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  • May 2025
    • May 26, 2025 A bucolic San Anselmo morning walk - Riding the new Liberty Gulch Trail - Old Spokes Visit San Francisco - Wynton Marsalis at Oakland's Paramount Theatre - Views from Tiburon - May 2025 May 26, 2025
    • May 20, 2025 San Francisco - Day trippin' while doing chores. May 13, 2025. May 20, 2025
    • May 5, 2025 Road Trip - Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP), Cambria and Carmel Valley, but mostly JTNP - April 2025 - Part II May 5, 2025
  • April 2025
    • Apr 17, 2025 Road Trip - Paso Robles, Joshua Tree Nat'l Pk., Palm Springs,Cambria & Carmel - March/April 2025 - Part I of II Apr 17, 2025
  • March 2025
    • Mar 23, 2025 N.Y.C. - Manhattan & Brooklyn - Feb. 2025 - 2nd of 2 posts Mar 23, 2025
    • Mar 12, 2025 An interlude. A Return To This & That In the San Francisco Bay Area - February 2025 Mar 12, 2025
    • Mar 4, 2025 N.Y.C. - Manhattan & Brooklyn - Feb. 2025 - 1st of 2 posts Mar 4, 2025
  • February 2025
    • Feb 6, 2025 Morocco VIII - Olinto to Casablanca Feb 6, 2025
  • January 2025
    • Jan 29, 2025 Morocco VII - Marrakech to Ouirgane, Olinto & the Imil Valley; trekking & lunch at a Berber family home. Jan 29, 2025
    • Jan 12, 2025 Morocco VI - Marrakech Jan 12, 2025
  • December 2024
    • Dec 29, 2024 Morocco V - Road trip Skoura to Marrakech with a stop at Atlas Studios & then for pizza! Dec 29, 2024
    • Dec 21, 2024 Morocco IV - A visit to the Erg Chebbi on the far western edge of the Sahara Desert then a road trip skirting the southern edge of the High Atlas Mountains to Skoura. Dec 21, 2024
    • Dec 12, 2024 Morocco III - Meknes to Merzouga Desert Camp. Egg Chebbi - October 2024. Dec 12, 2024
  • November 2024
    • Nov 30, 2024 Morocco II - Volubilis & Meknes, October 2024 Nov 30, 2024
    • Nov 22, 2024 Morocco I - Rabat & Fes Nov 22, 2024
    • Nov 18, 2024 New York City- A Quickie - Return from Morocco & Departure back to SFO - November 2024 Nov 18, 2024
    • Nov 13, 2024 Special Morocco 12 nights & 13 days, October into November 2024; a slide show sans explanations. Nov 13, 2024
  • October 2024
    • Oct 24, 2024 Two days in Brooklyn & Manhattan before flying off to Morocco. Oct 24, 2024
    • Oct 23, 2024 Prospect Hts./Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn wakes up. Oct 23, 2024
    • Oct 19, 2024 Manhattan/Brooklyn - V Oct 19, 2024
    • Oct 13, 2024 Manhattan/Brooklyn - IV - A Circle Line cruise around Manhattan Island Oct 13, 2024
    • Oct 6, 2024 Lake Tahoe - A visit for bicycling - Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Spooner Lake, Marlette Lake & the Flume Trail - Sept. 18-22, 2024 Oct 6, 2024
  • September 2024
    • Sep 29, 2024 Manhattan/Brooklyn - III Sep 29, 2024
    • Sep 21, 2024 Manhattan/Brooklyn- II Sep 21, 2024
    • Sep 15, 2024 Manhattan/Brooklyn - I Sep 15, 2024
    • Sep 9, 2024 Corte Madera Lions EV & Classic Car Show - Sept. 7, 2024 Sep 9, 2024
    • Sep 4, 2024 "Ready, Willing & Able" - Going to Work & At Work In N.Y.C. - August 2024 Sep 4, 2024
  • August 2024
    • Aug 19, 2024 A San Francisco Experience - August 7th, 2024 Aug 19, 2024
  • July 2024
    • Jul 9, 2024 An appreciation of the Vallée de la Drôme & the village of Saoû; between the Alps & Provence - March 2024. Jul 9, 2024
  • June 2024
    • Jun 16, 2024 Address #'s , mailboxes & entrances - Numéros d'adresse, boîtes aux lettres et entrées - Paris, La Vallée de la Drôme & Saoû, France - March 2024 Jun 16, 2024
    • Jun 9, 2024 Art, objets d'art, signs, graffiti...France, March 2024 Jun 9, 2024
  • May 2024
    • May 26, 2024 Lights, Lighting, The Light & The Shadows - Paris et La Vallée de la Drôme, France - March 2024 May 26, 2024
