25. 04. 08
San Francisco walks, 6.
There are a lot of places in California named after saints. And since the Spanish missionaries were here well before any English-speaking Americans (or the Russians, who came down from Alaska and left their mark on place-names like Russian River), these towns start with San or Santa, depending on the saint’s gender. As in San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Rafael, Santa Clara, and, of course San Francisco. This one I found on a shop sign near Washington Square.
Never heard of that Saint.

by erik
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6 Responses to “San Francisco walks, 6.”:
1
I’m no expert in Japanese but In fact I believe it means “3000” in Japanese.
- San is Japanese for 3
– Sen is thousand. (but takes on a Z sound following a voiced consonant line “n”)
3000 Nails?
Duncan
April 25th, 2008 at 21:01 pm
2
I always thought it meant “Without Nails.”
Su
April 29th, 2008 at 10:42 am
3
i think theres no saint with that name hehe it sounds more like japanese
madeline
February 20th, 2009 at 18:45 pm
4
zen is a schools of buddhism, 1000 is “sen”.
minusf
May 17th, 2009 at 21:11 pm
5
I cannot believe how everybody is taking my little joke so seriously. It was all about San, as in San Francisco. I do know what Zen stands for, except on nail studios.
erik
May 17th, 2009 at 22:43 pm
6
nah, the joke is well received. just showing off my uber-weak japanese :]
minusf
May 17th, 2009 at 23:18 pm
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