San Francisco Sightems

AI Billboard - San Francisco  2026

St. Ignatius - San Francisco  2026

The church has appeared before in the blog, peeking out over a parked Waymo. Someday I must actually walk by for a better view.

San Francisco Costco

Costco Hot Dog - San Francisco  2026

Costco Asian Products - San Francisco  2026

For various reasons we found ourselves having the famous hot dog meal at the Costco in San Francisco.

What a value! 

It was interesting that the various Asian food products available almost rivaled H Mart.

Richmond Bridge, San Quentin

Richmond Bridge - Marin County  2026

San Quentin Buildings - Marin County  2026

Photos taken with a Sony RX100 while taking the ferry over to San Francisco.

By the way, San Quentin is now officially known as "San Quentin Rehabilitation Center." Interesting writeup in Wikipedia.

San Francisco Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge through Ferry Window - San Francisco  2026

Bay Bridge, Clouds - San Francisco  2026

Photos taken with an iPhone from the Larkspur-San Francisco ferry.

Monday Crow Blogging

Crows, Tree Branches (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Crows, Fog (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Morning walk crows.

Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge (with shadow) & Sutro Tower - Marin County  2026

Golden Gate Bridge, Traffic - Marin County  2026

Two vertical photos taken from the Marin County scenic view overlook in the afternoon.

Note Sutro Tower off in the distance in the upper photo.

Fairfax Hike - 5

Oak Tree (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Labyrinth (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Photos taken during my hike high above Fairfax:

- A dramatic backlit oak tree, and

- a folk art labyrinth with Mount Tamalpais in the background.

Towards the end there was a steep descent into more familiar territory and back home. 

Yikes, 29 flights climbed!

Apple Watch (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Fairfax Hike - 4

Meditation Pergola (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Hiking along the ridge trail above Fairfax, I spotted this cool meditation site along with a depiction of Guru Rinpoche.

Guru Rinpoche (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Fairfax Hike - 3

Serpentinite, Mt. Tamalpais (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Once I managed to make it up to the ridge above the water tank the views looking south became quite nice - sunrise in the east illuminating Mt. Tamalpais to my south.

Fairfax Hike - 2

Upper Trail (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Upper Fence (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

So, the road ended at a water tank, with no obvious way to continue on. But peering up I could make out some wooden fences located high above. I resolved to make it up to the fences, which I managed to do by scrabbling through the wet grass using both feet and hands. Once at the top some trails appeared.

Fairfax Hike - 1

Mystery Road (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Water Tank (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

 On our regular morning walks we frequently pass a road leading up into the hills leading to . . . somewhere unknown.

I recently resolved to hike up the road to see what I could find. As I had speculated, the road ended at a large water tank. But I wanted to see if I could keep on hiking . . . our friend Bob had said that there was a way to continue on up.

Monday Towhee Blogging

California Towhee (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

"Along the Pacific seaboard from southern Oregon to Baja, this plain brown bird is a common denizen of brushy places, from wild chaparral hillsides to the borders of gardens and city parks. California Towhees sometimes hide in the shrubbery, where they may be noticed mainly by their sharp callnotes and the squealing duets of mated pairs. At other times they come out on open ground, to scratch in the leaf-litter with both feet as they search for food."

It was perched on a car's rearview mirror for some reason, waiting long enough for me to turn the Sony RX100 on and zoom in for this shot.

Ridges, Mt. Tamalpais

Ridges, Mt. Tamalpais (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

 Taken during a recent hike I took in the Fairfax hills above our house.

Mercedes (+Kia)

Mercedes Benz (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

Mercedes Benz (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

 Nice looking Mercedes parked near my gym . . . I've seen it a couple of times. Very cool: gray, but matte gray. I'm going to request the same finish the next Mercedes that I get. 

Although black is also quite satisfactory.

[UPDATE: Walking around in back of Costco yesterday, just saw a new Kia with . . . matte gray paint job! Maybe a coming thing?]

Kia - Marin County  2026