    • May 11, 2024 Getting Around - Automobiles, Trucks, Motorcycles, Scooters, Bicycles, Taxis, & Feet - France - March 2024 May 11, 2024
  • April 2024
    • Apr 29, 2024 People & clothing - La Vallée de la Drôme, France - March 2024 April 26, 2024 Apr 29, 2024
    • Apr 23, 2024 Food, including restaurants, pastry shops & markets - Paris et La Vallée de la Drôme, France - March 2024 Apr 23, 2024
    • Apr 17, 2024 Architecture - Paris, La Vallée de la Drôme & Saoû, France - March 2024 Apr 17, 2024
    • Apr 7, 2024 People & Clothing - Paris, France - March 2024 Apr 7, 2024
  • March 2024
    • Mar 13, 2024 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Corridor Rehabilitation Project. Mar 13, 2024
    • Mar 10, 2024 Berkeley - The Cal campus & the Claremont Hotel - March 7th, 2024 Mar 10, 2024
  • February 2024
    • Feb 29, 2024 N.Y.C. VII- A Medley of Quintessential, Iconic New York City - December 25th, 2023 - January 8th, 2024 Feb 29, 2024
    • Feb 21, 2024 N.Y.C. VI - Workers - December 25th, 2023 - January 8th, 2024 Feb 21, 2024
    • Feb 15, 2024 N.Y.C. V- Art, Graffiti, Signs -December 25th, 2023 - January 8th, 2024 Feb 15, 2024
    • Feb 9, 2024 N.Y.C. IV - People - December 25th, 2023 - January 8th, 2024 Feb 9, 2024
    • Feb 1, 2024 N.Y.C. III- Visits to Eight Museums - December 25th, 2023 - January 8th, 2024 Feb 1, 2024
  • January 2024
    • Jan 26, 2024 N.Y.C. II - Food - December 2023/January 2024. Jan 26, 2024
    • Jan 20, 2024 N.Y.C. Architecture December 25, 2023 - January 8, 2024 or "With Changes Upon Changes We Are More Or Less the Same." Jan 20, 2024
    • Jan 10, 2024 Sicily VI - Taormina - May 2023 Jan 10, 2024
  • December 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 Sicily V - Scicli & Siracusa - May 2023 Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 20, 2023 Going Local - Food Fun & MG Adventure On Nomi's Birthday plus Ross, Kentfield & side trips to Berkeley again & again... Dec 20, 2023
    • Dec 13, 2023 Sicily IV - Agrigento to Villa Romana del Casale (Piazza Armerina) to Caltagirone to Ragusa with a day trip to Modica. April-May 2023. Dec 13, 2023
  • November 2023
    • Nov 19, 2023 This & that: Biking with the Old Spokes in Richmond across the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island; Downtown Berkeley & the Chase Center for GG Warriors basketball with a brawl. Nov 19, 2023
    • Nov 12, 2023 N.Y.C. (Well, mostly Manhattan with a touch of Brooklyn) - Architecture - May 2023 Blog VI in the series. Nov 12, 2023
    • Nov 2, 2023 Jackson Hole, WY: Grand Teton & Yellowstone Nat'l Parks & Jackson, WY - October 2023 Nov 2, 2023
  • October 2023
    • Oct 15, 2023 N.Y.C. - Looking Up, Down, In, Out, Above & Under the Streets - May 2023 Oct 15, 2023
    • Oct 6, 2023 Sicily III - Agrigento, Valley of the Temples & Punta Grande Scala dei Turchi. Oct 6, 2023
  • September 2023
    • Sep 24, 2023 Workers N.Y.C. - May 2023 Sep 24, 2023
    • Sep 17, 2023 Sicily II - Cefalù, Castelbueno, Racalmuto - April 2023 Sep 17, 2023
    • Sep 7, 2023 West Marin - A Coastal Idyll - August 2023 Sep 7, 2023
  • August 2023
    • Aug 26, 2023 Art, murals, graffiti, signs...of N.Y.C. - May 2023 Aug 26, 2023
  • July 2023
    • Jul 29, 2023 Take me out to the ball game! Jul 29, 2023
    • Jul 19, 2023 Sicily Ib - Palermo e Isola di Ustica - April 2023 Jul 19, 2023
    • Jul 14, 2023 Sicily I - Palermo - April 2023 Jul 14, 2023
  • June 2023
    • Jun 13, 2023 New York City - Food & Drink - May 2023 Jun 13, 2023
    • Jun 8, 2023 Saoû & Département Drôme - Avril/Mai 2023 Jun 8, 2023
    • Jun 2, 2023 New York City - People - May 2023 Jun 2, 2023
  • May 2023
    • May 21, 2023 "You have arrived at your destination. Now, how to exit the station... or 'Get me outta here!'" May 21, 2023
