John M. Scott's Blog

The Golden Gate Bridge is 75 Years Old Today! Can't believe it, just can't believe it! I moved to San Francisco from Chicago in April 1987. Seems like yesterday. Just one month before the Golden Gate turned 50. Now here I am 25 years later. Time flies by so quickly. It's been the best 25 years of...

San Francisco Neighborhood Block Party Yesterday I went to our first potluck block party. It was organized by my good friends Ken and Claire. I had a great time meeting all our neighbors in the 700 block of Ulloa Street in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood. This is just one more thing that...

May Flowers in San Francisco I know, more about my back yard here in West Portal. But every day I am amazed when I stand at my home office door. Subtle changes. More purple flowers. The thing is, except for the huge maderense geranium that is propping itself to stand with its own leaves, all the ...

Digital Photo Files = Glossy Prints I take a lot of digital photos, keep them on my computer, in the cloud, email them to friends. post on facebook, upload to web sites, use in marketing...... But once in awhile I need glossy prints I can give to friends. Well I discovered today it just got easie...

Enjoy San Francisco's Mediterranean Climate Almost 2 months ago I wrote a post about one of my favorite discoveries here in San Francisco. One day many years ago I was walking thru Golden Gate Park and found a swarm of beautiful flowers that went on for at least a block. They're called Geranium M...

Green Slime Creek Follow Up, San Francisco, CA Follow Up, or FU as one of my Architecture / Planning clients would write in her emails. I usually got quite a chuckle about her FU emails ;-) For those of you who may not have read my previous post about this subject, you can find it HERE. The Green...