San Francisco Category Archive
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Gay married on your bike to work day
Thursday, May 15, 2008 Post comment
Today was Bike to Work Day in San Francisco and I met Alex at 6:45 this morning to start giving out coffee in front of Six Apart Global Command. Beau has been cheerleading all week at the office to get people to ride and offered $10 to our AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising for everyone who rode their bike. 16 might not sound like a lot, but I think we've got less than 100 people working in the office.
A few hours later, Mike and I were having breakfast when I got a text message from Alex...
I read it out loud, "sfgate.com - breakin' news happening," and I don't remember either of us saying anything before we turned to our mobile browsers to look up the California Supreme Court Ruling on same-sex marriage.
Reading we'd won made me hope there would already be a line forming at City Hall. Since Mike wasn't here four years ago for the weddings and I got teary talking about how exciting it was to be in the City at that time.
And it's getting excited again.
An Enduring Legacy for the Bush Presidency
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Post comment
The recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to honor the America's 43rd with monument that suitably fits his accomplishments.
The commission aims to place on the following question on this November's ballot:
"Should the City and County of San Francisco rename the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility the George W. Bush Sewage Plant?"
Byrne didn't think this idea was appropriate as the facility does not dump raw sewage directly into the Pacific Ocean and in a way very contrary to the Bush Administration it first treats the sewage to make it safe.
Visit presidentialmemorial.org to find out how you can help make this honor Presisdent Bush's legacy this November.
Trimming the Trolley
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Post comment
I'd meant to post this earlier, but never got around to it. For Christmas each year, Market Street Railway volunteers decorate one of the historic streetcars of the F-Market & Wharves line. This year we decorated a tram from Milan which Muni had just finished repairing and repainted from the orange livery it arrived in (orange Milan streetcars are a fixture on San Francisco's Market Street) to an older color scheme, this two-tone green.
You can see how it turned out in these photos from Telstar Logistics, I secured that garland damn tight too, only two bows came off during the month it was decorated.
