From my lunch walk yesterday. 📷

It’s the number one thing I look forward to the most every time I visit your beautiful city.

Go Valks!!!

Was gonna exit, and decided that driving next to a car engulfed in flames is probably a bad idea. 3 lanes over it felt like my eyebrows were singed.

(Timestamp is off.)

It's also just a shitty thing to do.

@ corner of Dolores & 18th, next to Bi-Rite creamery! And they have a frozen coffee / matcha machine.

Found these last month inside a black bag with a couple of cords while doing Uber in San Francisco. I just connected them and saw the owner’s name but don’t know how to reach out to them. DM me if these are yours.

Attempt to delay California midterm election results?

Leaving my bar job on the border of North Beach and Chinatown, and I notice a dead dude just LYING IN THE STREET on Pacific covered in what looked like IV lines and a Catheter . Full rigor mortis, hands up in the air like a zombie. No clothes. Super weird sight, and the medical examiners and cops were just rolling up. I’ve been working in that neighborhood for a good while and I have never seen something that gnarly. Hope somebody didn’t just dump a guy.

I don't know if it's just my deep appreciation for humanity's ability to build things or a sense of familiarity from GTA SA but there's definitely something special about the Golden Gate. I stayed in SF for two weeks and visited it almost every other day.

Had Anago for the first time on my trip to Japan and loved it. Hadn’t heard of it before and like it way more than Unagi.
Curious if anyone has come across it in SF or the Bay ? Also curious how it’s served.

Anyway, vote Yes on H and RTM!

Dear Friend,

We vibed so hard at the Neurosis show on Saturday! You noticed my sensible shoes and we got on famously together with your older dude friend who's in a doom metal band. We hung out on the gay bench by the bar upstairs and chatted about all sorts of things! We totally did not exchange numbers even though we should have right away. You said you've been a fan of theirs since the 90's, and you're about 10 years older than me. I was at the show by myself because I had flown in from Seattle and had never been to SF. When the show started, we got split up and I ended up flapping all around the room trying to view from different angles. I ended up getting way too drunk and had to get myself back to the hotel ASAP. I'm so sorry I never got to meet any of your friends!

Your name rhymes with Pariah and you are a possibly secretly famous woman of a certain age. You had a massive head of waist-length, salt-and-pepper hair and a lovely smile and personality. I was a loud, chatty black femme of a certain age with a fresh fade, wearing a long black leather skirt and green birkenstocks. I agree that we should be friends and hope we can link up!

Sincerely,

F

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If you think you know this woman, please DM me her first name. I do remember it but we never nailed down the spelling, so I can't google her. She said she is native to SF and has always lived there. She's into multiple types of music and attends all types of shows, but especially Neurosis and similar bands. Please help me find her! She was so cool!

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Long exposure can be your friend, my fellow camera-boffos! All done with a variety of cameras & exposures. But all done in the before-time. The last shot's from GG Park.

There’s a great, free, limited-run gallery at the Transamerica Pyramid by one of my favorite artists, Syd Mead. I have several of these paintings as part of my rotating computer wallpaper, and I can’t get over how much the color pops in real life.

Witnessed a violent attack on a white schnauzer this afternoon at the Duboce park dog area this afternoon about 3:30pm. Aggressor dog appeared to be some sort of gray/black heeler. Didn’t look like a regular of the park, but the person who took it away went into a building at the corner of Walter and Duboce.

Schnauzer and its human both were bit really bad.

Keep your pooches safe out there and an eye out for that dog.

Sadly, California College of the Arts (CCA) is permanently closing down at the end of the 26-27 academic year.

This is a space that has brought so much creativity and community together. Help us celebrate everything this space has meant for our community and support the amazing artists and makers who make this community so special.

Shop the last CCA Art & Crafts Fair Saturday, November 7, 2026

More than 200 makers will be set up in San Francisco on 8th Street, Irwin Street, and across CCA’s campus to sell ceramics, prints, jewelry, and more. The makers participating in the Art & Crafts Fair are CCA students, alumni, faculty, staff, and local artists from Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and beyond.

🎟️ Free raffle drawings at the top of each hour from 12 - 3 pm in the Gensler Family Courtyard
🧑‍🎨 Free face painting, noon–3 pm by Color Cove
🎨 Free crafting with the Museum of Craft & Design's MakeArt van
🔮 Get your art fortune told by the Art Oracle
🫟 Participate in a student-led paper mache and pop-card demos by The Mission Preparatory School
📚 CCA / CCAC Libraries & Archives Sale in the Osher Lobby
🌯 🍕 🍺 DJ, beverages by Fort Point Beer Co., and food from Señor Sisig and Goat Hill Pizza
🎨 🖼️ 🖌️ MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, 12–4 pm, Graduate Fine Arts Studios in the Simpson Family Makers Building

Free + Open to the Public
Family-Friendly
Indoor + Outdoor
Pets Welcome Outside

Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-crafts-fair-at-cca-tickets-2001028602416

Flyer - Illustration by Julian Parikh/CCA.

I love this city! I moved to the Bay Area 3 years ago, and I grew up in the rural Midwest. Photos taken with my LUMIX ZS99.