Another interesting piece of public art in San Francisco. This one is also on the Embarcadero and is of a large bow and arrow. It is as if some giant cupid got tired of San Francisco and gave up the job on the spot.

I have been doing a series of pictures on odd public art this week and this large statue of a spider off the Embarcadero in San Francisco qualifies for me.

This Giant Glove at AT&T Park, the home of my San Francisco Giants, is one of my favorite pieces of public art. You can almost feel the weathered leather of this glove. This is one of reasons I think that AT&T is one of the best ballparks in the major leagues. Standing in front of [...]

Tutankhamun was not the most important ruler in ancient Egypt. He became king at the age of 9 and only ruled until he was 19. He restored the ancient gods of Egypt after his predecessor (probably his father) had declared Egypt monotheistic. Other than that, Tutankhamun had no other major accomplishments to speak of except [...]

San Francisco – Golden Gate Park
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Mistakes to avoid while in San Francisco
Last month my daughter and I went to St Helena to visit my son who is attending school at the CIA. It was not a flawless trip.
Mistake #1. In Napa, we pass a little strip mall that has a UPS [...]

At San Francisco’ s Grace Cathedral people you will often see people slowly walking on one of two labyrinths in a contemplative fashion. There is one labyrinth outside and one inside the main sanctuary at the back of the nave of the church. A labyrinth is not a maze as there is only one path [...]

San Francisco has some great public art and one of my favorites are these statues on a bench just south of the main gate of Chinatown on Grant street. It is the classic see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. The way the statue was made it allows a space for people to [...]

The Richmond district of San Francisco is very easy to find on a map. It is the area just North of the large east-west swath of greenery that is Golden Gate Park and just south of the park-like Presidio. The Richmond is predominately a residential neighborhood that does not draw the tourist crowds because it [...]

If you have trouble figuring out what to pack for a trip then have I got a hotel for you…
Check In at Germany’s First Naked Hotel
Clothes will be strictly forbidden on the premises of Germany’s first hotel for nudists, which will open shortly in the southwestern Black Forest region. Guests will be required to remove [...]

Yahoo has published an article saying which sites in the U.S. attract the most visitors. It was not surprising that DIsney has two sites on the list but I was surprised that San Francisco’s Fisherman’s wharf was on the list.
America’s top 10 tourist attractions

1. Times Square, New York City
2. The Las Vegas Strip, Nev.
3. National [...]