Cautionary Lights Optional - San Francisco Railway Museum

A sketch of my recent visit to a free little museum in San Francisco all about the history of our street car system. If you hunt around you can find some interesting tidbits like traffic lights manufactured with no middle yellow light! Even more interesting are visitors who wander into the museum and talk about "the way things were back in the day." --Vivian Aldridge

Crows Amid the Deco at Rincon Center

Rincon Center, located on Mission Street in San Francisco is quite mysterious in the morning.
If you walk by, you will see crows thick as thieves in the trees along the street, and my oh my...do they raise a ruckus.  Later in the day however, they all leave and one can walk into the lobby to enjoy the old post office whose interior has been refurbished to its original deco beauty. Not only that, but you can also enjoy 27 WPA murals by Anton Refregier. --- Vivian Aldridge

Search the Heavens with Your One Good Eye -- Chabot Space and Science Center

Every first Friday of the month you can visit this space and science center for only $5.
Not only can you look through the telescopes, you can build one too! -- Vivian Aldridge

Day of the Dead Festival at Fruitvale, Oakland

This drawing got away from me but truly when I stepped off BART at the Fruitvale station I was greeted by this colorful onslaught. -- Vivian Aldridge