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City Optix Blog: Eye Care & Eyewear Insights
The guides here cover eye health, designer eyewear, and contact lens wear for the Marina District in San Francisco. General information, not medical advice.
08 October 2026
Glasses Sliding Down Your Nose, Pinching, or Sitting Crooked? What an Adjustment Fixes
Glasses sliding down your nose, pinching or sitting crooked? An adjustment usually fixes it. Free at...
05 October 2026
Oakley Eyewear: Built for Sport, Made for Your Everyday Prescription
Say Oakley to most people and they picture sunglasses: wraparound lenses on a mountain bike trail, or...
01 October 2026
l.a.Eyeworks: The Frog Toe and More Than 200 Faces
Turn a pair of l.a.Eyeworks frames over and look at the end of the temple arm. Instead of a thin tip,...
24 September 2026
Born in Brooklyn: A New York Bridge, Built Into the Hinge
Born in Brooklyn frames are handcrafted in Japan, with hinges shaped like Brooklyn Bridge towers. Try...
24 September 2026
Torus: Six Frames Named for the Sky
Torus builds six frames named after celestial forces, designed in Beverly Hills and hand crafted in Italy....
02 September 2026
Monza: A Racetrack Name on a Frame Whose Acetate Takes Three Months
Monza builds Formula 1 inspired frames in Japan, in titanium and hand-finished acetate. Try Monza at...
31 August 2026
Morel: A Fourth-Generation French House Still Run on Its Founder’s Hinge
Morel has made eyewear in France’s Haut-Jura since 1880. What the house does differently, and how to...
21 August 2026
ProDesign Denmark: Danish Frames Built Around the Fit, Not the Logo
ProDesign Denmark has said since 1973 that good design works with you. What the Danish house does differently,...
15 August 2026
Fusion Eyewear at City Optix: Five Eyewear Houses, Three Countries, One Distributor
Onirico, Giorgio Nannini, Common Ground, Crafsis and Albert I’mStein all reach City Optix through one...
10 August 2026
Hoffmann Natural Eyewear: Buffalo Horn, German Hands, and No Two Frames Alike
Hoffmann Natural Eyewear makes horn, wood, and slate frames by hand in Germany. What the house is, what...
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The City Optix blog is published by City Optix, the independent optometry practice of Dr. Jeffrey S. Rich, O.D., at 2154 Chestnut Street in the Marina District. Posts are general information about eyewear and eye care, not medical advice, and they do not replace an eye exam.
We cover a wide range of topics including contact lens safety, how to understand your vision insurance, the latest designer eyewear trends in San Francisco, and signs of common eye conditions.
We publish new articles, expert guides, and eyewear trend updates regularly to keep our Marina District community informed on the best in eye health and fashion.
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