san francisco

In a cloud

by Doug LeMoine on 22 February 2010

Oh wow, our pal Greg Gardner put together a really nice collection of new music from local bands. It’s called In A Cloud, which describes the recent winter weather and the album itself is a time capsule of San Francisco sounds in 2009-10. My favorite song is a sweet little thing called “Baby Held” by [...]

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Transbay bird swirl

by Doug LeMoine on 4 November 2009

Perched among the tall buildings in downtown San Francisco, my office can feel like a nest in a tall tree. Yesterday evening, the birds that live atop the Transbay terminal swirled up to, and around, the windows of our conference room, and the aerie-like feeling was stronger than ever. One bird even landed, briefly, on [...]

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Not a bad idea

by Doug LeMoine on 21 January 2009

Okay, one last political thing. In the wee hours before yesterday’s inauguration, a genius prankster named Alex Zecca reportedly covered every “Bush” street sign from downtown to the Marina with a sticker that said “Obama.” I heard about it when I got into work, but missed the chance to see it for myself. Luckily, Vanessa [...]

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Elections / Photos from the campaign trail

by Doug LeMoine on 2 November 2008

Photo: Joshua Lott Last June, Mara organized a bake sale to raise money for Barack Obama. It was a typically chilly summer day in San Francisco, but we made a fistful of cash, AND we got our picture taken by a passerby who happened to be a professional photojournalist. His name is Joshua Lott, and [...]

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Urban farming / My robot bees are pregnant

by Doug LeMoine on 26 April 2008

[Danger: I could only get the video to play in IE. Not sure if it’s my particular array of Firefox add-ons that are blocking its mojo, or what.] So every few weeks I sift through the mostly asinine archives of SFist, and today, against all odds, I found something interesting: A llittle blurb about urban beekeeping [...]

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I live inside your television

by Doug LeMoine on 11 April 2008

You may recognize me from somewhere, somewhere like YOUR TIVO. Pretty much the only thing the director told me: “Don’t look at the camera.” Dang. More on my explosion onto the local public television restaurant-reviewing stage sometime soon; until then you can check out my episode of the Check Please Bay Area here.

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Photos / Bridge and Bay panoramas

by Doug LeMoine on 20 March 2007

The weather has been getting nicer, so I’ve been jumping at any chance to ride my bike. Last Thursday morning, I rode across the Golden Gate Bridge and up into the Marin Headlands as the sun was coming up, and I stopped to take some photos as it was peeking above the horizon. When I [...]

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