Eleven Pipers Piping

Nothing too exciting tonight, I'm afraid.  A 1979 single from Vic Damone, something that I shared the album version of back during Christmas In July.  But I dug up my copy of the single, and I think the A side is a studio version of the track, while the B side seems to be the same thing as found on that LP.  I think it's a nice little song, and hopefully you'll enjoy it.  This is Vic Damone, Arranged & Conducted By Norm Geller With The Sal Carson Orchestra-Christmas In San Francisco b/w Christmas In San Francisco-Live Performance (Rebecca 7" 45 RPM 715, Stereo, 1979).

Zippyshare

Brothers

I stumbled across a familiar sight in downtown DC at a Navy memorial. I'd seen this seaman before, on another coast, several years ago. The statue above is part of The US Navy Memorial in DC, while the seaman below is at the northern visitor center at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA. The bottom picture might illustrate his position a little bit better.

I've heard there are other copies of this guy out there, perhaps at the WWII Museum in LA? I need to do some research, I guess.

Ahh, Wikipedia to the rescue. The DC version is considered the original, and the others are copies. He's called The Lone Sailor, and the artist is Stanley Bleifeld. Now you know.

More "Art"

Further down The Embarcadero, towards the ballfield, I stumbled across this, umm, sculpture. I guess it's supposed to represent Cupid's bow and arrow. I don't know where Cupid is, but he seems to have dropped his weapon and fled. What does this say about San Francisco? I'm not sure. If your sense of scale is failing you in this shot, look at the guy and his bike in the foreground. That should give you an idea of how big this thing is. I always pictured Cupid as a little guy...