    • May 17, 2023 "Awaiting, getting on the train & the ride." May 17, 2023
  • April 2023
    • Apr 29, 2023 Sicily - quick pics without comment - Palermo, Ustica, Castlebuono, Cefalù, Raculmuto & Agrigento. More to come... Apr 29, 2023
    • Apr 10, 2023 "Subways - Now On the Platform; Elevated or Subterranean" Apr 10, 2023
  • March 2023
    • Mar 31, 2023 "Subways - Going Down Or Up" Mar 31, 2023
    • Mar 27, 2023 Berkeley, CA - Boichik Bagels food adventure - March 18, 2023 Mar 27, 2023
    • Mar 22, 2023 "Subways - Underground & Elevated." Mar 22, 2023
    • Mar 13, 2023 Berkeley, CA - A walk along Shattuck Avenue & Walnut Streets - March 8th, 2023. Mar 13, 2023
  • February 2023
    • Feb 26, 2023 Beer, beer, beer, it makes you want to cheer. Feb 26, 2023
    • Feb 7, 2023 Beer here! Feb 7, 2023
  • January 2023
    • Jan 27, 2023 Workers I- "I'm taking what they giving 'cause I'm working for a livin'." by Huey Lewis and the News Jan 27, 2023
    • Jan 10, 2023 Females & Fashion - Part I January 2023. Jan 10, 2023
    • Jan 4, 2023 Wet, Rainy Marin County & A Fun Food Adventure to Berkeley - December-January 2022-2023. Jan 4, 2023
    • Jan 1, 2023 Males & male fashion - An oxymoron? Part I Jan 1, 2023
  • December 2022
    • Dec 20, 2022 "High. Hello. Welcome." A little of San Francisco, Marin County's Chileno Valley & Berkeley - Dec. 15, 16, 17, 2022 Dec 20, 2022
    • Dec 11, 2022 N.Y.C. (B'klyn & Manhattan) Park Slope, Kips Bay, Murray Hill & a quest for pizza. “If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.” Nov. 2022 Dec 11, 2022
    • Dec 3, 2022 N.Y.C. (B'klyn & Manhattan) "Don't think twice, it's all right" - Williamsburg, Top of the William Vale & views of N.Y.C. at sunset - Nov. 2022 Dec 3, 2022
  • November 2022
    • Nov 27, 2022 N.Y.C. (B'klyn & Manhattan) "IF YOU WERE HERE ID BE HOME NOW" or "YOUR SHIVA WE DELIVER" - Crown Hts., Pier 25 & Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village, Court Street - Nov. 2022 Nov 27, 2022
    • Nov 18, 2022 "pursue your happiness" - A visit to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania - October-November 2022 Nov 18, 2022
    • Nov 13, 2022 Brooklyn - October 2022 - The Adventure Continues Nov 13, 2022
    • Nov 9, 2022 Brooklyn, New York - Oct. 2022 "When autumn leaves..." Nov 9, 2022
  • October 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 A San Francisco Treat - Old Spokes Climb Twin Peaks In San Francisco - Oct. 15, 2022 Oct 17, 2022
    • Oct 13, 2022 Biking - Incline Village & Flume Trail, Lake Tahoe Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2022 Oct 13, 2022
  • September 2022
    • Sep 26, 2022 "Almost Heaven, Marin County..." - Biking West Marin - Old Spokes to Pt. Reyes Sta. Sept. 23, 2022 Sep 26, 2022
    • Sep 18, 2022 Old Spokes ride from Marin County to the new Tunnel Tops park & for lunch at the Mission Rock Resort Sep 18, 2022
    • Sep 13, 2022 Corte Madera Lions EV & Classic Car Show Sept. 10, 2022 Sep 13, 2022
    • Sep 3, 2022 "In a world where you can be anything - Be Kind" Sep 3, 2022
  • August 2022
    • Aug 27, 2022 Brooklyn Visit II August 2022 - "SPREAD LOVE IT'S THE BROOKLYN WAY" Aug 27, 2022
    • Aug 21, 2022 Brooklyn Visit August 2022 - "IF YOU LOVE ME DO IT EVERY DAY" or "NEW YORK EDGE" Aug 21, 2022
  • June 2022
    • Jun 23, 2022 "A dirty MINI isn't neglected. It's experienced." or "Ho-Made Pies Just Ahead" - Scenery, Signs, Food & People Seen Along the Way On A Road Trip to Nat'l Parks. May 2022. Jun 23, 2022
    • Jun 9, 2022 "But it's a dry heat...!" - Vistas, Signs, Food & People In Our 2,462 Mile Road Trip - Part I Jun 9, 2022
  • May 2022
    • May 30, 2022 "YOU CAN DRIVE..." A Road Trip to Nat'l Parks - Vehicles & Automobilia Observed Along the Way - May 2022 May 30, 2022
