. (My gut tells me so <grin>)

San Francisco Fog

Today’s Chronicle featured a story about the beautiful time lapse video created by Simon Christen showing the amazing flow of San Francisco’s fog.  Read the article here.  To see the video, use this link rather than the one provided at the end of the story.  Some folks gripe about our San Francisco fog, but I have always loved it, and still do.  Seeing this video confirms my feelings.  Enjoy.

My Jesse makes The Times!

My son Jesse and his biz partner have been planning and working for over a year to open a new bar in NYC.  To my amazement, they are going to pull it off, opening in October.  Best of all, so far, is that they made the New York Times!  Check it out here.

Needless to say I have a lot of pride and admiration.