Category Archives: Life
Did They Ever Find Mr. Wilson?
Just saw this again today. Wonder if they ever found him?
xmas 2012 out take
“My glasses, without them I am powerless”—Fearless Fly
If you remember that quote you probably also have a stack of crap broken Walgreen’s glasses.
Nature is weird at Rancho Dingdong
Overnight giant mushroom shows up and overturns hipster beer slug trap.
Pinkie cam for scale
Narcissus is blooming in December
and all summer I try to grow tomatoes, now I get one blooming in December. Weird.
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, While Getting Their Drank On, Blend
Pyracantha berries, we used to have them in our backyard and all the birds would eat them and get drunk.
In the Night Kitchen…
So as the Little Big Draw event at Mua winds down, John Mardikian of Telegraph (Oakland beer garden/restaurant) and I get in his “car” :) to go to his place that I haven’t seen in a while. It’s late and it’s closed and dark, but still looks great with a lot of new art and changes so I took some photos. And now at home as I’m going through them, it totally strikes me, Telegraph = In The Night Kitchen. Except instead of Maurice Sendak, J Otto. Instead of cake, 50/50 burger with bacon and macaroni and cheese on a donut. Mickey has his clothes on, and obviously, instead of milk, beer.
Rancho Haybro Salado
Guys, check it out. My first Fall harvest is a whole plateful of salad. My entire summer output was 5 radishes and two dozen peas so I think it’s getting better. Tuesday mornings spent at Visitation Valley Greenways helped amp up production. In the background is a corner of my cocktail garden.
SFAI party
Gorgeous weather, amazing cocktail action with crazy machines and urinals, great food, music, old friends and Carlos gets a Guggenheim, in no particular order. Better photos here: https://www.facebook.com/SanFranciscoArtInstitute
The tower looks anxious.
San-Ju (the next day) with one of the drink dispensers.
Cutest Fence Ever.
I must’ve walked past this umpteen times but today I just noticed how super cute this fence is. by michael bartalos mission playground
Mystery Vegetable Item—Rancho Haybro Continued Fail Mystery Veg
Rancho Haybro—continued fail, but in other news Colette brought home some beets and something else with strips and I think a turnip or a really big radish from her volunteering at Hayes Valley Farm {turns out they are Chiogga Beets} OOOPS! Wrong again, she dug them up at her high school garden at Lowell that she also’s been volunteering in and not Hayes Valley Farm.
Even though I don’t know what they all are I’m roasting those suckers up. Also, someone please tell me why is my mint plant dying when they are supposed to grow like weeds? This is important, it’s my cocktail garden area.
LA
Laine and a Heizer
Colette and a Heizer
Me and Laine in a Heizer “Actual Size”
Phil in a Serra
Misprint, should’ve said Googly-Eyed Deity.
Photo from MOCA, we missed this part :(
Cai Guo-Qiang @MOCA artist whose media is firecrackers.
Spontaneous Tuesday Date Night
Helping Tango & Stache untangle some web stuff, they invite us to their pop up @ the Hideout (Dalva) in the Mission. Nice guys! and tasty Coca Cola braised pulled pork and “white boy” slaw. Spicey! Also such a deal for $8.
It’s all speakeasy like and we get a table in the tiny upstairs just before it gets super crowded.
Phil gets a call from Jeebus.
Super tasty cocktails. Plus, finally get to meet my neighbor Tablehopper in person.
Why do these trees have dog tags?
Are they afraid they’ll get lost?
Word Camp SF 2012
Somehow I didn’t manage any 4square/FB check ins, tweets or anything else during today’s fine WordPress event in San Francisco, but I was moved by the excellent food trucks and open bar at the after party :)
Laine by Colette
Petaluma: Alchemists, New Art, And Of Course, A Chicken
Thanks Simone!
Alchemists: digesting
Alchemist best dressed award: Benamin Bossi (duh! every time!)
New art for me: Simone Simon
And chicken.
We Were Supposed to Buy Ear Phones
But we got distracted and forgot. I’m blaming the cacti! Photos at General Store, Little Chihuahua, Reliquary where we adopted a one from Crimson and gave it a home with Alexis.
Restricted Area
This is the secret area I stash things in that I don’t want the cat to get into
Western Addition, NoPa, HayBro, San Souci, Now Almost as Cool as Oakland
Thanks to Kelly Malone. Also, why was there a power outage? It’s not like the hipsters had big static chemical hair like the 80s.
Rancho HayBro (Dingdong) AKA San Souci From a Distance
Just came across this Carleton Watkins photo of Haight area taken from Mint Hill Orphan Asylum in 1866. Those days it was called Sans Souci (think wiggle bike path). The fence is Herman Street. The hill on the right is Alamo Square so we are just downhill from that. I’m guessing these farms were more successful than my 6 radishes and 1 snow pea. There is the Hayes river (under our backyard) that still provides water to the Fillmore and Civic Center fountains, and occasionally floods Muni.
Laine in Attila the Hun SF Opera
Hey opera guy on the far left, can you please move so we can see Laine? Thank you.
Spider Eater
The cats been eating spiders again, she gets the webs on her ruff. We’ve got black widows, if they are psychotrophics that would explain a lot. Also, I just made up that word.
Egg Lady!
Laine setting up for the Glenn Park Farmer’s market. She’s there Sundays 10-2. Go buy some!
with my bff sanju today at hog island
Good News Bad News From Rancho HayBro
First the good news—our first harvest! Woo Hoo! 3 radishes for 4 people, which come to think of it might also be not that great. OK neutral news.
Next, bad news. Pea plants eaten to bloody stumps. Any ideas why? Probably snails even though I put copper tape around the beds, they coulda climbed up the drip pipes. They are not as stupid as they want you to think.
Memorial Day
Speed Racer @ Laguna Seca and girls at the beach.
Alexis BD
Love these girls, can’t wait to see what they get up to in the future.
TV Dog
Self explain-a-tory. ATA in Mission
More Like Dog Waiter than Dog Waiting
Dog Waiting 5.12.12
California Fuchsia Waiting for California Dogface
Proof That Our Cat Is More Attractive Than Yours
And smarter too.
All I Got Was This
Of all the plantings at HayBro Farm so far I got 18 radishes. They better be good!