    • May 12, 2022 Greenwich Village - Who needs to go to Paris when you can get coffee service like this in Greenwich Village? May 12, 2022
    • May 10, 2022 Sunday (not Saturday) in the park - DUMBO & The Brooklyn Bridge Park - April 2022 May 10, 2022
    • May 8, 2022 "April come she will..." Paul Simon - Walking North Bedford Stuyvesant with MAS & Crown Hts. May 8, 2022
    • May 3, 2022 N.Y.C. - 2022 "April gave us springtime and the promise of the flowers" Three Dog Night May 3, 2022
  • April 2022
    • Apr 8, 2022 Cawfee (coffee) and... Apr 8, 2022
  • March 2022
    • Mar 25, 2022 Food Field Trip - Squabisch in Berkeley, Along Solano Ave., Albany, & Pacific East Mall (99 Ranch Market), Richmond, CA March 20, 2022 Mar 25, 2022
    • Mar 13, 2022 The M.G. Owners Club (MGOC) visit to the Oakland Aviation Museum February 26, 2022. Mar 13, 2022
    • Mar 6, 2022 A Walk in the Northbrae Neighborhood of Berkeley Feb. 23, 2022 - "Who knew?" Mar 6, 2022
  • February 2022
    • Feb 25, 2022 "Automatic weapons for civilians?" Oakland (Mountain View Cemetery), Berkeley, Albany (Solano Ave.) - Feb. 22, 2022 Feb 25, 2022
  • December 2021
    • Dec 26, 2021 Berkeley, CA Dec. 16, 2021 Dec 26, 2021
    • Dec 18, 2021 Food Field Trip - Hawai'ian adventure a few miles from home & textiles in metal - Dec. 9. 2021 Dec 18, 2021
    • Dec 13, 2021 Chinatown, San Francisco Dec. 7th, 2021 Dec 13, 2021
  • November 2021
    • Nov 29, 2021 Food Field Trip & Berkeley - November 2021 Nov 29, 2021
    • Nov 15, 2021 "When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens" - Summer into Fall 2021 Nov 15, 2021
  • October 2021
    • Oct 24, 2021 "NO TRESPASSING - TENANTS - AND THEIR GUESTS...ONLY" Or "There's a big hole in the sidewalk that someone is going to fall in to." - N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021 Oct 24, 2021
    • Oct 18, 2021 Views to Write Home About - N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021 Oct 18, 2021
    • Oct 16, 2021 "Life In Its Poetic Form" - Clinton Hill to B'klyn Navy Yard -N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021 Oct 16, 2021
    • Oct 14, 2021 Alive At Green-Wood Cemetery - N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021 Oct 14, 2021
    • Oct 11, 2021 Venturing Into Manhattan,: Union & Madison Sq. Pks., the High Line, & Chelsea - N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021 Oct 11, 2021
    • Oct 10, 2021 Off to Coney Island & Manhattan - God Bless America - N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021 Oct 10, 2021
    • Oct 6, 2021 N.Y.C. Finally Revisited Oct 6, 2021
  • June 2021
    • Jun 17, 2021 Food Field Trip to Little Italy & Chinatown San Francisco or, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful" Mae West - Sunday May 18, 2021 Jun 17, 2021
  • April 2021
    • Apr 7, 2021 "I'm experiencing life at 55 WTF's per hour" Apr 7, 2021
  • March 2021
    • Mar 14, 2021 Breakfast Club Rally - Terra Linda to Marshall with Scott as co-pilot/navigator - March 13, 2021 Mar 14, 2021
  • February 2021
    • Feb 9, 2021 Scraping the sky with sorrows. Feb 9, 2021
  • January 2021
    • Jan 23, 2021 A rainbow of hope... Jan 23, 2021
    • Jan 14, 2021 Observing while meandering around at the end of 2020 into 2021. Jan 14, 2021
  • December 2020
    • Dec 22, 2020 Support Your Local Bikeshop(s) - Marty's Bicycle Chronicles Volume III Dec 22, 2020
    • Dec 3, 2020 November 2020 - Not straying far from home. Dec 3, 2020
  • November 2020
    • Nov 5, 2020 Marty's Bicycle Chronicles Volumes I & II - Put Some Fun Between Your Legs &, The Beginning. Nov 5, 2020
  • October 2020
    • Oct 17, 2020 The smoke has cleared, for a while... Oct 17, 2020
