Cole Valley

Muni, Red Zones, and Faith in Humanity

In Cole Valley, San Francisco, Stories on 7 November 2005 with Comments Off

Heather and I live in a small apartment building in a lovely little San Francisco neighborhood called Cole Valley. And right outside our front door is the convenient N-Judah Muni line. We can take it just about anywhere in the city at a moment’s notice. That’s the upside.
The downside is that we hear it. All [...]

The Reality of My Surroundings 2

In Cole Valley, San Francisco, Stories on 16 October 2005 with Comments Off

I’m coming back home from walking the pups when I see them. A gaggle of drunk fifty-somethings, grey hair all around, whooping it up in the entryway outside building. As I approach, I see that they’re passing around a pipe, the smell of cheap swag filling the breezeway.
“Uh oh,” says Oldie One, “here comes the [...]

The Reality of My Surroundings

In Cole Valley, San Francisco, Stories on 9 October 2005 with Comments Off

Heather and I, we’re creative types. And, like many creative types, we know what an immaculately designed, pristinely clean house would look like. We just can’t can’t seem to keep one. Our house cleaning happens in fits and starts, usually when someone’s on their way over.
So, lately, I’ve tried to tidy up more. Just [...]

Justice, Cole Valley Style

In Cole Valley, Justice on 31 July 2005 with Comments Off

Today I made peace with the fact that, yes, I am one of those neighborhood busybodies. Someday I will have the city complaint line on speedial. I’m okay with that.
It’s just that I have this innate sense of justice. And when I see the jerks of the world getting away with their jerkiness, it [...]

The Really Big Show

In Art, Cole Valley, Photography, Powazek, San Francisco on 31 January 2005 with Comments Off

For weeks Heather and I have been running the photo printer constantly, buying up lengths of wire and strange plastic bits, and having conversations like, “does this dog go with this ripped graffiti?” and “I dunno, the broken taillight or the billowy cotton candy?” And after two late nights with tape and levels and other [...]

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

In Cole Valley, Event on 22 October 2004 with Comments Off

Heather and I will have a booth at this Sunday’s Heart of Cole Festival. We’ll have lots of prints, calendars, cards, buttons, and stickers for sale. Look for us in front of the Cole Garage, next to the fabulous Superhero Designs. Rain or shine!
UPDATE: Heather and I are having an orgy of artistic preparation. The [...]

A Wedding Planning Moment

In Cole Valley on 6 July 2004 with Comments Off

I’m meeting with the musician who’ll be playing at our wedding. He’s a jazz guy – just him and his guitar and his friend on stand up bass. They play on the corner on sunny weekends here in Cole Valley. Heather tracked them down on Craig’s List.
I’m trying to explain the kind of music I [...]

Sad

In Cole Valley on 20 February 2004 with Comments Off

Heather and I have lost our best friend. Tigger was Heather’s Chihuahua. And when we moved in together, he became mine, too. We’ve lived together here in Cole Valley for the last few years, along with our other Chihuahua Chieka, my cat Spoo, and a whole bunch of plants named Fred.
Tigger lived in a world [...]

San Francisco Signage

In Cole Valley, San Francisco on 8 December 2003 with Comments Off

With the big runoff election for mayor tomorrow, San Francisco has been turned into the Land of Signs. I’ve lived in San Francisco since 1995, and I’ve never seen so many signs, and so many personal statements.
Here at Carl and Cole, in the heart of Cole Valley, the signs are everywhere. Granted, this is [...]

Heart of Cole

In Cole Valley on 19 October 2003 with Comments Off

Looking for something to do today? Drop by my hood for the first annual Heart of Cole Street Fair. Local artists and music and trinkets, oh my! I’ll be there. Or, here, rather.