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What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission
Calvin: It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy…Let’s go exploring! ~ Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes . I am happy. I finished a cherished project. But now, I am also nervous to share it with...
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What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission: part1/3
. Today I show you the first 2 spreads of my illustrated reportage ‘What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission’ . . . … and a portrait of Aisha, drawn on site, that didn’t make it into the...
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What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission: part2/3
The second set of spreads from my illustrated reportage: ‘What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission’ . . . . . . . The downloadable version is still available. . Click the icon to download...
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What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission: part3/3
The final spreads from my illustrated reportage: ‘What I learned while shopping produce in the Mission’ . . . The downloadable version is still available. Somehow its taken me forever to post all 3...
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…(almost) swimming in the pool
They say sport is good for you and so I swim. Well, I swam. Until I stopped some time back for no particular reason. I like to be active in water. I like that I emerge from the physical activity clean...
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…on business ideas
In San Francisco everyone has a business idea up their sleeves. Meetings, flowcharts, timelines, the whole deal is spread out in coffee shops all over the city. The other day I could not help...
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…on drugs and rhubarb pie
…another little snapshot of life in Dolores Park on a sunny Sunday a while back. . My handwriting on the drawing is hard to decipher, but I don’t want you to miss out on the guy’s thoughts. I overheard...
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tennis commentators
. Self-declared tennis commentators in Dolores park… . . . Oliver, your visual flaneur . / If you visited this site for the first time – welcome! Please sign up in the green box on the top right for...
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… where San Francisco is proud!
. This weekend, the annual San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Celebration, known as San Francisco Pride took place. And what a celebration it was! The Supreme Court’s ruling of...
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… where a plane crashed in San Francisco
. Yesterday a plane crashed at SFO airport. We are still waiting for all the whats and whys to unfold. I visited the site today and here is my visual impression: . . Take care Oliver, your visual...
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…where the San Francisco Symphony plays in the park
. Every year, the, as they insist to stress, ‘world famous’ San Francisco Symphony, plays a couple of free open air concerts. Today was such a performance and it was very well received. Those of you...
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May in Vienna
I came across a bunch of drawings I made on a trip to Vienna this May: . a guided group of tourists at Stephansplatz . . . the museum of natural history with local traffic . . . the opera . . ....
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Vienna’s Central Cemetery
Half the size of Zurich and twice as much fun… ~ how Viennese refer to the Zentralfriedhof, according to Wikipedia . . . … and yet I had never been there. But on a recent visit to Austria I compensated...
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Costa-Nica
‘Pura Vida’ ~ Costa Rican greeting Map of Costa Rica and Nicaragua I have been traveling for a while. Not long enough to explain my lack of recent posts. For this, only I am to blame. But if you...
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be(er)culiarities
‘You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. [...] at the very least you need beer.’ You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some...
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where they love…for a living
She is on the phone and does her nails as we sit down next to them. We are waiting for a bus to leave San Jose airport. She and the other girl next to her are also waiting for something. They look...
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life on the beach
. On this trip to Nicaragua and Costa Rica we came across a lot of beaches. Long beaches, wide beaches, sandy beaches, rocky beaches, beaches to go snorkeling, beaches to go surfing – you name it. The...
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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence hosted their 35th annual Easter celebration this Sunday. I have included some comments overheard at the event that add a little storyline to my drawings. You will...
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beach wrap up
. ‘Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.’ ~ Robert Henri . . . When I go on a trip I like to include a beach, and this is invariably...
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Did Oakland inspire Star wars?
“That’s a myth,” Lucas said, politely but firmly.”That’s definitely a myth.” ~Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle . . Legend holds that the cranes of the Port of Oakland were the inspiration for...
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