:: Clarinet and Larkin ::
SF is a guarantee for interesting street life no matter what time of day.
:: what’s in a NART ::
NART. I see this guy a lot everywhere.
just what is a NART?
I dig this guy’s stuff.
:: Doyers Street : NYC ::
I stumbled onto Doyers Street during my most recent visit to NYC & this hidden, tucked away area of Chinatown struck me as one with years of interesting history: with its snaking, twisting alleys, to the buzz of the neon lights. I was not to be disappointed.
Doyers Street was once known as the Bloody Angle which was the site of many battles between Chinese Tong gang’s during the late 1800’s and early 20th century. There were opium dens, fan tan parlors, trapdoors, secret openings, and hidden passages. It’s last opium den closed in 1958; when it was raided, police walked away with 10 pounds of heroin. Legend had it that one of the early Doyers (who the street was named after) hid $35,000 in gold in one of the walls of his house.
Doyers Street for many years during its heyday was a great place to get shanghaied by a con, or kidnapped into sexual slavery.
This was once the Chinatown hustle. A nerve center. Now it has a slice of gentrification since mixologist-wet-hole-bring-on-the-glam moved in.
:: California Crops ::
They say that marijuana can save the California economy – seeing that it is the largest cash crop in the Golden State, bringing in over $14BILLION a year in sales. This completely dwarfes the second cash crop (milk & cream) by a whopping $7Billion.
Maybe after the nomination of Gil Kerlikowske as head of Washington’s Office of National Drug Control Policy will help soften the line and rhetoric against this crop.
:: Skate this Art ::
Market Street Gallery recently had an exhibit featuring some custom painted skateboards by a litany of different artists. These were a few of my favs.
