165 years and counting.

San Francisco is blessed with several traditional eating places in the financial district which date from the days when men were men, drank two large Bloody Marys for lunch and women were not welcome.

The standout is the Tadich Grill on California Street which remains standing at its original location despite an earthquake or two, the Great Depression and Jimmy Carter. If you can survive that lot your future is likely assured.

As you can see, the city has grown up around it but the Tadich Grill remains stubbornly unchanged.

G1, some messing with perspective and processing in LR3

A lucky break in traffic and a mysterious absence of parked cars allowed me to snap this yesterday on a simply glorious, sunny San Francisco morning.

The regulars would have it that the place is not what it once was. After all, women are now not only admitted, they are now served as courteously as men.

So what if the market went to hell in a hand basket yesterday? Like a real man I was manfully short, if you get my drift.