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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 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 October 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

San Francisco 2016, Day 2, Part 1

North Beach (Part 1), Russian Hill, and Washington Square

I took a lovely walk through Chinatown on the way to North Beach in the morning.  The borders between the 2 neighborhoods are getting very blurry. [Read more…]

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

Billy October 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

Call Me “Mr. Ambassador”!

You bet I am! San Francisco, United States, North America.
You bet I am!

The year I became an Ambassador.  A Castro Ambassador.  What does that mean?  It means that from May to October, about once a week, you could find me in San Francisco’s Castro District helping out visitors to the neighborhood.  Armed with maps and brochures, I set up shop at the top of the stairs above the Castro station on San Francisco’s Muni system.  By far, most of the [Read more…]

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

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