Palm Springs Life - 1962

When The White House and the man inside were beloved in San Francisco. No, not that White House. Read about an old-school department store and Raphael Weill, a gentleman we've mostly forgotten. #sanfranciscostory #history #UnionSquareSF www.sanfranciscostory.com/the-white-ho...

Today's San Francisco Story gets into Grizzly Adams territory (for Friends of Woody who can read it all). I wasn't a big fan, but my brother liked it. (My guilty pleasure was The Love Boat.) www.sanfranciscostory.com/grab-bag-56/

The area around Mission Creek—Giants ballpark, shiny housing, Gus's Market—is a long way from its days as San Francisco's "Dumpville." #sfhistory #recycling www.sanfranciscostory.com/dumpville/

Saturday is the anniversary of the last big duel in California. Read more on my San Francisco Story site and maybe go check out the location this weekend. It's a place with some vibes... www.sanfranciscostory.com/guns-and-golf/ #sfhistory #history #lakemerced

We dropped some flowers off for Lotta’s Fountain to mark 150 yrs. Free online show tonight! www.sfheritage.org/events/virtu...

I wish it wasn’t so, but I write more when I have a job!

I love that SF's oldest monument isn't from a wealthy dude who earned his money in extractive ways and wanted to stoke his ego: it's a fountain (once very useful!) from an actress who started her career here. www.kqed.org/arts/1398104...

My every three weeks or so Grab Bag email/post is out. Even if you aren't a Friend of Woody able to read the whole thing, you should check out the bad-ass women on vacation in Golden Gate Park in 1959. I totally would see their punk show... #sfhistory www.sanfranciscostory.com/grab-bag-55/

Lotta's Fountain turns 150 on September 9th. I wrote a little something about it and her... 1/2 #sfhistory #fountain www.sanfranciscostory.com/lottas-150th/

I think there might be about 20 tickets left for tomorrow’s show, so buy now if you want to get in.

RoboCop: *about to arrest me* Me: before you arrest me, which of these 9 pictures have cars in them RoboCop: i’m going to let you off with a warning

They tell me to tickets are selling fast for my playland talk Sunday, so if you want to go…

Thanks! Let me know when you’d like to get coffee or beer. :)

I guess I am poly, cause I do too! www.sanfranciscostory.com/the-cobweb-p...

If it is wrong to have a crush on San Francisco buildings that burned up 120 years ago, then I don't want to be right. Plus, the story of Good Children Street. #sfhistory #telegraphhill www.sanfranciscostory.com/telegraph-pl...

This Sunday, Aug 24, I will be presenting on #Playland at the Beach at the 4 Star theater at 3pm. Lots of old photos and Woody talk-talk. Get tickets here: www.4-star-movies.com/calendar-of-...

Or, I don’t know, leave your house and walk around?

At one time you could learn how to fly a biplane at San Francisco's Ocean Beach at the Christofferson brothers' school. An idea for the new @sfrecpark.bsky.social "Sunset Dunes?" #sfhistory #greathighway #oceanbeach www.sanfranciscostory.com/ocean-beach-...

At one time you could learn how to fly a biplane at San Francisco's Ocean Beach at the Christofferson brothers' school. An idea for the new @sfrecpark.bsky.social "Sunset Dunes?" #sfhistory #greathighway #oceanbeach www.sanfranciscostory.com/ocean-beach-...

We can tell kid

What time should I block my driveway so some dude doesn’t leave his Tesla parked diagonally across it for 10 hours?

We keep trying… you can’t demolish a city landmark San Francisco, c’mon now: www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-cit...

My site, SFMemory, currently has over 9000 Historical images of San Francisco, the East Bay, and Northern California. I've done a lot, but I can always use help. Currently 245 images have the words "Unknown Location" I couldn't find them but maybe you can! #sfhistory sfmemory.org/search/index...

Love this quirky piece of urban S.F. data journalism from @danielleechev.bsky.social and @hannazakharenko.bsky.social — with a cameo from @woodylabounty.bsky.social 🌁 💯 www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...

I’m tapped out. Can anyone else here take care of the earth’s underground fungi?

There are sometimes 8 sides to a story. Read about octagon houses in San Francisco, won't you? #sfhistory #landmark www.sanfranciscostory.com/a-home-for-a...

"I like legends, dialects, mistakes of language, detective novels, the flesh of girls, the sun, the Eiffel Tower." I think I’d like to have hung out with modernist writer Blaise Cendras.

Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America, today:

Early 20th century boosting for a new neighborhood in San Francisco's Sunset District. (San Francisco Story not stopping while I'm traveling in Oregon...) #sfhistory #SunsetDistrict #ParksideSF www.sanfranciscostory.com/p/92ff4596-3...

i miss the time in my life when the worst thing that happened was waking up too early on the weekends and having to watch davey and goliath until the good stuff came on

archive of negatives family vacations and the smell of vinegar Friday #haiku

Do you know where the beach was in North Beach? You can now. Peruse this week's San Francisco Story. #sfhistory #northbeach #woodywednesday www.sanfranciscostory.com/the-beach-at...

King city is my go-to meal stop on that drive. Not only good food but I seem to get random positive news on my cell phone whenever hanging there

beery afternoon I sweep the leaves feeling productive Friday #haiku #modernhaiku

affect or effect she asks me writing the obituary Friday #haiku #modernhaiku

How do you market San Francisco bungalows in 1910? Lots of drawings of kids and lying about the weather. Read more about Westwood Park. #sfhistory #westwoodpark #sanfranciscohistory www.sanfranciscostory.com/selling-west...

in the mailbox a card from a stranger we’ve moved Friday #haiku #modernhaiku

Folsom near 7th, 1938 View west on Folsom from about 7th. A little down on the left is a grocery store that's now The Stud... I'll be there tonight with @woodylabounty.bsky.social from 5-7 for SF Heritage's monthly happy hour www.sfheritage.org/heritagehapp...

Thanks for reading, Peter!

Hey kids, San Francisco's Dogpatch didn't used to be all craft-coffees and Katy Perry concerts. Read about the city's oldest standing public school building and learn more. #sfhistory #sanfranciscohistory www.sanfranciscostory.com/old-school-d...

despite what they say on the breeze the smell of jasmine Friday #haiku #modernhaiku

I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time

Thank you to everyone whose been with me over the last three years of Wednesday emails about San Francisco history things. To celebrate, I wrote too much about myself: www.sanfranciscostory.com/grab-bag-51/ #sfhistory #self-indulgence #woodygrabbag

“Woody, what famous actor would you totally be friends with?” Although I’d be “Pete, we gotta get rid of this couch.”

grandfather clock slow chime we check our phones Friday #haiku