Tag: valencia

  • Grand Theft Auto: Valencia St

    I’ve been spending a lot of time checking out various gaming engines lately and happened upon this screen shot and thought “Hey, that’s across the street from Zeitgeist… where that fire was!”

  • The Valencia Street Swing

    The Valencia Street Swing

    Let me tell you about my love/hate relationship with the Valencia Street Swing. I love how elegant it is, and hate that I didn’t think of it first. A few weeks ago, some folks hung this swing from a tree branch across the street from Summit Cafe and it somehow managed to survive until late…

  • Wood burning with a magnifying glass

    Last November, I saw this guy using a magnifying glass to burn letters on to pieces of drift wood. I did a brief interview with him, but never got around to editing it until now. Check it out on the youtubehole. All I know is that his name is Ted. Anyone else know anything about…

  • Valencia Dragon

    I saw this piece on 21st St and Valencia last week, before we got hit with all these storms. I wish I could have been there right when the rain started, to see the chalk art pulse with every drop then scurry down the hill into the nearest drain.

  • Muni is dead (to me), long live the 26!

    After a recent trip to the SoMa district I was heading home. Faced with the decision of taking the MUNI or BART, I decided to head over to 6th and Mission and wait for the #26 bus to take me back to the MishMish. It was a break from normal routine, BART gets me home…

  • The Three Jungle Friends Learn to Swim

    A few days ago, I did some volunteer work for 826 Valencia. A class of 20 third grade students came and, with the help of some 826 staff, created a story called The Three Jungle Friends Learn To Swim. I called my friend Mike and he came along to create some artwork for the book.…