pedestrians

Las Vegas!

the heart says no

Chinatown, Montréal.

here one day

"Here one day, in history always."

Construction fence outside of the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montréal, Quebec.                    

pants

colon, skinny, comma, orange.

simmer down!

Seriously.

for fall: urban amish

Businessmen in shirtsleeves out for an early-afternoon walk. Another heat wave in the city, can you believe it? (Not complaining!)

lisa, you don't win friends with salad

Commuter bus sporting garden palette of tomato, romaine and kale.

silhouettes & skeletons

Valencia St.

Wednesday night in the Mission, waiting for friends, art appearing at my feet and in front of my nose.

Happy PARKing Day!

Yesteday was PARKing Day 2010, where for a day (or a few hours) parking spaces around the city become tiny, temporary parks. We ventured out for a late lunch and found people kicking back at a couple of locations in the Financial District and near Union Square. Rumor has it there's a much greater turnout in the Mission (more general hanging out) and SOMA ( a higher concentration of architecture and design firms). Above is Method's mini-park/cornhole court

Snacks at the Bay Area Young Architects' oasis.

Sharing the pavement with Bush St.'s heavy traffic.

"People-Powered. Modified Expectations. Absurdity. Urban Transformation."

"PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good."

kearny st. deities

A couple of weeks ago I passed this storefront in Chinatown with an informal gallery of lenticular cards taped to the inside of the glass. I thought it was so cool and striking, just floating there, images shifting slightly as you passed. I even liked the scotch tape on the window. The door was locked so I peered inside the shop and saw just stacks of boxes and paper; I couldn't tell if it was a business that had closed for good, or if I was just looking in after-hours. I've been meaning to detour back to that block to see if the shop is open and I might acquire a set or two.

(You know what lenticular is even if you think you don't. Lenticular images have a plastic, stripey corduroy-like surface that makes a noise like 'zzzt zzzt zzzt' when you scratch it with your fingernails. The printed picture shifts depending on how you view it - you move it (or your head) back and forth to make the image change.)

public

stylewatch

for spring... shades of lawn, fava bean, popsicle.

versatility modernized

Its been warm in the mornings this week, no sweater necessary, which makes the walk to work especially nice. Rolling through North Beach in the a.m. inspires cafe envy, and I tell myself I'll start getting up earlier so that I can leisurely sit outside with beverage before work. So far no luck. I trip up on the 'getting up earlier' part. Will keep trying.

our lady of intermittent aerosal

Accompanied by the Sisters of Indulgent Paste.

From top:

• Austin, Texas, mural by Federico Archuleta
• Fire-breathing bird, Financial District, SF
• Financial District
• One of several recent Banksy murals appearing around the city (or is it?)
• Shepard Fairey mural, Austin
• Chinatown, San Francisco

new year, new moves

Waiting for the bus, a little unexpected instruction.