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Tonight on my way to a wedding banquet in Chinatown I had the opportunity to capture for you the exact reason why I ALWAYS carry my digi cam on me everywhere I go…. cus U just never know.

Spotted going North on Grant; turning left on Sutter

So it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that there are some geeks at the postal service — and surely it’s no mystery that amongst them therein lies a strong sci-fi following. This manifests itself on to the streets as the USPS celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star Wars by deploying some tricked out mailboxes resembling R2D2. I spotted this one on a corner opposite of Union Square. They aren’t stupid enough to put them somewhere in a dark area where some obsessed fan can steal them.

Perhaps the USPS should just auction them off and then use the $$ to become more efficient.

No this posting isn’t about the famous spot in Dallas–it’s really about mounting a crazy fish on the grill of your VW van

Today the weather was gorgeous in Ocean Beach, so I had to take a stroll to get some fresh air. The windmill you see below is a much recognized symbol of SF’s pacific coastline and I thought it would be cool to take some pictures of this today. Originally built in 1902, at the time was one of the world’s largest South Dutch styled windmills, and then restored many, many years later. Situated in Golden Gate park (which by the way is bigger than Central Park in NYC) this spot is a great area for photoshots

…. that I can’t write anything about… so just … take it in..

well.. it all started 4 years ago as a novel idea to do something different as my ex-coworker and I were both from the Durrrty-Durrty.. and well.. we longed for some down South flava out here in the Bay area.. so the 1st Crawfish ho’ down was born. This past Saturday, we crossed the 4th year mark. It’s gotten bigger and funkier as each year went by.

This year was no exception.. this time last week, the evite listing had grown to close to 200 people coming.. and we had extended the selection of food from last year to include much more catering from Cajun Pacific than the year before. The food breakdown:

• 250 lbs of live squirming crawfish
• Shrimp remoulade
• collards
• mac n cheese
• seafood gumbo
• Chad’s infamously spicy and exceptionally delicious veggie Jambalaya
• Chicken etouffee
• Crawfish beignets
• puffaletta’s (mini-Muffaletta‘s)
• eggplant creole
• crab stuffed mushrooms
• corn bread muffins

and of course.. 4 kegs of good ol’ Miller and PBR (oh yeh, and my boy handed out around a 100 cans of Sofia’s)

The morning started off a total disaster…not only delaying us by a few hours but nearly obliterating the entire chance of the event’s success. SF has some of the most unpredictable weather out there. Wednesday it had been predicted 60% chance of rain — and it only rained till about 930 or 10am. Thursday was 90% chance and it didnt rain at all. Friday? gorgeous!..check. Sunday? of course gorgeous!..check. However…Saturday morning, as Aye~N & I were out at Crissy Field at 830am it was nothing short of brutal. We stood around in full goretex and rain suits waiting on the rain to pass over. Making jokes. Trying to stay calm. I tell you, it was a difficult few hours. I figured I was basically S.O.L. on the $$ I had shelled out which was WAY over a $1000. But around 11am the rain subsided and we got extremely lucky. The numbers started filling out and the day began……

..the night before we CLEANED out Safeway supplies of red potatoes.. and here is Aye~n’s freezer packed with corn

… the weather turned out gorgeous and this 60qt pot of crawfish is ready to GO!

…mmmm steaming crawfish.. and peeps gathered at our custom crawfish eating station

…everyone is diving in.. and look at ’em lined up.. just waiting and salivating for that next batch..

…crawfish and pigeons can have some fun too

… nothing but ‘taters left in this round.. and a local sportin’ his crawdaddiness..

.. i love the taste and the color of the corn set amongst the crawfish

.. I want to thank BunnyChick, Mitch and Becky for contributing to some of the pictures.. and to each and every person that came out and made the 4th annual Crawfish Ho’Down a success. Hope to see “all y’awl’s” out hurrr next year.

I would never condone forcing a belief system down someone’s throat or making fun of their religious or spiritual choices.. but sometimes I do stop and chuckle..

The building adjacent to my work space is totally gutted right now. It’s kinda cool, but also creepy at the same time. Someone said it looks like something out of a movie. I sort of have to agree with them on that one. I also think it looks neat compared to what the final product will be. That’s all..

The streets of SF always have something interesting to bear, something singular and exclusive to divulge. Since graffiti culture is so pervasive here, it’s never unusual to find random images thrown up on sidewalks and building sides that take different avenues of expression from standard bombings . Not to say these artists aren’t talented, but it’s samples like these below that make me chuckle… as I’m walking around the city and I look down and I spot good ol’ Abe or Mr.-I-don’t-get-no-respect himself

Nothing too off the wall or deeply interesting.. but observation is what I do best..
stepping into a cafe on the way to get haircut I notice a turkey shaped piece of bread by scattered flower petals..

Saturday night I catch an evening glimpse of Macy’s design for the upcoming annual flower show, this year titled Imagine India.. You don’t catch a 30′ tall Ganesh facing Union Square every day.

Ocean Beach winds take their tolls on the tree below..

Spring pastel’s are apparent in the local flowers that dot the Great Highway…

even slow weekends have tales to tell..