Posts Tagged ‘shrader’

Question from Haight Ashbury: Is Barack Obama an Angel, the Devil, or…. a Pirate?

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.

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via January20th2009’s flickrstream

Pirate Obama certainly is a good look, but you make the call.

San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair a Huge Success

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Yesterday’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair in San Francisco came with sunny skies and lots of attendees.

The alcohol ban of recent years has changed the character of this event somewhat. These days, the boozy Union Street Festival might have an edge in the number of inebriated. No matter, a good time was had by all in the Haight.

So, dig the colors of David Yu and look at a bunch of photos from SFWeekly

A mass of humanity:

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 Could this man with marijuana garland be famous artist Harry Shearer trying out a new character?  

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Hookahs! Get your hookahs! Hookahs.com was in the house:

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A dancing baby grooving on Haight Street:

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Cindy Sheehan had more than a few acolytes gathering signatures for Cindy’s windmill-tilting House campaign against Nancy Pelosi:

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See you next year!

Attention Parolees: Avoid San Francisco’s Haight Street Fair Today.

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Be careful when attending the alcohol-free (really?) Haight Ashbury Street Fair today, as parole agents are on the scene. That’s not too crunchy.

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Cheese it, the cops!