Posts Tagged ‘ad’

San Francisco Gripped with Obama Fever Once Again.

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

San Francisco’s Obamamania is back in full force now the we are on the eve on the Democratic national Convention in Denver.

This Dolce & Gabbana bus ad is typical of what you’ll see on the streets of S.F. these days:

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The Famous Brown Twins are Still on the Prowl in San Francisco

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Well here they are, Marian and Vivian (or Vivan and Marian) Brown, the San Francisco Twins. They’re still on patrol in Union Square after all these years.

This duo was recently spied on Stockton Street betwixt Geary and Post, right in front of the new Gucci store. The gigantic ad they’re walking in front of has seen better days, as you can tell by the swaths of white paint. 

Those darn graffiti artists are everywhere, it seems.
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From guillermo.d’s photostream on Flickr.

San Francisco Hipsters Descend Upon the AMC Pacer Classic Car

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

This was the scene on Haight Street the other day - four urban youths inside of one AMC Pacer. This thing was advertised as the “first wide small car,” and maybe it was. Back in the day, certainly, it was wide enough for the Sandwich King. And these days, a Pacer is good enough to get you into the Nor Cal AMC Club.

Perhaps Google could start using these cars to carry their Street View equipment around? Compared to brand-new, bright red hybrid Priuseses, a fleet of old Pacers might attract less attention from John Law.

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They loved it in France, for some reason.

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Let’s say au revoir to les hipsters de Haight Street. Pretty soon, everybody will have one.

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Headrests are for squares of course.  Stay safe in your two-ton fishbowl!

Some in San Francisco are Tired of Antiwar Messages

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Carole Migden’s antiwar message is proving irksome to some in San Francisco these days. Can you imagine? Senator Migden, first runner-up in the Bay Area’s recent District 3 election (that means she came in second place, contrary to what you’ve been told, dear reader), still carries on with her antiwar message.

And now Street View shows it seems she has support of Google as well. Oh noes!

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Tiny Moppet Gets into Yoga, via the San Francisco Health Plan.

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

This toddler on the side of a MUNI bus on San Francisco’s Market Street is shown all by her lonesome finding inner peace via yoga in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge. (Thank goodness all the trash was removed by that “Save the Bay” shooting crew.)

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Perhaps the San Francisco Health Plan is something for you? Available en Espanol.

This Marin County Bus Supports Both Senator Carole Migden and Mark Leno

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Check out what local attorney and former Newsweek cover boy John Corcoran saw on the streets of Marin County the other day: a Golden Gate Transit bus supporting both Carole Migden and Mark Leno for the same office.

Perhaps the other candidate, Joe Nation, could buy the ad space on the right side of this bus? 

The election is just a month away - things are only just getting started

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Attorney and Political Consultant John Corcoran using a BlackBerry 8100

Poor Angelina Jolie Reduced to Shilling for the Cultured Pearl Industry in San Francisco

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Here’s the problem: You become famous and then everybody wants to use your image to sell stuff, whether you (and your agent) get paid or not.

Check out this large poster used to promote the idea of wearing “PEARLS” that just happens to right outside a jewelry store on Post Street called Miseki. Is this shot from an ad campaign, or did somebody Photoshop a red-carpet paparazzi photo?

Either way, poor Angelina might not be getting her fair share of the cut. Sadly, Kiera Knightly’s visage is similarly being used by the same store.

The perils of fame!

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