RON HENGGELER

December 26, 2011
Union Square in San Francisco

"San Francisco is the genius of American cities.  It is the wild-eyed,  all-fired,  hard-boiled,  tender-hearted,  white-haired boy of the American family of cities.  It is the prodigal son.  The city which does everything and is always forgiven,  because of its great heart,  its gentle smile,  its roaring laughter,  its mysterious and magnificent personality.   There are no end of ways of enduring time in San Francisco,  pleasantly,  beautifully,  and with the romance of living in everything.  Eat any kind of dish the races of the world know how to prepare.  Drink any kind of wine you like.  Go to the opera.  The symphony or a stage play.  Loaf around in the high-toned bars,  or in the honky-tonks.  Sail the bay.  If you are alive you can’t be bored in San Francisco.  If you’re not alive,  San Francisco will bring you to life.  San Francisco is a world to explore.  It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure.  It is a city in which the spirit can know refreshment every day. “ (circa 1891)

A cold December dawn viewed from my window

A Christmas holiday green and red flood-lit City Hall viewed from Franklin and Fulton Streets

A Christmas holiday green and red flood-lit City Hall

A Christmas holiday green and red flood-lit City Hall

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

The Apple Store on A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

A holiday-dressed store window on Union Square in San Francisco

Union Square in San Francisco

The top of the Dewey Monument at Union Square in San Francisco

Gingerbread castle in the St. Francisco Hotel at Union Square in San Francisco

Ice skating at Union Square in San Francisco

 

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