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Oy, Deadlines!

4 days to finish up one proposal and create a new 35 pager for a new client for construction of a cool new green building by Ghery. Client worked on Cal Academy +. It was actually a fun change, look forward to working with them again.

Just in, they made the short list!

In the Night Kitchen…

So as the Little Big Draw event at Mua winds down, John Mardikian of Telegraph (Oakland beer garden/restaurant) and I get in his “car” :) to go to his place that I haven’t seen in a while. It’s late and it’s closed and dark, but still looks great with a lot of new art and changes so I took some photos. And now at home as I’m going through them, it totally strikes me, Telegraph = In The Night Kitchen. Except instead of Maurice Sendak, J Otto. Instead of cake, 50/50 burger with bacon and macaroni and cheese on a donut. Mickey has his clothes on, and obviously, instead of milk, beer.

Little Big Draw

Which category to put this, work, art or life? Little Big Draw, a live drawing event @ Mua was really fun to put together. Michael McConnell and John Casey rounded up the talent:  Michael McConnell,  Nicole Hayden,  Aaron Petersen,  Rachel Robertson,  Alison Frost,  Alison Tharp,  Crystal Morey,  Lauren Napolitano,  Gina Tuzzi,  Obi Kaufmann,  Marcos LaFarga,  Nathaniel Parsons,  Dave Higgins,  Jon CarlingJohn CaseyJake WatlingDavid five ash. Michael McC did the invite. San Ju Made sure the starving artists got fed.

Also up a group show, more art 4 u, will be up through the end of December, ever changing, since as art is bought or traded new art goes up. There’s some work here even other artists can afford. Tim Gatto, Carina Johnson, Phil Aro,  Michelle Cernuto, Paul Mavrides, Susan DeGregorio, Patrick Carpenter, Karen Dunn, Simone Simon, Lisa Mendelson,Susan Scott, Heather Wilcoxon, Nin Nguyen, Nicole Hayden, Michael McConnell, Karyn Yandow, Krishna Bhat, Dustin Turner, Ann Phelan, Jacob Rimler, CP-37, Leslie Straw (ha ha) and more.

SFAI party

Gorgeous weather, amazing cocktail action with crazy machines and urinals, great food, music, old friends and Carlos gets a Guggenheim, in no particular order. Better photos here: https://www.facebook.com/SanFranciscoArtInstitute

The tower looks anxious.

San-Ju (the next day) with one of the drink dispensers.

Mystery Vegetable Item—Rancho Haybro Continued Fail Mystery Veg

Rancho Haybro—continued fail, but in other news Colette brought home some beets and something else with strips and I think a turnip or a really big radish from her volunteering at Hayes Valley Farm  {turns out they are Chiogga Beets}  OOOPS! Wrong again, she dug them up at her high school garden at Lowell that she also’s been volunteering in and not Hayes Valley Farm.

 

Even though I don’t know what they all are I’m roasting those suckers up. Also, someone please tell me why is my mint plant dying when they are supposed to grow like weeds? This is important, it’s my cocktail garden area.

 

LA

Laine and a Heizer

Colette and a Heizer

Me and Laine in a Heizer “Actual Size”

Phil in a Serra

Misprint, should’ve said Googly-Eyed Deity.

 

CAI GUO-QIANG (MOCA)
CAI GUO-QIANG (MOCA)

 Photo from MOCA, we missed this part :(

Cai Guo-Qiang @MOCA artist whose media is firecrackers.

Spontaneous Tuesday Date Night

Helping Tango & Stache untangle some web stuff, they invite us to their pop up @ the Hideout (Dalva) in the Mission. Nice guys! and tasty Coca Cola braised pulled pork and “white boy” slaw. Spicey! Also such a deal for $8.

It’s all speakeasy like and we get a table in the tiny upstairs just before it gets super crowded.

Phil gets a call from Jeebus.

Super tasty cocktails. Plus, finally get to meet my neighbor Tablehopper in person.

Word Camp SF 2012

Somehow I didn’t manage any 4square/FB check ins, tweets or anything else during today’s fine WordPress event in San Francisco, but I was moved by the excellent food trucks and open bar at the after party :)

 

Rancho HayBro (Dingdong) AKA San Souci From a Distance

Just came across this Carleton Watkins photo of Haight area taken from Mint Hill Orphan Asylum in 1866. Those days it was called Sans Souci (think wiggle bike path). The fence is Herman Street. The hill on the right is Alamo Square so we are just downhill from that. I’m guessing these farms were more successful than my 6 radishes and 1 snow pea. There is the Hayes river (under our backyard) that still provides water to the Fillmore and Civic Center fountains,  and occasionally floods Muni.

Spider Eater

The cats been eating spiders again, she gets the webs on her ruff. We’ve got black widows, if they are psychotrophics that would explain a lot. Also, I just made up that word.

Good News Bad News From Rancho HayBro

First the good news—our first harvest! Woo Hoo! 3 radishes for 4 people, which come to think of it might also be not that great. OK neutral news.

Next, bad news. Pea plants eaten to bloody stumps. Any ideas why? Probably snails even though I put copper tape around the beds, they coulda climbed up the drip pipes. They are not as stupid as they want you to think.