Posts Tagged ‘falcon’

Ghoulish Gala Halloween Party at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor a Huge Success

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum was packed last night, owing to the Ghoulish Gala.

Let’s take a look.

The Diane and Alfred Wilsey Court, bathed in purple and blue. Click to expand:

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And here’s the band in the cafe, doing a decent Duran Duran cover:

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Dancing Gogo Mummies uncaged - stage left…

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…and right, avec Red State Trucker:

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Of course, Fake Michael Schumacher was there:

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All the food you could eat and booze you could drink. Plus, free palm readings. Bonus!

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Let’s follow the Joker, Fletch and Sexy Nurse over to…

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Very Postmortem: Mummies and Medicine, opening today:

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Now, let’s creep past The Brain That Wouldn’t Die

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…and out the front, where Balloon Mom Mayumi, avec UFO balloon, was seen looking for her son, Balloon Boy Falcon:

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All in all, a great event.

See you next year?

The Pocket Gophers of San Francisco Lead Dangerous Lives

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Pity the poor Botta’s pocket gophers of Golden Gate Park. You know who wants to eat them? Adult herons, baby herons, foxes, coyotes, tiny terriers, feral and house cats [added per request of commenter "Dude"], and of course hawks (but feel free to call them “falcons,” as “born and raised” San Franciscans are sometimes wont to do).

And speaking of native sons, Carl Nolte recently did a bit about the Circle of Life, incuding hawks and gophers, of the City. Of course some people, like gardeners and soccer players, just can’t stand these little rodents. Oh well.

A red tailed hawk takes an unlucky gopher back to the nest in Golden Gate Park. Click to expand.

Poor little feller.