New Exhibit at the Presidio – War and Dissent: U.S. in the Philippines
TweetWar and Dissent: U.S. in the Philippines 1898-1915 October 22, 2008 – February 22, 2009 Wednesday to Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue FREE! This was the scene last...
View Article“War and Dissent: U.S. in the Philippines” Continues in the Presidio
TweetThe War and Dissent: U.S. in the Philippines 1898-1915 exhibit will continue in the Presidio until February 22nd, 2009. It’s a nice collection of detailed wall displays that would be especially...
View ArticleAt the Presidio: Just One Month Left for “War and Dissent: U.S. in the...
TweetThis link will get you up to speed on the big exhibit at San Francisco’s Presidio - “War and Dissent: The U.S. in the Philippines 1898-1915.” But the show’s over on February 22, 2009, so there’s...
View ArticleResolved: Funston Should be Renamed 13th Avenue – Why Honor a...
TweetIsn’t superstition such a second-millenium, High Middle Ages kind of thing, don’t you think? Isn’t superstition the reason our foreparents named l’avenue betwixt 12th and 14th after Frederick...
View ArticleThat’s How They Get You: San Francisco’s Costco Sells Jollibee Gift Cards But...
TweetNow, you’d think that San Francisco would have a straight-outta-Quezon City Jollibee Chicken & Burgers fast foodery but you’d be wrong. We used to have one down near that whole Lapu Lapu,...
View ArticleTonight’s NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences Shares Scientific...
TweetOMG, it’s a Filipino NightLife! June 30th, tonight only, starting at 6:00 PM in Golden Gate Park. (I like the NightLife, Baby! She says, “Let’s go.”) Our CalAcademy goes on expeditions all the...
View ArticleShould San Francisco Be Making Trade Deals With China, In Light of Its...
TweetSo today’s the day of the big ceremony with elements of the single-party state known as the People’s Republic of China announcing some kind of trade deal with the City and County of San Francisco....
View ArticleSan Francisco Welcomes South Korean Navy – Gangam Style on Market Street –...
TweetHere they are: Click to expand [UPDATE: Upon further review, these aren't Chinese naval uniforms after all: At first I thought they could have been from the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy....
View ArticleSan Francisco Named Balboa Street to Honor a Man Famous for Killing LGBTs in...
TweetBalboa Park, Balboa 31X, Balboa Street – there are lots of examples. Now let’s check and see what Vasco Núñez de Balboa did to be so honored. Oh, here it is: Balboa setting his dogs upon Indian...
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