Matt Weimer
@mattweimer.bsky.social
Present in San Francisco. Past in theater. Future unknown.
The Mexican Navy's ship Cuauhtémoc is in town on a goodwill visit. The line to board stretched from Pier 17 to Pier 1, so I didn't bother trying to get on it. But I was happy to see so much goodwill being returned. #SanFrancisco #Mexico
Today the San Francisco Historical Society offered a self-guided tour of the Financial District with docents stationed at 14 locations. I was already familiar with a lot of it, but it gave me access to places not normally open to the public, like this room at the Merchants Exchange Building.
It's startling to realize that these landmark buildings have been gone just a few years shy of how long they were here. vimeo.com/28171399
Twin Tower Cameos
From 1969 to 2001, the Twin Towers made countless cameos in Hollywood films. Sometimes featured prominently in the foreground, sometimes lurking in the distance. This montage celebrates the towers' al...
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I'm still deciding whether to try to see all the California Missions, but I crossed another one off the list today anyway. This is the one in Santa Clara, my seventh out of twenty-one. #California
For International Cat Day, here's another picture from my vintage photo collection. Written on the back is "our rented house Ford Ord with Snopie 1964". #InternationalCatDay #Caturday cc @catsofyore.bsky.social
Visited the artist Andy Goldsworthy's temporary installation called "Red Flags". There are fifty flags, each dyed with the soil of a different state. #artsky #SanFrancisco
After decades of watching San Francisco's Pride Parade, I have to remind myself not to take it for granted that my federal representatives show up in support. @pelosi.house.gov @padilla.senate.gov #SanFrancisco #LGBT
A tip for my San Francisco friends wanting to see the installation of giant lasers shooting into the sky in Civic Center: they're great from various angles, but be sure to also stand directly under them. #SanFrancisco #artsky
Seen on my walk today: this little fellow was poking his head out of the ground just a few feet from one of the city's busiest streets. #SanFrancisco #nature
Every June, the city puts a giant pink triangle atop Twin Peaks (because... gay! [insert sparkle noises]). Every year I intend to hike there to see it up close, and today I finally did. Happy Pride! #SanFrancisco #LGBT
Another happy bee, literally rolling around in that flower. (At the San Francisco Botanical Garden.) #bloomscrolling #SanFrancisco
Merced County Courthouse Museum On a trip to Merced a few years ago, I mistakenly showed up to this museum just as they were closing. Such a minor thing, but it's always bugged me. So today I took the train back down (three hours each way) just to finally see it. #California #travel