  • September 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 CHANGED CONDITIONS AHEAD Sep 15, 2020
  • June 2020
    • Jun 15, 2020 Yield, It's More Fun - Winding Down? "Keep hope" Jun 15, 2020
  • May 2020
    • May 9, 2020 What to do...? Enjoy where we are & explore. May 9, 2020
  • April 2020
    • Apr 17, 2020 "Look Around" - A Photo Journal in the Time of COVID 19 - Some days in April 2020. Apr 17, 2020
    • Apr 5, 2020 "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" Meandering around & appreciating our the neighborhoods in these times - March 23rd to April 3rd, 2020. Apr 5, 2020
  • March 2020
    • Mar 28, 2020 Why travel great distances & leave Marin County? - 63 Miles on a VESPA LX 150 - February 24, 2020. Of course now we're really limited. Mar 28, 2020
    • Mar 20, 2020 "Multiple Boulders" or Signs That You Are On Maui & Hawai'i - January/February 2020 Mar 20, 2020
    • Mar 2, 2020 Earning And Spending A Buck - People & Tourists of Maui & Hawai'i - January/February 2020 Mar 2, 2020
  • February 2020
    • Feb 25, 2020 HEY LOOK...A MENU! - Eating & Drinking Our Way Thru Maui & Hawai'i - January /February 2020 Feb 25, 2020
    • Feb 23, 2020 Sunrise/Sunset gently roll the days in Maui & Hawai'i Feb 23, 2020
    • Feb 16, 2020 Flora & Fauna of Maui & Hawai'i Island - January-February 2020 Feb 16, 2020
  • January 2020
    • Jan 17, 2020 A few days spent in San Francisco & Berkeley Jan 17, 2020
  • December 2019
    • Dec 30, 2019 N.Y.C. - A Halloween visit, following the adventure in Pennsylvania. October 2019 Dec 30, 2019
    • Dec 17, 2019 A San Francisco Morning - Photographically Speaking - Photos taken & visits to the Leica & Fraenkel galleries. Dec 17, 2019
    • Dec 4, 2019 Bicycle Commute On Foot Dec 4, 2019
  • November 2019
    • Nov 26, 2019 Arizona - Oak Creek Valley, Sedona, Hiking, Jerome, & Anthem - November 2019 Nov 26, 2019
    • Nov 10, 2019 "Let Freedom Ring" - Philadelphia - October 2019 Nov 10, 2019
  • October 2019
    • Oct 27, 2019 Back to School - N.Y.C. - August- September 2019 Oct 27, 2019
    • Oct 20, 2019 Another Roadside Attraction - Southern Tier N.Y.S. August 2019 Oct 20, 2019
    • Oct 18, 2019 "Fumaroles" - Niagara Falls & Surroundings August 2019 Oct 18, 2019
    • Oct 14, 2019 The Finger Lakes & Rochester N.Y. "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" August 2019 Oct 14, 2019
    • Oct 7, 2019 Thickly Settled - A Visit to The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts - August 2019 Oct 7, 2019
  • September 2019
    • Sep 28, 2019 Up, Up & Away With TWA Sep 28, 2019
  • August 2019
    • Aug 17, 2019 N.Y.C. -June-July 2019 Aug 17, 2019
    • Aug 15, 2019 A Weekend in New York City - July 2019 Aug 15, 2019
  • January 2019
    • Jan 30, 2019 "OY!" or "YO!" N.Y.C December 2018 - January 2019 Jan 30, 2019
    • Jan 30, 2019 San Francisco Neon Walking Tour - Tenderknob - January 2018 Jan 30, 2019
  • December 2018
    • Dec 13, 2018 San Francisco Neon Walking Tour Chinatown Dec. 1, 2018 Dec 13, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 5, 2018 We arrived with the blizzard of January 2018. Feb 5, 2018
  • November 2017
    • Nov 8, 2017 NYC - Oct. 2017 - Caged in but building up, uP, UP. See how many cranes and cages you can find. Nov 8, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 11, 2017 Eating our Way through the Northwest Sep 11, 2017

San Francisco Neon Walking Tour - Tenderknob - January 2018

January 30, 2019

We took another SFNEON walking tour. https://sfneon.org/

This time Al was accompanied by his wife, Randall. They were an excellent team.

You can see my slide show at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kMdxmMSPemtsUigo7

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