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What’s Up with that Mysterious Russia House Place in Southern San Francisco?
TweetNo, not that Russia House, written by John le Carré and starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer. And not that one either. It’s this one, the restaurant at 2011 Bayshore Blvd. in freeway-close...
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Nice Sign: “FRESH SUSHI (sushi) BENTO BOX (bento) TO GO, FRESH SUSHI (sushi)...
TweetAs seen on Post Street in You Know What-Town. Let’s hope the sushi is as fresh as this sign: Click to expand
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TIME TO SHOP, OLD NAVY – TIME TO SHOP, OLD NAVY – TIME TO SHOP, OLD NAVY on...
TweetBelieve this is the Gap’s Old Navy Flagship Store on Market and Fourth, ably captured by starry-eyed ingénue An Invincible Summer. Keep up the good work, AIS! An Invincible Summer Click to expand
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The Condor Club in North Beach Wants You to Question if Your Joint’s Topless...
TweetSee? Click to expand Per the Yelp: “Bottom line, Condor is an excellent choice for occasions that demand social gatherings at adult venues.” O.K. then. Did not know that. Anyway, you have some...
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Better Know Your North Beach Neon Signs: Roaring 20′s and the Hungry I Club –...
TweetIt’s just like Vegas, sort of: Click to expand Or “Boring 20′s,” some people, like the workers there, call it that. Oh, and Big Al’s, you need to step up, sign-wise…
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Uh, Who Pays for the Electricity to Power the Giant VIRGIN Sign on the Side...
TweetYou see, our world-class City (go ahead, Google the terms ”ed lee” “world class” right now) used to have a world-class Virgin Megastore at the world-class intersection of world-class Market Street...
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Market Street Update: LITTLE WOOD ETTE, Open ‘Til Midnight, ATM
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San Francisco is So Rich We Can Afford to Light Up the Giant Market Street...
TweetHere’s the reverse-angle, at night, from Market Street near the Union Square Apple Store. It’s the giant neon sign for our long-closed Virgin Megastore: Click to expand Now didn’t I talk about...
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Does the Word “God” Belong on California License Plates? I Don’t Know, Maybe...
TweetObviously, California will let you put the word “GOD” on your license plate, ’cause, well just look. One supposes “I Heart You God” was already taken: Click to expand Maybe courts are looking at...
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This MUNI 5 Fulton Bus Opposes Proposition 8, Apparently: It Says, “EQUALITY...
TweetThis is MUNI’s message to the world: Click to expand Or I suppose this is the message when it’s not “GO GIANTS!“
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Our Unique RUSSIA HOUSE Restaurant/Bar is Now Closed? Oh Well – Here’s What...
TweetWell, the curtains are gone so this icon is now a see through building, news to me. Otherwise, the place looks the same: Read on, for the memories – from a half-decade ago: “No, not that Russia...
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A Great Eye, Lidless, Wreathed in Flame: Massive CityTarget Bullseye Logo...
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Tens of Thousands of Neon Green Cheese Balls! – The Scariest Thing in Town...
TweetIt’s endless: All the deets – very green dye/artificial coloring plus this: “Enriched cornmeal (cornmeal, niacin, ferrous sulfate, cornstarch, tricalcium phosphate, Thiamin Mononitrate,...
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Font Stew: SILVER CREST SILVER CREST SILVER CREST SILVER CREST – BONUS: 1992...
TweetThe last SILVER CREST is a bit hard to see, but it’s there. (Or possibly a 1991, but that model year sold even worse than the 1992’s. Nevertheless, either year is thoroughly iconic, ironic. Some...
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The Circle of Life, in Neon, at Your SFMOMA – Bruce Nauman’s “Life...
This isn’t all of it, but it’s what you’ll see at one point of the cycle. Click on the link to see moar: SFMOMA Fever – Catch It!
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R.I.P. GREASE BOX of Oakland – When Arresting Signage and Gluten-Free...
Yelp was polarized: Anyway, same location, good reviews these days: Sideshow Kitchen Myself, haven’t stepped foot in Oakland since the Tens. Passed through a couple times, maybe will get there again...
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