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Billy March 27, 2017 2 Comments

San Francisco 2016, Day 4, Part 2

The Mission (Part 2) and the Castro

The Mission (Part 2)

Dolores Street and Mission Dolores

Dolores Street is a lovely boulevard running near the western edge of the Mission, where the Mission becomes the Castro.  It runs along the eastern edge of Dolores Park.  A couple blocks to the north is [Read more…]

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: AIDS, Christianity, Gay Travel, History, Holocaust, North America, San Francisco, United States, US West

Billy January 7, 2017 Leave a Comment

San Francisco 2016 Food Diary, Day 4

Before I embarked on my Mission murals odyssey, I had breakfast at Cafe La Boheme in the Mission.  I had a veggie omelet.  It was okay.  Definitely a letdown after the phenomenal breakfast I had in SoMa on Day 3.

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Food, North America, San Francisco, United States, US West

Billy January 5, 2017 2 Comments

San Francisco 2016, Day 4, Part 1

The Mission (Part 1)

Welcome to Day 4–the day that blew me away.  The Mission District is a predominantly Latino neighborhood, but it is quickly gentrifying.  It is named for Mission Dolores, in the northwest part of the [Read more…]

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: AIDS, Gay Travel, North America, San Francisco, United States, US West

Billy December 2, 2016 2 Comments

San Francisco 2016, Day 3, Part 2

South of Market (Part 2), Market Street, and Union Square

SoMa (Part 2)

There are more museum pictures ahead, but don’t worry.  I make it out of the museum and spend pretty much the rest of the day outside taking pictures. [Read more…]

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Christianity, Civil War, Gay Travel, North America, San Francisco, United States, US West

Billy November 22, 2016 Leave a Comment

San Francisco 2016 Food Diary, Day 3

I picked out a place in SoMa for breakfast.  Unfortunately, the kitchen didn’t open till an hour after the doors opened.  That was sort of annoying, so I went to another place down the street that turned out to be great:  Soma Inn Café.  I’ve actually been back twice since.  I went all in (or is that all out?) and got the banana streusel–French toast topped with banana, 4-berry sauce, whipped cream, and powder cinnamon sugar–with a side of turkey sausage.  What a treat!

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Food, North America, San Francisco, United States, US West

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