Been a long time

Hey all, Its been a long, long time since I last posted anything and I think I know why. I really wanted for this blog to be interesting and I just havent thought of anything interesting enough for this blog. So I got to thinking that one of the things I find interesting and enjoyable is taking photos. Especially photos of San Francisco and of my family. So what I will do from now on is to try to post at least once a week, and include a photo and explain why I took it, why I like it and what I think is interesting about it. And if anyone else enjoys it, well thats even better.

If it aint broke.......

I took this photo of Radio Havana Restaurant on 22nd and Valencia st about a year ago. They've been there for as long as I can remember and they always had this great collection of all these random things attached to the front of the place. From time to time they would add or remove something so every time I walked by it was fun to see what I could find different from the last time. Well, I walked by a few days ago and I couldn't believe it, they had taken everything down! Why would they do that? It was just such a big part of the personality of the place. I just hate to see so much of the cool and quirky things that make this such a great city disappear. I was just telling someone that I remember back in the 60's, my grandfather would take me in his taxi at night on the freeway and you could see all the lights from the beer and coffee factories south of Market st. And then early in the morning you could smell the coffee roasting and the french bread baking. Now I know progress must go forward but I just really miss all those quintessential San Francisco things that are gone now and Radio Havana taking all those things down just reminded me of how much this City has changed in just my lifetime. O.K., got that off my chest. See ya soon, Victor

Fishing!

My nephew Justin and I took his son Jeremiah fishing a few weeks ago and an absolutely great time was had by all! It was Jeremiahs first time fishing and he really enjoyed himself. I think it was one of the best fishing days I've ever had. I will take Jeremiah again soon. He is my little buddy!

Alter Under the Freeway

I was walking on Division street the other day and I saw this. I don't know what it is but it looks like some sort of alter to me. Its in a little fenced off area under the freeway. This is an area where some homeless folks camp out at night so I am assuming that's who put it there. I like that it looks like someone really put some time and thought into making this. Or perhaps they were just tweaking. I just know that I like it and find it interesting and that's what this blog is going to be for, things I find that I think are interesting in some way that I hope you will enjoy too. See ya soon, Vic