Not long ago we were hanging at a friend's house near Polk and Vallejo in SF. It was time to take the kiddies home and let the non-breeders proceed towards total unhingement but before leaving The City we stopped for some slices at Escape from NY.

Across the street, a man set up a powerful telescope right there on Polk in front of Walgreens. Seemed like a goofy place until we crossed over... and wow. Saturn was right above the moon and looking quite stellar. Duane, the sidewalk astronomer, was very cool about letting the kids look through his high-end optics. It was a special treat.

It's people like Duane who make things interesting on the streets of San Francisco. You can learn from him without being in the right place during a cosmic event... just click on his link below.