:: Kelinci : Morocco cont’d : pt 9
The last time I saw Kelinci he was schlepping around North Africa in the country of Morocco; evidently he is still there.
still not smoking, eh?
so lazy!
:: Boudin’s Gator Bread ::
today during lunch Plug1 & I took a nice leisurely foto-ramble, swinging over to Fisherman’s Wharf, and lo’ & behold we spotted a 40lb ‘gator bread creation being hauled by one of the Master Baker’s from Boudin.
off he goes…
we never did find out where he was going.
:: Kelinci Series : Morocco :pt 8 ::
it appears Kelinci fled from the delights of Italy after getting in a scrap with some local mobsters where apparently he put up a valiant fight and.. also lost his cigarette. He should proly quit smoking anyways
here we see him taking refuge in the dunes of Northern Africa, at Erg Chebbi, in the country of Morocco.
:: Financial District Buried Ships ::
what?! wait! where’s the ship pics!?
[sorry no ship pics – just some historical nuggets]
this is just a glimpse of the many buried ships that have been found or are speculating to be located in San Francisco’s Financial District, Embarcadero, and even Levi’s Plaza (which was uncovered in 1978 and still lies beneath the plaza). Click here for a map showing location of some 47 ships in the downtown – waterfront area, where the original shoreline was at First and Market Street and even all the way over at Sansome and California.
here in this first picture, albeit an “any-corner-USA” shot, we look at the location where if we go 35 feet underground the remains of Othello would be found. She measured at 200′ feet long when she was unearthed in 1994 while construction of a tunnel was taking place. Historians documented an 18-foot high section of a wooden hull that was sheathed in copper. Of course once they gathered as much information as possible they just bored right through her. This discovery places it right near the start of where the Mission Street wharf was once located.
Next, at this intersection lies below the remains of the passenger-cargo ships, the Trescott and also the ship Byron. Here you can find a listing of passengers that left the East Coast, on board the Trescott, bound for San Francisco in 1849. Additionally for the Trescott we find that a William Lord Stevens wrote a journal of his voyage on the Trescott also in 1849. I am speculating that perhaps he was on board that listing in the first link of this paragraph — after all it does say “16 others not listed” on the passenger roll call. just a theory.
you can actually view that logbook – albeit sorta hard to read and written entirely in verse – by clicking here.
1849 was undoubtedly a busy year for the San Francisco harbor — during this year alone over 800 ships arrived at the ports carrying some 40,000 passengers.
i could not find any info on the ship Byron other than what was located at the SF Genealogy site
:: Kelinci Series :Italy: pt 7 ::
Well, apparently Kelinci also has developed quite the affinity for truffles, here he is spotted in Bra — a small town nestled in the Northwestern Piedmont region of the Cuneo province in Italy. The Piedmont region lays claim to some of the finest truffles in the world. But we can see here that you better know how many Euros you are paying by the gram — else you get stuck with a whopping bill.
’tis Ok for Kelinci he just sticks you with the bill.
:: Kelinci Series : Italy : pt 6 ::
clearly Kelinci makes friends where ever it is that he goes.. Given his propensity for wine and pasta I was not surprised to see him catching a few drags in front of a famous Duomo in Italy
:: overpass graff ::
recent excursion underneath a highway overpass produced these shots:
:: Kelinci Series : France : pt 5 ::
Welcome to the Kelinci Series here on Berderp. This is a photographic essay featuring a spoiled rabbit that travels around the world sending back updates here to Berderp HQ.
Some people sure are happy, I guess I would be too if I was in the City of Love. Oui Oui
:: UrbEx Series :: Fleishhacker Pool House ::
Last weekend my friend and I took a step into some very trashed ruins of what was once the worlds largest outdoor pool — the Fleishhacker Pool. This behemoth opened in 1925, held 6 million gallons and could accommodate 10,000 swimmers. All that is left now is the 450 foot long pool house. The pool was paved over years ago by the SF Zoo.
(from TerraStories):
The year was 1921 and only a few years earlier, a grand scheme to bring water to the city of San Francisco came to fruition. Despite the protests of John Muir, the Spring Valley Water Company had succeeded in transporting fresh glacier water hundreds of miles from Yosemite to San Francisco. The Fleishhacker Pool was a final capstone in the symbolic “watering” of San Francisco, and the city of San Francisco had spared no expense.
