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san francisco historical home We just love it when we come across the “circa” plaques on homes in the city. We always tell our Carried Away San Francisco private tour guests to keep their eyes peeled as we’re making our way around the city, since these homes are tucked everywhere. Some are the ornate San Francisco [...] Vikki has a crush on Black Bart Guests on our San Francisco private tours often ask us for museum recommendations; if our guests love San Francisco history as much as we do, we always recommend the Wells Fargo History Museum. This small and atmospheric museum focuses primarily on the gold rush, the overland passage from the [...] Signs of the past: rooms for rent, two bits If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know that the Ladies of Carried Away love San Francisco street art. Murals, mosaics, sculptures, even some of the graffiti reaches the level of art. We especially love it when we spot ye olde advertising on the [...] Thank you, fire hydrant! Today is the 105th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Even though we had a ‘quake in 1989, when we refer to “the earthquake” mostly we mean the one in 1906. The 1906 ‘quake and the fire destroyed vast areas in the city and left at least 3000 people [...] Look Up! Colorful balconies of Chinatown. If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know that we’ve been writing a series of guest posts over on Nancy D. Brown‘s travel blog. One of the best things to do in San Francisco is to explore the neighborhoods, so we’ve been writing about our favorite neighborhoods [...] A Trip Down Market Street In case you missed Morley Safer’s “60 Minutes” segment last Sunday on the San Francisco Market Street film shot in 1906, we are posting it here for you. This film, officially titled “A Trip Through Market Street”, has been making the rounds for a while, and it is a wonderful [...] San Francisco History! As much as The Ladies of Carried Away love the current happenings in San Francisco, we do also love the history of the city. From Macondray Lane (Mark Twain once lived there) to Portsmouth Square (the site of hangings during the vigilante era of the 1850′s) to the “Little Fire Hydrant That [...] Grace Cathedral on Nob HIll in San Francisco Here’s a riddle for you: what is the relationship between Einstein and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco? We’ll get to the answer in in minute… Grace Cathedral is one of San Francisco’s best sights (if you can call an historic Cathedral a sight). With the spectacular stained glass [...] |
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