San Francisco is a rich, lusty city, rippling with people,
with movement, with girls in summer dresses,
with flowers, with color;
one of the great and wonderful cities of the world….
the great seaport of the Pacific now,
one of the great naval bases.
Through it have poured a million men…..
And the sea is always just on the other side of those hills.
~James Marlow
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If you’re 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. (William Saroyan)
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The Roman arch was the foundation of Rome's architectural mastery and massive expanse of building projects across the ancient world. It allowed the Romans to make bigger buildings, longer roads, and better aqueducts. The Roman arch is the ancestor of modern architecture.
The central feature of an arch is the keystone, or the wedge-shaped stone at the very top of the arch. It is the last stone placed during construction, and it locks all the other stones of the arch into position. The keystone bears almost no weight, but is the center of redirecting the weight of the structure down and outwards.
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In the mid-1880s the San Diego region was in the midst of one of its first real estate booms. At that time it was common for a developer to build a grand hotel as a draw for what would otherwise be a barren landscape.
Hotel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is the second largest wooden structure in the United States and was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970 and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
When it opened in 1888, it was the single largest resort hotel in the world. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities through the years. The hotel has been featured in numerous movies and books.
The hotel received a Four Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association and was once listed by USA Today as one of the top ten resorts in the world. In the lower left of the photo in the brighter area is the ice skating rink which faces the ocean. It's a big tourist draw during the holiday season.
On my first visit to San Diego in the month of February, we stayed at The Del. We had departed our home in New England during a deep freeze. I was wearing my down ski jacket and boots and upon arriving, everyone was in flip flops and shorts. I remember thinking I'm doing something very wrong since I'm definitely a hot weather person living in a state with long cold winters. It took me almost 20 years to move here but I finally found my little corner of paradise.
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“For those who are lost,
there will always be cities
that feel
like home.”
― Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After
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