“Spring Valley Water Company was the quintessential symbol of Pork Barrel Spending in post-Earthquake San Francisco. The company had used ruthless lobbying to derail John Muir’s efforts to save Hetch Hetchy. Spring Valley Water was so effective at reaping the rewards of politicians that they literally convinced Congress to turn what would become part of a National Park into the personal Bethsheba of San Francisco.”
“To this day, the city depends on the water of Hetch Hetchy, but it came at a cost – the valley was considered only second to Yosemite Valley itself before it was inundated by the waters of the dam.
None of this controversy takes away from the beauty of the pool’s grand construction. There was little public discussion of the kickback made to Spring Valley Water for the land “given” to the city.”
“the Fleishhacker Pool opened in April of 1925 to a crowd of 5,000. Butressing the edge of the the pool was the 450-foot-long Bath House — a Mediterranean, Italianate structure with three elaborate entrances, all surrounded by an Ionic order of pilasters. Inside were separate wings for men, women, and children.”
“These wings were naturally illuminated by 22 skylights. Upstairs was a grand restaurant that looked out to the 1000-foot-long pool on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other.”
Throughout its five-decade history as a public swimming destination, Fleishhacker would be the setting of San Francisco’s most unique lores and legends; there was the story of the shark being sucked in through the 200-foot-long intake pipe coming from the ocean, a stove discovered in the deep end of the pool when it was drained for maintenance, and the disembodied hand reportedly found by a gardener, floating in the pool.
But the real amazing facts reside in the sheer size of the pool – 1000 feet long, over 150 feet wide, and 13 feet deep at its deepest point. The pool held 6,000,000 gallons of ocean water, continually cleaned once every six weeks by becoming completely drained and sweeped and pumped clean.
[back westerly side]
See the entire Flickr set here
:: Kelinci Series : Switzerland: pt 4 ::
I knew he was up to something.. mumbling..between choking on cigs & slurping down 20-year old Scotch — but I didnt know quite what. As I last said , Kelinci had profusely declared he needed a break from SF — so away he went. jerk.
today he pops up in Verbier, a very famous skiing plateau nestled above the valley Val de Bagnes, in the Southwestern area of Switzerland.
i have a feeling he is nestled up with some snow bunnies right about now.
:: SF Pillow Fight 2009 – Return of the Feather Invasion ::
Last year we found ourselves in the middle of a pillow fight at ground zero – Justin Herman Plaza – this year we take an aerial perspective which I think you will enjoy.
click here for a large format pic of above
Pillow Fighting has been going on for many years — the most infamous one being in 2006 Atlanta where 10,000 people thwacked away with abundant pleasure.
you can read more about the Pillow Fighting phenomena here. Coincidentally if you are generally interested in flash mobs you can find stuff here and here.
flickr set of last night’s event here and watch a video snap here
:: Kelinci Series pt : SF : 3 ::
its been quite a bit since we last heard from my lil friend with his cigarette habit. He started exploring the city some and I havent heard back from him in a bit. This was the last sighting of him.
he mumbled something about taking off soon.. guess we’ll have to wait to see where.
:: SF Mini Taxis ::
Demetrios lives here in SF and has been driving a taxi since the early 1960s. Our paths happened to cross last Saturday morning and I figured I would snap some pics of his collection of mini-taxis that are modified to resemble local taxi companies, a hobby he has had now for several years.
he even has the Prius.
DeSoto in the house.
London mini’s
wuddup Veterans.woof!
and finally how about a classic Miami Yellow cab.. with detail down to the mileage rates on the body of the cab. tight.
:: Ahoy – me van ::
I think this van totally rocks.. with its post-fab-sea-farin’-observation-bubble-&-all
Yup!!
“Ahoy! I spot an exit cap’n about 10 knots to me starboard.. shiver me timbers there’s a White Castle there too .. yarrrrrrr”
:: Willie Nelson @ Fillmore ::
strummin on Trigger (which he has said before once she becomes unplayable, he will retire)
Last night, Friday the 16th, Willie Nelson started another sold out 5 night run at the Fillmore. BMI honored this man at its 55th Country Music Awards in November of 2007.
tour bus shot
I think Wikipedia sums it up best : “Willie Nelson is widely recognized as an American icon. His distinctive music and other social and political activities sometimes take a backseat to his pop-culture public image (firmly grounded in the acknowledged reality of his life) – that of an elderly, lifelong marijuana-smoking, tax-evading, biodiesel-burning, old-school cowboy-hippie troubadour.”
