A Visit to SeaCliff State Beach

I know that summer is officially over but here are some pics from the Seacliff State Beach which is near Santa Cruz to get you wishing for summer 2015:

From the top of the cliff

One of the seacliffs

Driffwood on the beach

Seaweed

The Surf

The Pacific Ocean

My feet in the water

Only eight more months until summer 2015. 

David Bowie on this Music Monday

Decided to a little David Bowie tribute for a Music Monday

and my favorite Bowie song:

And a bonus track:

Hope you enjoy

The Kezar Pub

One of my favorite places to eat and hang out is the Kezar Pub in San Francisco. It is located in the Haight and across the street from old Kezar Stadium which was the home of the 49ers until 1970. It still one of the best places to eat, drink and hang out and watch a game:

Inside the dining area

Inside the pub

It is a great place to catch the English Premier League

Loved this barrel

One thing I love about is that it is a great place to look at 49er history with pictures. autographs and old programs on the wall:

The 49ers were in the AAFC before the NFL and here is a program from that era

Another AAFC program

Legendary 49er QB John Brodie(left) with HOFer Hugh Mcelhenny

An autographed pic of the "Million Dollar Backfield"from left to right: Y.A. Title, Joe Perry, Hugh Mcelhenny and John Henry Johnson. All are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

A program from the early NFL days

Kezar Stadium used to the epic-center of Bay Area college football back in the day. Here is a program from that era.

Besides being a great place to view history, Kezar has some great food. It is mostly sandwiches, burgers, nachos, pork chops and etc:

One of their tasty cheeseburgers and fries

Got to love their BBQ pork sandwich

The Kezar Pub is one of the best pubs around. It is a great place to relax, have a pop, watch a game and some good food.

Back to the Chabot College Flea Market

I headed over the Chabot College Flea Market recently and since I have blogged about it for a while, decided to so:

People enjoying themselves

And some the finds:

Got to like this old trombone

Don't know why I love this Rock Coke Bear.

I think I owned this table and chairs at some point

Kermit wanted a Selfie

Loved this statue

And this flask

Cool vintage sewing machine

Fans

Kettle Corn is a must

And my booty for the day (I sports geeked-out sorry):

Added to my bobblehead collection-St.Mary's basketball coach-Randy Bennett

94 Donruss baseball and 94 Topps Series 1 wax boxes

A Bobby Hull autograph- I had it checked out and it is the real deal

The Chabot College Flea Market is one of the best around as it has a lot of cool stuff and people telling their stories when they sell their stuff.

Music Monday: Staple Stadium Songs

Those Stadium Songs:

Sirius by Alan Parsons Project (above)was used the Chicago Bulls in their Championship Days

Got to include Wild Thing from Major League

Steve Perry (Journey) leading the San Francisco Giants Faithful at AT&T. This was the Giants theme song during their 2010 World Series Championship run.

The Yankees Mariano Rivera was one of the greatest closers in baseball history. When he entered a game Metallica's "Enter Sandman" would be played at Yankee Stadium. Metallica performed at his retirement from the Yankees.

"The Victors", the all-time best college football fight song

"Let's Get Started" has become a staple in every stadium

Finally an oldie but a goodie that is another staple in a lot stadiums:

Hope you enjoyed some of the songs that are heard in stadiums across the land.  

Phone-It-In

Another post from pics on my phone. I am actually cleaning out my phone because I am getting a new one in a couple of weeks, so I might as well share what I got:

I am a sucker for water fountains

That is me-since my daughter goes to college there

A view looking down on Cliff Beach, near Santa Cruz

A summer morning in San Francisco

Part of the San Lorenzo Creek

Need to add this to my collection

Got to love some street art

The deconstruction of the famed Santa Anita Racetrack from the air.

Welcome to the D.King Gallery

Before taking her to college, my daughter and I stepped into D.King Gallery in Berkeley to take a look at what they had. King's has been a cool place ever since I was in high school and will continue to be as they some of the coolest posters and stuff around:

Got to have the "King of Pop" book

The French Jabba The Hutt

Nippon Baseball League Chunichi Dragons hat

Sorry, had to include the Baseball Cards

Mars Attacks Doll

Bat Girl Doll

 Even though King's has really cool stuff, they are place to go and get original rock and other music posters:

Jeff Bridges in Concert

Iron Maiden and Molly Hatchet concert tickets

King's does have original movie posters

You can't beat this lineup

I so want this

This pretty rare poster for a classic movie, made just for Berkeley

For decades, King's has been for the cool (at least in my view) and will continue to be.

Inside the D.King Gallery