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From Russian Hill With Love

Posted in Art, Photography, tagged , , , , , on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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One Fish Two Fish Old Fish . . .

Posted in Art, Photography, tagged , , , on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Loving this retro 1962 photo of Alioto’s and Fisherman’s Wharf, from the vantage point of Taylor and Jefferson. I spotted it on my favorite Americana blog, A Continuous Lean. While the automobiles do stir up feelings of nostalgia, the rest of the scene remains notably unchanged today.

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How Now Purple Cow: Burgess and Anti-Bovinity

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , , , on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you anyhow; I’d rather see than be one! This famous poem was written by Gelett Burgess in 1895 and published in his literary magazine, The Lark. Burgess and his contemporary bohemians often gathered [...]

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Hyde Lapse

Posted in Art, Photography, tagged , , , , , on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here’s a rad time lapse of the cable car heading up Hyde Street towards the Bay.

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Alhambra, San Francisco (1992)

Posted in Art, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Photo by Hiroshi Sugimoto, from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.Alhambra’s got international appeal! According to Flickr: Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in Tokyo in 1948. ‘Alhambra, San Francisco,’ (1992) is part of a long-standing and on-going project of photographing theatres. Sugimoto records the ambient light created by the cinema screen. The drama of the light [...]

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From Russian Hill by Ina Coolbrith

Posted in Art, tagged , , , on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

A poem. Published in 1915 in Sunset: The Pacific Monthly, Volume 35. Night and the hill to me! Silence no sound that jars; Above, of stars a sea; Below, a sea of stars! Trancèd in slumber’s sway, The city at its feet. A tang of salty spray Blends with the odors sweet From garden-close and [...]

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Man Eats Breakfast, Walks Up Russian Hill, and Texts

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , , , , on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Happens everyday, with or without Eddie Vedder and the time-lapse effect. But this smoker thinks he’s special.

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Shop Homme’s Tastemaker Tag Sale for Unique Antiques

Posted in Art, Stores, tagged , , , , , on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Polk Street antiques shop Homme is holding a tag sale on members-only home decor sample sale site One Kings Lane (free to join), with one-of-a-kind items available for up to 70 percent off of retail. Shop owner Michelle Homme says, “There are still some really great pieces available, including work by award-winning photojournalist Jason Florio [...]

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Le Russian Hill Reportage

Posted in Art, Stories, tagged , , , on March 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I stumbled on this cute little video from an SF local “reporting” on a few haunts in Russian Hill. Heads up for Hive, Za, Bacchus, Sushi Groove, Nook . . . and that creepy pedophile teepee on Hyde. It’s fun! Check it out. “Tod’s There” also tours Polk, to see the video,

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Clint Alert!

Posted in Art, Seen, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Toasted Blog spotted Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Hereafter, being filmed over near Taylor and Clay.

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