Willie has been playing in a band professionally since he was 10 years old. When he was a teen-ager he joined a Western swing band. He has literally played with hundreds of well known fellow musicians over the years and even had his times on the big screen.
Willie’s son, Lukas, on the right, opened for his dad with his current project The Promise of the Real
the bandana soon got hurled into the crowd.
Flickr set here.
:: Bad Vibes Bob ::
on January 8th, 2009, the Sherry Mae washed ashore at Ocean Beach. From the searches I did on teh google no one really knows if the Sherry Mae owners are aware that their 30’+ boat is now quite lonely (aside from the scavengers plundering her remains). Although I’m sure the Coast Guard and local officials have contacted them.
Many more people are wondering what exactly does “Bad Vibes Bob” mean? Being an Ocean Beach(er) I can tell you this — he was a legendary, humorous heckler amongst the surf krews here that would give newcomers a very hard time.
:: Sunsets and WordPress ::
catching Capitola Pier at Sunset
friend catches a sunball
amazing.
also.. i have switched over to WordPress..bare with me while I iron out any kinks.
:: UrbEx Series : Rispin Mansion pt 2 ::
today we continue (click here for part 1) our journey through the eerie history of an abandoned home known as Rispin Mansion.
Even if these stories aren’t true, its foreboding presence, and the fact people died at the house, thrown in with the discovery of hidden passages and secret rooms, just provides a rich and spooky history.
and finally..
In this photo above I want you to focus on the main window above the steps — in this same window, in a 1931 picture appears the ghost of the Lady in Black — Click here for that image and see if you spot her. In that picture people say the Lady in Black is clearly visible with even bible in hand. Stories abound of her ghost roaming halls, unlocking heavily bolted doors and windows. Furthermore, other stories of a man in glasses near the fireplace were also passed down through the years.
:: UrbEx Series :: Rispin Mansion :: part 1
it had been a lengthy passage of time since the last UrbEx series before yesterday’s “shell” posting – so let’s keep the ball rollin’ with an intro to Rispin Mansion. This abandoned structure sits on the banks of Soquel Creek in Capitola on 6.5 acres. It was built out of 500 tons of solid cement.
:: UrbEx Series :: Shells ::
not seashells… but building shells
the picture above illustrates whats left of the congregational area of the church we looked at during part 2 and part 3 of the Alabama Back Roads Series
if you enjoy abandoned stuff.. click here.
:: Alabama Back Roads pt 3 ::
In part 2 of this series, we saw a severely damaged church … these next 3 pictures were taken in the back quarters of the building.
before you start jumpin’ to conclusions, let me interject a crucial piece of humility and customs here. This outhouse is for show (duh), but traditionally the outhouse would be placed behind the house, not out front as this is.
:: Alabama Back Roads pt 2 ::
We think some malicious foul play occurred here. Although the new church has been constructed about 30 – 40 yards to the right of this damaged old church, clearly razing and removing the debris hasn’t made it onto the “To Do List” yet.
Huge Victorian house in Red Level, AL a tiny dot on the map to which we set off in search of fabled wooden sidewalks; turns out we were probably 150 years too late. It’s possible my source was wrong, but also entirely plausible there was a tiny remnant of the wooden sidewalks in the town somewhere — however, we weren’t going to search for that needle that afternoon.
pecan orchard
:: Alabama Back Roads pt 1 ::
I casually make references to the Southeast section of the United States often in a joking manner e.g…Dirty Dirty, but in all seriousness, the Southeast has seen it’s intricately woven landscape slowly deteriorated over the last several decades.
With traditions that stood stoic and proud for so many people for so long, this area has finally started creeping into the shadows of modernization, concentrating on urban development often to revitalize sagging economy.
Don’t be fooled, there is LOTS and LOTS of old $$$ in the Southeast; afterall this area was starting to see settlement in the early 1700’s, and early profiteers in the cotton industry really banked. One of my WAY earlier posts reflects on this “white gold” trade.
Sugar Cane press
sidewalks in Atmore
The point of this “Alabama Back Roads” series is to just illustrate a glimpse of fading past and focus on some scenes and images you would only see on true Alabama back roads.
