Topic: City of Saint Francis

Items of inter­est specif­i­cal­ly to San Fran­cis­co CA

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Dignity and Courage

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I don’t know why it means so much to me that the guy who broke into my laun­dry room apol­o­gized as he was being tak­en to the police car by the SFPD, but that moment keeps replay­ing itself in my mind. I don’t know if he meant it, but he said it like he meant it. If he was try­ing to con me, it was a sub­tle play. He did­n’t say, «I’m sor­ry. Please don’t press charges.» It was a … Read the rest

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Another Sunday in Potrero Hill

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It start­ed with the rat­tle of a chain­link fence as I was get­ting ready to take a show­er. My neigh­bors keep a very nice yard, but I’ve nev­er seen them out doing yard­work in the rain. The sound was fol­lowed by the thud of the door down­stairs slam­ming shut. I knew it was the laun­dry room door—; I’d have heard my front door more clearly.

I looked out the kitchen win­dow and saw no one in the yard, so I … Read the rest

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2009 Spring Open Studios

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Thurs­day night at Art Explo­sion on Sev­en­teenth Street in San Fran­cis­co Spring Open Stu­dios 2009 kicked off with an «after-work pre­view» show to pro­vide a peek at the new work that was on dis­play all week­end, begin­ning with Fri­day night’s open­ing at 7pm. I haven’t the time or incli­na­tion to pro­vide a com­plete sur­vey of the vari­ety of the work at Open Stu­dios this year, but I took some snap­shots of a small sam­ple of this year’s notable work.… Read the rest

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Spring Open Studios Is Upon Us

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Mark your cal­en­dars and get ready to come on down to Open Stu­dios at the Art Explo­sion. The essen­tial details follow:

Pre­view Thurs­day April 23rd 5pm – 8pm
Open­ing Recep­tion Fri­day April 24th 7 – 11pm
Open Stu­dios Sat & Sun April 25th & 26th 12 – 5pm

Between the three Art Explo­sion loca­tions there are over 100 artists open­ing their doors so that you can come and see how we work, … Read the rest

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Prop 8 Supporters: Smoking Crack, or What?

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I’m not total­ly unsym­pa­thet­ic to the pro­po­nents of Propo­si­tion 8, the bal­lot ini­tia­tive that would rewrite the Cal­i­for­nia State Con­sti­tu­tion to ban same-sex mar­riage. I under­stand that my posi­tion (which amounts to a «why the hell should I care if gay peo­ple want to get mar­ried» atti­tude) is not the only legit­i­mate opin­ion. Some folks just don’t think that’s the way it ought­ta be, and they are enti­tled to their opin­ion. I prob­a­bly should have just left it at … Read the rest

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