One Man Band Have you ever photographed something that seemed interesting to you at the time, and years later you realized that you had photographed a piece of history, a piece of urban legend, something that was left behind in another time?So I was walking through Fishermen’s Wharf in San Francisco back in June 2001….
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Lefty O’Douls
And then I was at another famous bar in San Francisco – Lefty O’Douls Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge on 333 Geary St.The bar was started by retired major league baseball player Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul in 1958.But who was Lefty O’Doul? Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American…
Jack Kerouac and I at Sam Wo’s in San Francisco
Jack Kerouac. My favorite writer of the beat generation of the fifties. I have no idea how many times I’ve read his book On the Road. Definitely every time I went on a trip to the US. And I always wondered if I was more Sal or Dean.And so in the summer of 2001 I…