Tag: san francisco

  • We are the 2%

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  • San Francisco reimagined by puzzle artist

    After completing the puzzle (above) I noticed the artist had taken some creative liberties with the city. No, I’m not referring to the lack of Muni busses with women urinating out the window, but rather the city layout. Examples: How many more can you spot?

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  • Merriment projector

    How was your Christmas this year, if you could only use one word to describe it? Try and think of a word. Got it? Was the word “merry”? If not, perhaps it’s because you don’t have a Christmas tree technologically sophisticated enough to project the words “Merry Christmas” on the ceiling above. Yes, a merriment…

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  • New mural coming along at 17th and Capp

    For the past few weeks, the building on the corner of 17th and Capp (across from Uptown) has been getting muralized. Surprisingly it hasn’t been tagged (yet.) While it’s not finished, it’s nice to see some color at a corner that’s more known for a different type of “color,” i.e. the kind where a Royal…

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  • Santa arrives early in SF

    Getting started early, Santa? Spotted at Dolores and 16th.

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  • Outdoor money transfers on Valencia

    Next time you’re falling victim to a scam on Craigslist, you can transfer the earnings of your fraudulent check via Western Union without entering an enclosed space. Thanks to San Francisco’s love/hate relationship with the great outdoors, we now have a sidewalk kiosk for money transfers. We can only hope this evolves over time with…

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  • Why does the SF.gov iPhone app suck?

    UPDATE: As @hryx pointed out on Twitter, the app is called SF.gov but the website is actually sfgov.org. SF.gov isn’t a website. Even the name of the app is an exercise in failure!   Why does the SF.gov iPhone app suck? We live in a city filled with iOS software developers. Any of them could do…

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  • Never Forget

    The poster above is in Clarion Alley. It’s a reference to the now-defunct Games of Nonchalance, who had the same poster of the mysterious Eva Lucien in a tiny alley in Chinatown some years back.

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  • Colorful artwork on Valencia

    Where Bombay Bazaar once stood on Valencia and 16th is now a big sheet of plywood with some psychedelic colorful posters. No word yet on what drugs go best with viewing these posters. If you happen to know that or anything about these, drop me a line.

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  • Be sly, folks!

    Spotted outside the 16th and Mission Walgreens parking lot.

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