How W3ird
San Francisco loves to dress up for any reason. This was some street fair thing on Howard Street (geddit? "How Weird" Street Fair?) and much reminiscent of Burning Man. The crazies flocked together, and word was they tried to break the world record for most people dancing a Bollywood choreography. Sadly, the choreography didn't look too hot, and, frankly, not really world record numbers showed up. Still, why not close off traffic for six hours in downtown S.F. on a Sunday?
Yikes.
I don't know, man. Meow?
Every festival/street fair/costume party seems to have Utilikilts, Opulent Temple and Hula Hoops.
"Y'know, for kids."
Boyz In Da Hoop.
Banksy
Yeah, Banksy. His work seems to be in every city, so why should San Francisco be an exception? This one's on Valencia, on Amnesia's rooftop. I hear there are six Banksy pieces in the City in various locations. I actually spotted another one on Howard, but didn't have my camera with. Dang. Expect an update at some point.
Some bastard already tagged over this one. Art, or vandalism? You decide.
Wasteland
The weather's been nice of late, sunny days with a bone-chilling wind (which I'm starting to think is "nice weather" in S.F.) If you can get past the wind shear, you're fine. Took a relaxed bike ride tonight with Janne out to Bayview, around the Hunters Point neighborhood. Hunters Point housed the San Francisco Naval Shipyard and they did some nasty shit there, like loading fissile material for the first Bomb onto the USS Indianapolis there in July 1945. Konnichiwa.
No taking photos, either.
After all the war stuff, the site was determined contaminated with radiation. The area is industrial and decrepit. Still, they're planning to build the new 49ers stadium on the site. Huh?