Grain silo’s and Purina Chow emblem… back in the day it was called the “Checker-board Store” where you could get feed for your horse that perhaps you had rode into town for school; the horse would get tied up at a nearby stable and after class you rode it home. horsey gotta eat. Checkboard Store is there for your feed needs.
:: Magnolia Cemetery ::
Early January 2008, I featured some pictures of the famous Church Street Graveyard, today we turn our attention to Mobile’s 3rd oldest municipal graveyard: Magnolia Cemetery
Originally established in 1836 on 36 acres of land, now spreads over 100 acres and contains nearly 100,000 burials. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, Magnolia Cemetery is the final resting place for interments dating back to the early 19th century.
Magnolia Cemetery features very ornate, resplendent architectural and artistic assets that heavily revolves around Neoclassical revivalism, but also features Egyptian and Victorian influences.
Situated across from Magnolia Cemetery is the National Cemetery where over 5000 fallen veterans of past conflicts are laid to rest. Here you can find over 800 Civil War dead, including 2 relatives of Geronimo and several other Apache Indians.
Additionally, I have also taken a few pics of Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago which you can view here.
If you are ever in Mobile I highly suggest stopping by this sprawling necropolis
:: Mobile Moon Pie and Mardi Gras ::
Mobile’s historical associations with Carnival and Mardi Gras is steeped in tradition that spans over 300 years. Of course now an integral part of this celebration is the sugary Moon pie which became the centerpiece (and somewhat controversial topic) for this year’s New Years Eve celebration. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it to downtown’s New Year’s Eve bash, but I was able to get an early sneak peek at it which you see above.
This 12 foot, 600lb Moon Pie was spear headed by Councilman Fred Richardson in order to bring attention and raise awareness of Mobile’s unique cultural standings with its heritage. Richardson main reasons for launching this project:
“It cuts across economic status. It cuts across race. The Moon Pie brings people together,” he said.
Since Fat Tuesday isn’t that far away, I figured I would go ahead and give a shout to Joe Cain and Mobile Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras was first observed in the New World in 1703 near “Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff” which is technically Old Mobile, 27 miles up the Mobile River.
Joe Cain was responsible for bringing Mardi Gras back to Mobile in 1866, which had died out in 1855 due to rowdy violent krewes in the parades.
Mobile Carnival Museum headquarters on Government Blvd.
:: Backyard Camellias ::
The Camellia has been associated with a plethora of different real and fictional characters over the years. Additionally, somewhere between 100 – 250 different species of this plant have been classified by taxonomist.
I see these and Azalea’s all over the South.
:: SantaCon 2008 ::
Today was the 14th 15th!! anniversary of Santacon, originally sponsored by the San Francisco Cacophony Society, and at least 1000 Santas took over 3 areas of town today: The “Ho on Haight” covered Haight Street, “Mastrobation” focused on Mission and Castro, and finally the Klassik Kringle track which covers Fishermans Wharf and North Beach.
(Santas flask is big… gotta keep warm on the sleigh!)
I figured I would go where there would be maximum tourist shock factor and off to the Wharf I sprang this morning.
What can be said about Santacon? There’s lots & lots of Santas.
Departing Fishermans Wharf
sometimes as far as I can see …i just see Santa’s
Santas from above
Nothing can stop the RED TIDE! Ultimately this is split into 3 routes but merges later in the day — tonight at least close to 1000 Santiii converged into Yerba Buena Garden — (SFSanta tweets report terrorizing Westfield Mall and the Powell Street Cable car turnaround area)
Santa’s Agent force was definitely instrumental in keeping the Santa swarm from spilling into traffic, they assisted at crosswalks, and helped keep Santacon revelers from straggling off course.
Santa traffic helpers
Santas agents surround Mr. Chu — getting a briefing on the galaxies.
Santa agent helps maintain orderly conduct
Santa agent on guard at Pier 39
Santacon also has musical talent flowing abundantly through out it we found.
Banjo Santa
Santa Clarinet
ho-ho-hope
naughty and nice list
Santa Franklin
Santa has to break sometime … “ohhh yehhhh right here behind this tree where no one can see me”
Santa Dodgeball .. some eggnog will take away the sting Santa.
Santa was even spotted in trees
Santa be pimpin’
da ho tag
Could it be Sa-a-a-a-atan
rowdy santa!
