Founded in 1871, The San Francisco Art Institute is one of San Francisco's oldest art schools. It occupies a great complex in North Beach.
Mission Creek is really more of a canal -- a former creek. The land around it was originally marsh, and was developed in to railyards and shipyards.
For the last six or seven years, the Bring Your Own Big Wheel races (warning: embedded music) have been a San Francisco Easter tradition, started by local Jon Brumit. In 2007, when this picture was taken, a medium-sized event tolerated by the locals grew roughly tenfold, flooding the famous street with between 200 and 300 participants, and many, many more spectators.
A perfect sunrise in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico
San Francisco, California, USA
For the photographer seeking unusual window displays, San Francisco's Chinatown offers a plethora of riches. This scene struck me as both All-American and exotic, a melding of cultures.
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the de Young is located in Golden Gate Park, and features an extensive collection of Native American, American, Asian and African art.
El Morro, or by its full Spanish name El Castillo San Felipe del Morro, was a sixteenth-century Spanish citadel and is now a World Heratige Site as well as a part of the San Juan National Historic Site. Since the departure of the U.S.
La Bombonera is a small restaurant and bakery in the heart of Old San Juan. La Bombonera is a friendly and authentic San Juan institution frequented by locals and by those who are in the know.
Cabrillo National Park offers amazing views of the Pacific Ocean, especially during sunset.