downhill from here

Ah, Wednesday.

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.)

re-emerging

This summer I made a couple of trips to the midwest, and I'm not joking when I say one of my favorite things is schlepping through an airport: moving sidewalks, checking out the newspaper headlines as you walk through the terminal, fresh magazine and cup of coffee to kill the time. O'Hare is a favorite of mine, with lots to look at, and lots of coffee outposts.

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tinkering

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burn the floor

Ashley and Aaron's wedding, Santa Barbara, CA.

public

as seen on tv

Early-afternoon game at Franklin Square, arrived in time for a yellow-carding. Feeling a little unfocused without the World Cup schedule carving up the week.

brass section

Afternoon soundtrack.

roaming delicious

Off the Grid has recently debuted, bringing street food to parts of the city "with little to no existing street food options." That's us! We checked it out Friday evening. The area was a little smaller than we'd expected, and at 6:30 there was a crowd and lines at all of the vendors, but nothing too crazy. On the plus side, OTG seemed to attract a pretty mixed crowd: cool kids, families (not that those two groups are mutually exclusive), couples, cyclists, people with hats, people with tattoos, etc.

my new morning regimen

Here on the west coast the early World Cup games begin at 7am. As a result, you might find yourself touring some of the city's fine watering holes before work, drinking bad coffee, and making new friends.

(Yes, true, they do have tvs showing the early games at the gym. And there are guys wearing headbands there too.)

pre-season

Orchard Beach, Maine, the week after Memorial Day.

the other cup...

Take a break from the World Cup and check out these photos of yesterday's ticker-tape homecoming parade for the Chicago Blackhawks, this year's Stanley Cup winners. (Thanks to our peoples Elizabeth and Beek in the Windy City.)

impressing the neighbors

Museum of Fine Art, Boston

stylewatch

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

waldo? he's at shotwell

Super-trendy boutique near Union Square: charming doorman.

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.

wake up, its saturday!

Blue Fog