Magical Realism

You gotta love a town where your checker is a unicorn.

For Science

After many years of plotting, I finally threw a taste testing party. In honor of Rebecca and Derek's wedding I felt some R&D was in order. The theme was Love: The Grand Experiment. It was a lot of work, but came together thanks to lots of help from everyone. Jordan designed the awesome invites. I borrowed beakers and lab coats from various friends. Many of Rebecca's friends donated her favorite foods as scientific specimens. When guests showed up the were handed a clip board with their evaluation form a custom pencil that said "The Grand Experiment", and some giant nerds. They then went and taste tested samples of things like bacon, ice cream, honey, salsa, pepper mint patties, and cheeses. All for science. Turns out that people like a lot of the store brands after all.

Oh, and Liz, who was super gracious and hosted the event at her house put up a nice post about it here.

Killing it Softly

A trend I've yet to embrace.. frankly I think I look dumb in scarves.. but they're already predicting the death of this one ?? I mean wearing a Keffiyah is edgy, but very safe in the US. Infitada concerns aside, I'm pretty sure it's gotta little life in it yet. Buy them here.
p.s... after I wrote this, but pre-posting I had a chance to see Thom Yorke of Radiohead rocking one of these. Clearly not dead yet.p.p.s. I was just at Long's Drugs where they are selling Keffiyeh-esque scarves for $9.99.

Photo Pass Weekend

I got a special pass to take pix and borrowed a friend's professional camera go to the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park this weekend. The music was great, the weather was surprisingly good, and people were wearing the most amazing things. I have a billion more pictures you can see here. My favorites are below. Oh, and special thanks to Rebecca for scooting me all over the city and park and to Adam, for letting me use the super sweetest camera.

All the Pretty Girls

My friend Amanda Michelle Smith had a solo show open at Jack Fischer Gallery on Saturday. Her art is AMAZING (that's a total understatement, but it may have to stand). It's all ceramic, and she does the most amazing miniature details with glazes and under glazes-- and then has to fire, and refire it all. They are absolutely beautiful, and pretty much at the top of my list of stuff I will buy when I begin contributing to society.
Full set of pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80952611@N00/sets/72157605131822071/

Hope on the Streets

Always see the best things wandering around SF on week nights. This was in the financial district.

Helping Hands

Walking out of a club the other night it became apparent that even the mighty trolleys of San Francisco can use a little help. The driver and a few passengers were trying to push the car to a rolling start. Was I any help? Nah, I was busy snapping pix.