Ninja Santa
I caught Miss Claus choking the chicken
Santa got ice!! and gold apparently.
Santacon invades Hooters
“not quite sure what to make of it are yah?” — yeh us either.
hooters girl and Tranny Santa discuss some wings
more of Santa’s agents
Reindeer dawgie!
Tranny Santa
Santa Elves
Flickr set here.
:: Mission Street Food meets Dirty South ::
Tonight, the folks over at Mission Street Food doled out the Dirty Dirty by unleashing some soul food goodies to the insatiable masses. The masterminds behind this, Bar Tartine cook Anthony Myint and crew, have cultivated quite a following that start lining up outside Lung Shan Chinese resto on Mission street, before 6pm.
What originally started as a mobile food truck experiment, back in early October, has steadily grown in numbers, and has now moved indoors (for a number of reasons). They have also started featuring weekly chef’s as their guests.
I got there this evening ready to reprezent! but alas, not only was I sooper hungry by the time I got there (admittedly later than I had expected), but there was a 45 minute wait.
I ate inhaled the PBQ-Kurobuta Berkshire Pork belly with Quince-onion sauce, potatoe salad and slaw on a fresh homemade flatbread.
Dirty Rice with rare beef and Smoke Duck beignet
All I can say is, this $6.50 pork belly sandwich (sorry no pic cus I ate it too quick!) is my new fav… the flavor just pervaded my palate and SWOOSH.. I had nothing left but crumbs and a big smile.
the Dirty South menu: butter fried cornbread, 40oz’s, mustard greens, Creole Catfish stew, grits, bacon and sweet tea.
past menu items have included brownies with brie, King Trumpet, asian pear slaw, and homemade scallion flatbread
:: gulls at OB ::
did you know seagulls can drink both fresh water and salt water.
:: Over to Columbia pt 2 ::
yesterday we took a look at the flight to Columbia, CA, and some scenes from the town itself.
Columbia is located about 170km East of SF. In the year 1850, a small group of men made camp near the site where Columbia sits.
Columbia yielded $87 million in gold at 1860’s prices.
They found gold in this area and a rush followed quickly. By 1852 more then 150 stores were doing quite well amongst the thousands of miners now occupying the area.
By 1860 after the easy gold had been mined, the town’s dimunition had started. In 1945 Historical Columbia State Park was born.
anitque bottles .. you can read more on Columbia’s history here and here
Oaktown!!
Mount Diablo
I dig this shot. Not sure which bridge this is.
we need more of these.
:: Over to Columbia ::
The last time we took to the Bay area skies we were in search of a hamburger — this time a Mexican restaurant situated in Columbia… NOT the country… but the town which finds itself situated in historical Gold Rush Tuolomne county.
We’ll look at aerial shots and pics of Columbia today and tomorrow.
foothills
does it even look real?
i like crop formations from the sky
Columbia street
working blacksmith shop
I feel like this is a live game of ‘Battleship‘
:: Irish Coffee Anyone? ::
Today a record was set by local Buena Vista Cafe, for serving the world’s largest Irish Coffee. Guinness Books personnel were on hand to verify and video record the event. It will take at least another 4 – 6 weeks before its official.
Having poured 10 litres of Irish whiskey, 10 gallons of coffee and dumping 4 pounds of sugar into a 12 gallon, 3 foot high container, and topping with some steamed frothy milk for the finale — the event was a success. It was certainly a frenzy in the tiny cafe-saloon that serves upwards of 2000 Irish Coffee’s a day.
This joint is famous for their Irish Coffee which has its roots forming in a November night of 1952, and today was the final run for a 3-day celebration marking its 56 year anniversary.
:: North Beach Pimpin ::
this guy is pretty gangsta.. and i know he be pimpin. look at all the gold this guy be sportin’ just for a solo lunch appearance along side Columbus Ave.
“..dont you see the big knot.
don’t you see the big chain”
:: 16th Avenue Mosaic Steps ::
Out in Golden Gate Heights, above the Sunset, climbing up 163 steps on the western side of a hill, lies the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps. SF has probably 350 stairways in the city. Most are utilitarian by design. Not this one. This neighborhood project was completed in August of 2005, which galvanized over 300 neighbors to play a part in the creation, and sponsorship, of this artistic staircase.
This work was inspired by the Santa Teresa Mosaic stairs in Rio.
