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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Mon Feb 8, 2021, 11:57 AM Feb 2021

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Yup! That's our city , alright! good morning! (Original Post) yuiyoshida Feb 2021 OP

The columnist Herb Caen Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #1

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1. The columnist Herb Caen

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 06:20 PM

Feb 2021

used to call the fog "The City's Lace Curtains". That picture illustrates that perfectly.

The City That's beautiful even without sunshine.

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2. I remember searching for some of Herb Caen's column in the San Francisco Chronicle

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 06:31 PM

Feb 2021

Loved his take on the city, made me even more prouder of this City by the bay .. OR AS HE CALLED IT ...

BAGHDAD BY THE BAY!!

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3. I like how he named imaginary characters that were his contacts to the underground.