The Truthiness Shall Set You Freak- Fancy & freaky fucking footwear! August 31, 2019Along with some other lower limb oddities.
- My Building Museum July 29, 2019After 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 →
- Haight Ashbury  Street Fair Posters July 25, 2019Today I finally got around to hanging up my rather extensive Haight Ashbury Street Fair poster collection. Every year the Fair holds a contest to select the poster and the artist gets $500.  I also included a couple of … Continue reading →
- For Sale: 1939 Porsche Type 64  July 8, 20191939 Porsche Type 64 RM | Sotheby’s – MONTEREY 15 – 17 AUGUST 2019 A strive for technological advancement in motor car performance drove the motorsport industry in the 1920s and 1930s, resulting in some of the most iconic race … Continue reading →
- Scored a Righteous T @ Haight Ashbury Today July 6, 2019
- San Francisco MUNI in the 1970s June 28, 2019When I moved here in 1976 I was dating a woman who lived on Russian Hill and after being fortunate enough to spend the night with her I would take the cable car to my job near Union Square. I … Continue reading →
- TAKE LSD AND SEE 💡 June 28, 2019This concrete parking strip on Haight Street near Masonic Ave was installed in 1968. As part of the new improvement plan the section with this graffiti was removed and tomorrow it will likely be demolished. To take a few last pictures … Continue reading →
- An Ex-Army Medic’s Collection June 19, 2019
- Astronomers Make Massive Discovery on the Far Side of the Moon | Smithsonian June 15, 2019A 1,200-mile-wide crater on the far side of the moon was formed when a huge asteroid with a heavy metal core smashed into the lunar surface billions of years ago. When that happened, the asteroid drilled through layers of the … Continue reading →
- Pageant of Pulchritude: 1927Â May 22, 2019(click on photo to enlarge and zoom) Â Â Â Â Â Â Source: Shorpy Historic Picture Archive :: Pageant of Pulchritude: 1927 high-resolution photo
- Fancy & freaky fucking footwear! August 31, 2019
Tag Archives: Haight Ashbury
TAKE LSD AND SEE đź’ˇ
This concrete parking strip on Haight Street near Masonic Ave was installed in 1968. As part of the new improvement plan the section with this graffiti was removed and tomorrow it will likely be demolished. To take a few last pictures … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, environment, Haight Ashbury, History, Politics, San Francisco, Video
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Ten Years After: Remembering Pablo Heising
On Boxing Day 2006 my friend Pablo Heising walked out of the Cole CafĂ©, laughing at a joke told to him by the Captain of Park Station SFPD, took a sip of his morning lattĂ©, and died. The cop gave … Continue reading
Jerry Garcia’s Letters to Vogue Model Kim Alexis, 1982
Letters from Jerry Garcia to Kim Alexis, 1982 In the summer of 1982 Grateful Dead vocalist Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) wrote a letter to Vogue cover model Kim Alexis who he’d met in New York. The letter is in two … Continue reading
KKK Flyers Appear in Haight Ashbury, Haight Responds Brilliantly
This is the original flyer that reportedly appeared on a few doorsteps in the Haight: A day later this appeared on poles up and down Haight Street: I think I’m in love with the Loyal White Lady Ally of the Haight! … Continue reading
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New Hammer Graces Roberts Hardware
This 5 ft. tall styrofoam-based, polyurethane-coated hammer sculpted by Sean Mason, artist and fellow Roberts employee, has replaced the old 2D plywood one on the front of the building:
Bill Graham at the CJM
This is a wonderful show that is as much about the last 50 years of the San Francisco music scene as about Bill. I highly recommend it. Here’s the QR code for Bill’s narration  which will take you here: http://billgrahamaudiotour.toursphere.com/en/index.html
Jacked Up on Marijuana!
Careful boys and girls! If you get jacked up on marijuana like this poor girl in pink capri slacks and a green and brown blouse (an outfit that is a dead giveaway that the wearer is an acid-head) you might … Continue reading
Spotted Myself on Google Street View
Poking around the neighborhood on Google Street View I came across this image of myself painting my QR mural on Masonic at Haight: The 8’x8′ (2.6m x 2.6m) QR code takes you to an album on this blog with over 200 … Continue reading
Haighters Be Haightin’
These images were collected for my QR mural on Masonic Ave at Haight. Here’s a Google Street View shot of me at work on it: I generated the QR code at this site, a QR code generator that was a gift to the Internet … Continue reading
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