North Beach Denizen

Here's my version of Jack Kerouac in the alley (renamed Jack Kerouac Alley) by historic watering spot Vesuvio's. This post is dedicated to the comical, tragical, restlessly inventive Caio Fernandes of Mein Welt, who makes the blogosphere a much livelier place. 

   I had noticed that one blog had mentioned this one as a gathering place for artists: it would be wonderful to do that more deliberately, to make it a resource for inspiration, so that if visual people need an creative boost this would be a reliable source. I am mulling over having Sunday be a gallery day - so I will continue to show Alices on that day, but I would also like to engage people who draw. What I'm thinking of is temporary urban stuff - drawing or collaging on sidewalks or walls (not to the point of getting arrested or anything). I'll post some examples tomorrow. I may also post photos from art events or galleries which seem inspiring to me on that day .  Okay, many more thoughts but I'm going to stop there. Below is a photo of the wall of Vesuvio's, it's where you can see the tourist taking a picture of the flower basket in the top photo.

North Beach/Sugar Mountain

Photo taken around sunset in San Francisco's North Beach. Note the moon-faced barker at left, looking as if he just stepped out of a Damon Runyan story, and off in the distance on the right, the Bay Bridge.  The Hungry I Club is of course where Lenny Bruce performed, now dedicated like the rest of this block to places where you can see disrobed ladies (euphemism to deflect spam from comments). The anti-Sugar Mountain song, for me, is Ry Cooder's Down in Hollywood.

I've been spending a bit of time in San Francisco photographing the little people. Going back to the Filbert Street steps in the morning to photograph a few things in a different light. As well as being the site of Dark Passage, the Filbert Street steps are one block over from the street where the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill live.

The explosive conclusion of LOST tomorrow.