Succulents are the Ugg boots of botany. For whatever reason (ask Malcolm Gladwell), they are ubiquitous in the design world these days — see Flora Grubb’s vertical succulent wall — but they are the lazy man’s trend. The water-retaining plants are for the black thumbed decorators; to kill your hen and chicks is a feat. [...]
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Succulent Style for Dummies
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tapas for Yankees
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hyde, Restaurants, San Fran, San Francisco Chronicle, Sangria, Tapas, Union, Zarzuela on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week, the SF Chronicle got down to the meat of tapas, bringing to light how the small plates have deviated from their original Mediterranean routes. In Spain, tapas are essentially just tiny appetizers, a precursor to dinner, and more about “strolling and snacking,” than filling your belly sharing a lot of little plates with [...]
Russian Hill: A Plot on an Ambiguous Nuke Map?
Posted in Tid Bits, tagged Nuclear Weapons, Websites, WikiMapia on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WikiMapia is a tool which overlays Google Maps satellite/aerial photos with user-generated editorial, allowing anyone to contribute comments and descriptions about locations/neighborhoods on a map and link back to any related Wikipedia pages. This is a screen shot of the content that materialized when I chose Russian Hill on the map. Yikes.
Natural Wine Week Rounds Home Base
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biondivino, natural, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Natural Wine Week, The Jug Shop, wine on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today concludes San Francisco’s first Natural Wine Week, a city-wide fest that included stops at local wine-ing holes Biondivino and The Jug Shop. From the sound of it, it was a success and winos are ripe for its return next year. But what the heck, might you ask, is natural wine? The pure stuff gets [...]
Local Sights by Steven Hight
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, Flickr, Molte Cose, Photography, Shopping, Steven Hight on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I stumbled upon SF-based photographer Steven Hight on Flickr, and I’m loving how he plays with perspective. In this cable car tracks photograph, shot somewhere in Russian Hill, he’s made the cars look like Matchbox toys. He also uses an antique camera which gives his shots a heavy ’60s/’70s vibe — an unusual way to [...]
Russian Hill by Jellyfish
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jellyfish, Music on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parking Humor
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mobile, Signs on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hard to see but the sign says: “Do not block driveway. Violators will be toad.” Har har.
Your Anti-Outside Lands Plans, Drag Queens, and Deals
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, Charlton, Clay, Gallery, Julie Michelle, Lina Chang, Maureen Shields, Miss GAPA 2009, Nicole Lincoln, Polk, Sacramento, Tedda Hughes, Wrenay Gomez on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Are you just as unenthusiastic about Outside Lands as M.I.A.? Here’s a Saturday night alternative for you. Tedda Hughes, the gallery boutique at 1623 Polk (at Clay), is having an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. for a few local artists including Julie Michelle, Lina Chang, Maureen Shields, Nicole Lincoln, Wrenay Gomez Charlton and [...]
A Painful Pun: Russian Hill Roulette
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Biking, Filbert, Film, Frank Chan, Hyde, Leavenworth, Steep Hills on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bike culture is a prevalent one in San Francisco. And in these days of FlipCams and A Night in Paris, amateur filmmaking is picking up speed like a fixie, too. So in a marriage of the two, I bring you Russian Hill Roulette, a short film by Frank Chan about a cyclist who tries to [...]
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