All Posts By

Jon

From Louis’ Restaurant yesterday.  This one feels a lot like what I would have shot three years ago, that’s why i enjoy it.  Typical summer weather in SF.  By the way, they’re open now and I hear the food is great so support over on Point Lobos.  Jon Weiand

Co-owner (with his brother) and cook Tom Hontalas, at Louis’ Restaurant overlooking Sutro Baths in San Francisco, CA, prepares a meal while server Ashley Larson takes notes on an order Wednesday August 3, 2011.  Louis’ has been family owned and operated since 1937, and opened Wednesday after a renovation.  Jon Weiand/Ocean Beach Bulletin

The more information and images are on the Ocean Beach Bulletin, a local news website focused on the Western edge of San Francisco.

How often do you get to see the U.S. Coast Guard surfing (and dwarfing) 15 foot waves at Ocean Beach?  Not very.  This one is from the Winter of 2008.  Jon Weiand

ps. Follow if you like my work

Sometimes every day places need a new perspective to keep things fresh.  I try to remember what I see daily is a once in a lifetime vacation for some.  Truly blessed.  Jon Weiand

Another from years ago, September of 2007.  I found this edited and cropped beyond repair.  I still enjoy what it means to me, regardless of whether I have the original.  Jon Weiand

Paramedics, firefighters, surf rescue, and beach patrol personel look on after onlookers reported a ship aground at Ocean Beach, San Francisco near Sloat Blvd Friday July 1, 2011.  According to bystanders the ship was close to tipping over on the sand bar, eliciting the full response of San Francisco’s surf rescue personel.  The ship managed with dislodge its hull from the sand bar without further incident.  Jon Weiand

Go Giants.  Jon Weiand

The King Phillip shipwreck seen on a semi-low tide Friday April 22, 2011.  The King Phillip is a commercial sailing ship built in Maine in 1856, and wrecked on the sands of Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1878.  The above image shows the bow (front) of the ship, looking toward the stern (rear).

More info can be found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip_shipwreck

Taylor Kerns poses for a portrait.  Jon Weiand

The “Dancing Wolf”, a 38 foot yacht reported stolen out of Vallejo, sits aground on Ocean Beach, San Francisco at low tide. A man allegedly ran the boat aground in a drunken voyage celebrating his 35th birthday, only to be woken up by the National Park Service the morning of Friday April 15th. Jon Weiand

more info:

http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/2011/04/15/boat-run-aground-on-ocean-beach-after-birthday-joy-ride/