Posts by Damien
San Francisco In Film Noir
Film Noir as a genre was really born in San Francisco, in 1922, when a series of short stories by a writer called Dashiell Hammett appeared in literary magazine The Smart Set. That’s right, it started as a literary genre, but it wasn’t called ‘Noir’ at first, the stories were looked down on as being,…
Read More10 Best Things To Do In SF In September
This might be, perhaps, the best month to be in San Francisco weather-wise. It’s usually the warmest it ever gets here (which can be pretty hot, it is Cali after all) and the elements are just a tiny bit more predictable. When the Bay Area climate gets like this you just have to make the…
Read More10 Best Things To Do In SF In August
August is a great month to be in San Francisco. It’s usually warm (sometimes even hot, it is California after all) and the weather’s just a tiny bit more reliable, so here in the Bay Area you just have to make the most of that to get OUT! There are always a lot of events…
Read More10 Best Things To Do In SF In July
July marks the height of street fair season in San Francisco, with a lot of outdoor events and concerts, such as the Stern Grove Festival and the Fillmore Jazz Festival. There are always a ton of things happening in the Bay Area during the summer and the onset of July means that there are even…
Read More10 Architectural Landmarks Of SF
San Francisco is rightly famous for many of its building and structures, visitors are generally well-aware of many of its architectural landmarks and are determined to see them in person. The city’s brightly-painted Victorian houses, the concrete Transamerica Pyramid, our Chinatown (the first to use Chinese features and designs) and, of course, the Golden Gate…
Read MoreFounding of San Francisco
If you look at a map of the West Coast of the U.S. it seems logical that there would be a port in the Bay Area. It’s far and away the best natural harbor between San Diego and Seattle, so it seems entirely natural – almost ordained really – that San Francisco exists. However, like…
Read More10 Best Things To Do In SF In June
June marks the official beginning of Summer and it’s also LGBTQ+ month, so SF Pride has to take (ahem) pride of place in our line-up of the best things to do in SF in June. It’s definitely one of the biggest things happening here next month. Nevertheless, there are plenty of other good options for…
Read More10 Best Things To Do In SF In May
With the advent of May Spring has become Summer (apart from a few days, when it switches back to deep winter :-) ). This is a great time to be in the Bay Area as the days get warmer and longer, and there are some really fun events happening in San Francisco this month, so…
Read MoreThe Great Fire & How It Changed SF
The 1906 Great Fire is one of the most cataclysmic moments in the history of San Francisco. In many respects it’s the big “before and after” event for the city. Some buildings survived – Union Square’s St Francis Hotel, the Flood Mansion and the Fairmont Hotel, both on Nob Hill, and the Ferry Building were…
Read More10 Best Things To Do In SF In April
“San Francisco in the Spring” may not quite have the ring of “Paris in the Spring”, but it is a great time of the year to be in the Bay Area. The weather’s getting warmer and a little more predictable, days are longer, which means San Franciscans want to get out and do something. And…
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