Archive for July 17th, 2008
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
The Bay Area just loves famous lefty Barack, but somebody on Haight Street in foggy San Francisco saw fit to deface these OBAMA posters.
Mocking Obama -that’s the last taboo.

via January20th2009’s flickrstream
Pirate Obama certainly is a good look, but you make the call.
Tags: angel, ashbury, barack, california, devil, haight, obama, pirate, poster, San Francisco, shrader, street
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Vanity Fair Senior Contributing Editor Alex Shoumatoff probably wishes he never ran afowl of The Owl.
Just look at him now. Poor little feller.
All are warned by this logo seen on Talyor Street in San Francisco’s Union Square. Fair enough:

It looks like nobody else will get in to spy on Bohemian Grove this year. Oh well.
Tags: 624 taylor, Alex Shoumatoff, bohemian, Bohemian Club, bohemian grove, club, come not here, editor, free the fortune 500, george bush, gerald Ford, grove, kissinger, mandalay, nixon, owl, San Francisco, spowl, Vanity Fair, weaving spiders
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
It’s on! Thousands of Bay Areans are down at the Cow Palace in Daly City trying to qualify for American Idol.
This is what it looks like when American Idol comes to town and they let people sleep in line at the Palace. However, the cold night air of Daly City can’t be good for your singing voice. So this year, it’s all about wristbands.

via mrwilloby’s photostream on Flickr
Smart contestants already have a guaranteed slot, having cleared one hurdle by singing at Skip’s Music in Elk Grove, CA.
There is some controvesy this year concerning the writers for the show. You’d think American Idol wouldn’t require writers, but they do, apparently. Oh well. San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Senator Carole Migden have worked on these issues lately.
Good Luck contestants!
Tags: 8, America, american idol, bay area, bevan, california, Carole, cow palace, daly city, dufty, Get Ready, guild, Jefferson, Justin Guarini, migden, out, San Francisco, season, Starship, Supervisor, Temptations, try, tryouts, We Built This City, west, wga, writer's
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Now you might think this fellow zooming down Golden Gate Avenue (not too far from where Patty Hearst spent a few terrifying months) is standing on a California Chariot, but you’d be wrong because this backwards tricycle appears to have pedals and a drivetrain.

Complete with his “Wild Kid” T-shirt, this man has got it going on, leaning this way and that down Ignatius Heights.
For those about to trike, we salute you.
Tags: 1827, 1827 golden gate, 6, avenue, backwards, bicycle, bike, cycle, cyclist, gears, Ignatius Heights, pedals, San Francisco, stand up, standing, tricycle, trike, USF, western addition
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