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On the last visit to San Francisco we had a chance to visit the California Academy of Sciences. What an amazing place! We spent so much time in the Rainforest and the aquarium, that we ran out of time for the Planetarium…DANG! I guess we’ll have to go back. I had seen the Living Roof from across the concourse, while visiting the De Young last year,...
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We had time to squeeze in a visit to a museum as our flight got delayed 3 HOURS. Thanks to technology, we were alerted several hour ahead so we hadn’t already made the trip to the airport. Playing around with the Lensbaby at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. The Rodin Galleries here pretty impressive. The Legion of Honor is standard...
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The Venice Beach Boardwalk is like another world. I used to like to come here to soak in the sun, and if the sun was hiding behind the cloud cover (driving out from Pasadena you could never be sure), I would shop. Mostly, I would shop whether the sun was out or not. These days there’s probably nothing I need to go there to...
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Field Trip to Santa Monica Pier. It’s been a few years since I’ve been on the pier, and it looks like they’re doing some maintenance. Not surprising, the pier is over 100 years old (opening day was 9-9-1909), and it has undergone repairs more than once. Santa Monica beach is the first beach I remember going to and I’ve gotten to seen some of...
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Few people may know that there are old zoo ruins within Griffith Park. I’ve lived in LA my whole life and I just learned about these ruins a few years ago. I finally made a visit, and I must say this place is eerie and weird. Perfect for a horror movie. I came to this seemingly deserted area of the park alone, so I...
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I remember coming to Griffith Park as a kid for weekend pic-nics with my family. Going for a pony ride and riding the wooden horses of the Merry-Go-Round. Sadly, these horses have seen better days. The Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round was built in 1926 by the Spillman Engineering Company (horses carved by Charles I.D. Looff), and was once-upon-a-time, located in Mission Beach, San Diego. The...
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These things are a huge draw for tourist…I’ve seen the queues waiting to take the short ride. I suppose it’s something you should do while you’re there at least once. There’s a Cable Car Museum that I plan to visit sometime. Maybe I’ll take a cable car to the museum…two birds! Iconic Cable Car on Powell Street, San Francisco, California. San Francisco’s first successful...
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Quick shot of the Palace of Fine Arts on the May 2013 full moon. Wish I’d been able to get the moon in the shot. San Francisco, California. Originally constructed to be temporary, as part of the Pananma-Pacific Exposition (1915), Beaux-Arts. It was demolished in 1967 and rebuilt to be a permanent structure. Architects: William Gladstone Merchant; Bernard...
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Long Beach, California. Is the Queen Mary haunted? Well, I will say it’s creepy especially after midnight. We’ve stayed on the QM twice and have gone exploring late in the evening to see if we could “see something”. Just for the record, if I did see something I’d have a heart attack. The creepy factor is increased by the fact that there seems to...
