I’ve been wondering for weeks how the New Year’s Eve novelty sunglass industry would handle the year 2010. The position of the 1 digit in the number promised to botch the oh-so clever “two 0′s for two eyes” design — what ever did the revelers wear before this decade? A 1 placed over the bridge [...]
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Party Sunglasses Make Do and Mend For 2010
Posted in Seen, tagged 2010, Broadway, Holiday, New Year, Polk, Sunglasses, Walgreens on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas!
Posted in Seen, tagged Christmas, Holidays, Santa, Santacon on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some remains from Santacon strolling down Polk:
It’s Phonebook Season!
Posted in Seen, tagged Phonebooks on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The latest and greatest phonebooks have been bagged, knotted, and delivered to our doorsteps in Russian Hill and beyond. For those of you who are unfamiliar with phonebooks, they’re like Yelp, on paper, without the snarky comments. Let’s see how many days it is before they’re moved to the recycling bins. Bets, anyone?
Buy Your Freak Flag
Posted in Seen, tagged Filbert, Flags, Mobile, Van Ness on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There is a flag sale at Lombard and Filbert. Nascar, Notre Dame, LA Lakers . . . you know: everything a cultured San Franciscan could ever dream of.
Feelin’ the Blue on Green
Posted in Seen, tagged Green, Mobile, Polk on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The apartment building at Green and Polk that was covered in a sheath of unsightly scaffolding is gradually undressing to reveal a midnight blue color, with black and gold trim on its ornate moldings. I dig it.
Faith in Magic is Restored
Posted in Graffiti, Seen, tagged Graffiti, Green, Magic, Mobile, Van Ness on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Green St. near Van Ness, someone does believe in magic.
Red Sky at Night, Snooper’s Delight
Posted in Photography, Seen, Tid Bits, tagged Neighbors, Photography, Sky, Weather on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The colors of cantaloupe, peach, and plum, the sky was beautiful tonight in San Francisco. The blinds to my neighbor’s windows were open and the apartment was empty; he has been evicted. Ahh, city life.
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