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Tom Perkins, as in Kleiner Perkins, decided at one point i just wanted the biggest boat , and spent 130$ million to build her in Turkey 2 years ago, however, he wants to sell it for a cool $223 million seeing how you know, there is a recession and all on luxury yacht sales… Alas..she makes her first entrance to the Bay Area.

here she comes

She reaches 289 feet long (almost as big as a foot ball field) and 42 feet wide. With its carbon fiber masts reaching almost 20 stories high, they had to time the under-crossing, of the Golden Gate, with low tides to not come too close.

The ironic thing is that she shares the same name as the famous book by Dashiell Hammet, in which the Maltese Falcon is a story about the psychology of greed. This boat is one of the largest yachts in the world. It is decked with a model Maserati car, two gi-normous VIP suites with 50″ TV’s, two smaller tenders 32 feet each to ferry passengers to and from shore when anchored, and is capable of traveling 3000 nautical miles at about 16mph. It has a crew of 20, and accommodates up to 12 guests.

Maltese Falcon side shot

Alcatraz and the Falcon

Maybe he should sail her around the Suez Canal where others say petrodollars are more, errr, abundant; but for now she will sit up in Belvedere so Tom can see it from his house.

This Thursday afternoon Art Car Fest again held a caravan from the Berkeley Amoeba to the San Francisco Amoeba. They have been doing this gathering for over 10 years. In between destinations today they stationed a parking lot pit stop at the Sports Basement in the Presidio. here is a sample of a few. They have other pitstops this weekend you can read about here.

this fella spends a lot of time visiting children’s homes and senior citizens. he’s a big hit!

uhh.. yehh hello?.. is Ray-Ray there?

Karkopelli

seen at a recent San FranPsycho event here in SF.. Though not a fan of Cry Baby itself..You know you used to watch Officer Tom Hanson on 21 Jump Street wrestling with tough teenie-bopper topics… but spotting this cutie sporting 80’s garb I had to snap a pic

Thomas Ross , a Bay Area native, now living & working in Seattle, recently put up an installation piece at Ocean Beach recreating a moment in history when Buffalo Bill Cody stood here with members of his travelling group, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.

This event took place in 1902 right out by the Cliff House (here’s a good rendition of what Ocean beach might have looked like in 1902 for the laying of the Pacific Cable)

Ross’s piece includes 120 pieces that were transported down from Washington, and continues through the remainder of this weekend.

This particular piece is called Buffalo Bill and the Indians on the Beach

small reprint of the 1902 photograph.. they wouldn’t let you photo the larger format piece.

closeup of original 1902 picture