For those fortunate enough to live in the San Francisco Bay Area and those who can only dream about it. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-3696078-7’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @bayisbetter)http://www.bayisbetter.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47b714tmT1qlygljo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brandondoran.tumblr.com/post/23275604357/northbeachscooter" target="_blank">brandondoran</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>North Beach, San Francisco</p> </blockquote>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24287402151http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24287402151Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:53:24 -0400North BeachSan Francisco<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ne71e25G1rrnlfro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Lots of great Bay Area photos over at <a href="http://drmakwa.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://drmakwa.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://drmakwa.tumblr.com</a></a>.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://drmakwa.tumblr.com/post/22605626248/battery-mendell-fort-barry-marin-headlands" target="_blank">drmakwa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Battery Mendell, Fort Barry. Marin Headlands.</p> </blockquote>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24217892406http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24217892406Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:00:32 -0400MarinMarin headlandsmountainsgraffiti<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0mckoSA1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Haters step aside, I <3 boys on fixie bikes.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24152022839http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24152022839Thu, 31 May 2012 17:59:31 -0400OaklandChinatownfixiesbikesbicyclescaught being hotcaught being awesome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0dxP8qZ1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Did you ever notice that the streets of Chinatown are covered in these pretty flower designs? Who says Oakland isn’t beautiful? Answer: people who don’t live in Oakland.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24086208871http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24086208871Wed, 30 May 2012 17:59:38 -0400ChinatownOaklandBay AreaEast Bay<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f12wHWyQ1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nice ride, El Dorado. Seen at Fruitvale BART.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24020075960http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/24020075960Tue, 29 May 2012 17:55:35 -0400nice bikebikesbicyclesgoldFruitvaleOaklandBARTEast BayBay Area<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3eup010ll1qbbn15o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>East Oakland graffiti.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23954861042http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23954861042Mon, 28 May 2012 17:55:41 -0400East OaklandOaklandFruitvalegrafgraffitistreet arttagsBay AreaEast Bayart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pot0I9lP1qbbn15o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww&authuser=0" target="_blank">Google</a> honors the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23905339058http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23905339058Sun, 27 May 2012 22:41:24 -0400Golden Gate BridgeSan FranciscobridgesGoogle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ey14kDRj1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guarding an estate in Oakland’s Chinatown. I love these Chinese guard dogs and see them all over town. Does anyone know what they’re called?</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23888401412http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23888401412Sun, 27 May 2012 17:55:49 -0400OaklandEast OaklandChinatownChinesehousesBay Area<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0z8AEJI1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I want to create my own portable-amplification system for protest and DJing. This guy had simply hooked his mic up to a portable amp and strapped that bad boy to his bike. So, basically, awesome.</p> <p>And he was using the amp to beat box about Occupy Oakland, which is also awesome, no?</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23821289455http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23821289455Sat, 26 May 2012 17:52:31 -0400Occupy Oaklandgeneral strikebikescaught being awesomeMay Day“The Wave Organ, like San Francisco herself, is gorgeous and hard and weird. We walked out on the dirt path past the fancy yacht club to listen to the acoustics of the tides bounce off the sculpture’s concrete pipes and into our ears. After the bottles of wine were empty, we stripped down to our underwear and jumped into the bay, Alcatraz at eye level as our teeth chattered and we held each others goosebumped bodies. Her black hair was wet and matted to her forehead when we kissed, our mouths filled with the Pacific.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.berfrois.com/2012/05/isaac-fitzgerald-love-in-san-francisco/" target="_blank">Isaac Fitzgerald: In Love in San Francisco | berfrois</a></em>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23766164387http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23766164387Fri, 25 May 2012 21:02:00 -0400San FranciscoloveAlcatrazwave organ<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ezx6WFHx1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Caught being hot in East Oakland</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23755226013http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23755226013Fri, 25 May 2012 17:59:08 -0400hotcaught being awesomeEast OaklandBay AreafashionpeopleOaklandEast Bay<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ezuexLB81qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Protesters cling to the back of a van that blares music for the the Occupy protesters. See, protests are fun!</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23693376173http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23693376173Thu, 24 May 2012 18:01:25 -0400protestsMonopolysignsOccupyOaklandOccupy OaklandBay Areahugsgeneral strikeMay Day<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3exwvo4yu1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fancy house near Oakland’s Chinatown.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23630696434http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23630696434Wed, 23 May 2012 18:01:58 -0400architectureChineseOaklandEast OaklandChinatownEast BayBay Area<p><a href="http://gifninja.com/animated-gifs/8309/east-oakland-graffiti" title="Make animated gifs at gifninja!" target="_blank"><img alt="East Oakland Graffiti" src="http://gifninja.com/animatedgifs/8309/east-oakland-graffiti.gif"/></a></p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23566655796http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23566655796Tue, 22 May 2012 18:01:14 -0400East Oaklandgraffitigrafanimated gifsgifstreet arttagsEast BayOaklandBay AreaNor Cal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lko3ut1PZv1qdqwdjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Only in the Mission. <3</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23501698867http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23501698867Mon, 21 May 2012 18:01:54 -0400The MissionMission Districtgraffitiphotographyblack &amp; whiteB&amp;W24th streetSan FranciscoBay AreaCalifornia““I’ve been to all the great cities of the world… and not one of them has what this one has - and I’m not talking about hills or water. I mean light - fantastic changes of light. I’ve never seen a city move so fast or so often from gray to white to blue to pink to gold and then back again, and sometimes all at the same time. Wherever you turn there seems to be a new shade in a new connotation - a violet hill, a yellow street or a green house turning orange right before your eyes.””<br/><br/> - <em>Herb Caen on San Francisco (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sanfranciscofreak55.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sanfranciscofreak55</a>)</em>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23276025286http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23276025286Fri, 18 May 2012 00:40:55 -0400San Francisco<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3exds5MSX1qbbn15o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Runs his own clothing line? Wish I’d asked for his card. He and several other awesome people were tending to a magical box on wheels that produced music. I should have asked them what powered the thing, but I am sort of shy about talking to strangers. </p> <p>If anyone knows about his clothing line, do speak up! Do ya?</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23250479736http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23250479736Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:40 -0400caught being awesomeEast OaklandOaklandEast Bay<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m37j2s5MUz1qbbn15o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>House in North Oakland</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23186809669http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23186809669Wed, 16 May 2012 18:02:12 -0400occupyOaklandoccupy OaklandNorth OaklandTemescalEast BayOWS<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ez0y7LvN1qbbn15o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ez0y7LvN1qbbn15o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ez0y7LvN1qbbn15o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ez0y7LvN1qbbn15o4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ez0y7LvN1qbbn15o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Painted hippie camper in support of education reform…hard to see all the awesome details in these photos.</p>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23125050915http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23125050915Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:19 -0400Occupy Oaklandgeneral strikehippiesart carsUCeducationDr. SeussBay AreaCaliforniaMay DayMay 1stoccupy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m36b9rZWWT1rsnnw3o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23061026237http://www.bayisbetter.com/post/23061026237Mon, 14 May 2012 18:01:17 -0400Bay Bridgegifsanimated gifsbridgesSan FranciscoOakland