I definitely got a workout that afternoon having walked from the ocean all the way up to the top of the steps. But what a view you get.
:: Kelinci Series : SF : pt 2 ::
so far Kelinci is getting pretty adjusted to getting around in SF.
riding the lovely and oh-so-ever-punctual “N Judah”
kelinci is not so sure what to think of all the tourists yet.
:: Wine and Porsche ::
On Sunday we cruised up to the Ledson estate to soak up sum sun, wine and over 70 vintage and new Porsche’s as part of Ledson’s 9th annual Porsche at Palace event — which brought out the Porsche Club of America to handle judging. The sun was out in abundance, the wine was flowing, and we purred & drooled over sleek, svelte designs of Porsche’s past and present. I think for the whole group we were intensely vibing on the 50’s and 60’s coupes.
’55 Continental Coupe
Speaking of coupe’s, its the cream 1955 Continental Coupe you see above & below that I happen to take the most pics of, actually wound up winning the People’s Choice award. But there were many, many different awards as there are many different classes, up to 15 I believe. Some cars drive in, some are brought in on flatbeds.
trunk tool kit. have the original set of tools and them not covered in rust? booyah bonus points.
There are also different types of judging, such as: the exterior only, the exterior and edges of underbelly, frame, and up-in steering wheel column area, to the utmost scrutinous of them all, the exterior, plus the underbelly, interior, etc.
Porsche Club of America judges in action
’55 Continental interior
:: Maltese Falcon swaggers into SF ::
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.
:: Art Car Fest 2008 ::
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
:: kelinci series ::
introducing my boi … Kelinci
he’ll be accompanying me on future endeavors.. hope to see him in some exotic lands one day.
but since he’s new to town, I took him to a few local spots
Kelinci kikkin it near Ferry Building
Kelinci gets his Bay Bridge smoke in
:: Cry Baby ::
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
:: Buffalo Bill at Ocean Beach ::
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
:: This Here Girafa ::
I finally saw my neighborhood Girafa this afternoon — shout out to the Sunset too!! wuudddduuppp!!
but apparently the SJPD/SFPD thinks this dude’s work is gang related.. word is he’s just a very talented tall white kid..
me? I think yah should check out my boi’s Girafa Hunting expedition o’er at WhatI’mSeeing
Like the Flaming Lips say..
And ya feel yourself shrinkin
And ya feel yourself shrinkin
this here giraffe, laughed
this here giraffe, laughed
And ya hear yourself
And ya hear yourself
:: Chi-Town pt 3 ::
tip jar at the Wieners Circle. aww yeahhhh….
crazy hand dryer at Lava Lounge (which Phantom45 owns now), stick your hands in, air blows on them. done. price tag ~ $1600 USD a pop
Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park has been spewing water since 1927
one of the spots we hit Friday night for the bachelor party was this heavy-metal-rocker-hipster/punk-hybrid laden bar called Cobra Lounge located in West Town, not only were we early, but the majority of the group seemed to be wearing striped and/or collared shirts. Clearly, we did not belong.
this place was great. Liars Club
Seen in Pilsen. Gun exchange program. Chicago has definitely seen its deluge of murders when just this past summer they had 350 people shot and or killed. Even here in SF we’ve had a bunch of activity in the Mission the past week or so. Of course no arrests have been made.
also seen in Pilsen. Pilsen is basically Chicago’s version of the Mission, but originally it was German and Irish railroad workers who settled this southwest Chicago area during the mid-19th century.
These are all over the place in Pilsen.
Cloud Gate Sculpture on the AT&T Plaza in Millenium Park . This thing weighs 110 tons and cost a whopping $23 million dollars.
:: Chi-Town pt 2 ::
Rosehill Cemetery is situated on 350 acres near Andersonville in the Chicago area. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Chicago having been established in 1859. Originally having been called “Roe’s Hill” it was mistakenly called Rosehill by a mapmaker and thus it stuck.
In Rosehill Cemetery you can find the graves of several famous Chicago mayors, Civil War generals, Oscar Mayer, Montgomery Ward .
skyline shot
Deep dish @ Giordano’s
mmmmm… so cheesy!
wash it down with sum Old Style
for dessert you can check out Canady Le Chocolatier’s behind the Essex Hotel on Michigan Avenue
how about some graff’ spotted over in Pilsen
:: BerDerp™ :: 
