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Fancy & freaky fucking footwear!

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Stan Flouride

Along with some other lower limb oddities.

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My Building Museum

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Stan Flouride

After my HASF posters post I received several requests for views of the rest of the building. Since I became manager in the 1990s I have turned it into a museum of San Francisco & California memorabilia. The tour starts … Continue reading →

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The Igloo™ igloo

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Stan Flouride

I see what you did there.

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Signs of the Times

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Stan Flouride

As part of the renovation and improvement of Masonic Avenue, a welcome project for me since I regularly bicycle on it and enjoy its newly smooth surface and separated bike lanes, there has been installed this delightful bit of public … Continue reading →

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The 12,400km by 200m Nature Preserve

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Stan Flouride

The European Green Belt initiative is a grassroots movement for nature conservation and sustainable development along the corridor of the former Iron Curtain. The term refers to both an environmental initiative as well as the area it concerns. The initiative is carried out under … Continue reading →

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ABC Scrap Books

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Stan Flouride

A few years ago I went to New York City for my daughter Aurora’s graduation from NYU and during my stay in there I created this alphabet of collected images.  (the ‘C’ is a link of chain, not dog feces, honest)   … Continue reading →

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Falcon Heavy Test Flight: A Momentous Event

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Stan Flouride

The world’s newest, most powerful rocket in decades has reached space. It took a few weather delays Tuesday, but the private space company SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. Watch the video of the launch at the … Continue reading →

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Frieda reaches out to Georgia

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Stan Flouride

  When Alfred Stieglitz found out that his protégé Georgia O’Keeffe had accepted a commission to paint the women’s powder room at Radio City Music Hall without his approval he was furious. Having met Diego Rivera and his wife Frieda … Continue reading →

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Yarn Bombing Pachyderms!

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Stan Flouride

Okay, not really ‘yarn bombing’ since it’s not done surreptitiously but from a practical standpoint I’d still say that wrapping Asian elephants in knitted wool sure comes close to it for its inherent coolness. Below is a short video showing elephants being given beautiful … Continue reading →

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“I Hate Love!” by Stanley Kubrick, 1950

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Stan Flouride

  Kubrick’s 1950 still of a young woman, with her back to the camera, holding a lipstick with which she has written “I HATE LOVE” on a white fence. If captured on the wing, would it be more of a … Continue reading →

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