Mint condition at the Miniature Car Dealership at Pike Place Market.
We won this before Steph jetted off to San Francisco.
Didn’t quite beat Bruud and Tom’s record win in the first week but we got it in the end.
The only remnants of architecture left from the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. The green one is Francis Coppola’s office and the other is of a bit of wall, standing strong.
This Fresco Man at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera (Frida Khalo’s other half) is painted inside the Coit Tower in San Francisco. The tower itself was funded by an old lady, who bequeathed her entire fortune to build the tower in honour of the city’s firefighters. Some women just can’t resist a man or group of men in uniform.
Anyway, back to the fresco - It depicts society in America in the late 20s when the streets were ruled by gangsters, during the prohibition era.
Got a minute and fancy a bit of fun? Try finding all the examples of criminal activity displayed in the Fresco.
The famous Bush Man of San Francisco
Unfortunately Steph didn’t get the chance to see this coniferous comic villain in the flesh or should I say leaf.
Shawn told us about the legendary Bush man and the time he was waiting for Dave with Dave’s brother and they watched the bush man’s cheeky antics for a whole hour.
A little quiz question for the next post.
The first one to guess, which recent film this street in San Fran was featured in gets a free pint!
On my last Friday in Seattle i decided to leave (no offence Seattle) and fly to San Francisco to visit my Franco-American family for my Birthday. So the next few posts are about my adventures there.
I actually fell in love with the place.
Here’s one of the reasons why:
Imagine if all the pigeons in London turned into a hoard of exotic green parrots making the place look pretty damn sexy. Well, that’s San Francisco. And no, it’s not the result of global warming but rather the outcome of a happy accident. The Story goes that a bunch of the green lovelies escaped from a pet shop and took over. The laid-back southern climate suited them well and they’ve been chillaxing ever since. They’re a great crowd pleaser with the tourists and are guaranteed to put a smile on a face.
Creature Feature night’s first flick:
House
By Nobuhiko Obayashi
is a psychedelic window into the nascence of the Japanese horror genre.
It’s absolutely crackers.
Obayashi built the screenplay around the imagination and fears of his 10 year old daughter, when she stayed round her grandparents house.
The highlight, for me, is when a man is turned into a bunch of bananas.
Many of the familiar motifs in current Japanese horror movies can be traced back to this seminal piece. Delightfully tacky backdrops, wind machines, soft focus lenses and a pair of shorts which Brian B coined as ‘the shorts of the world’ lift this cult film into the echelons of greatness. Basically you’ll smile more than you’ll scream.
And the posters for the film are flipping rude too.
I know you’re dying to see the trailer.
Here’s a list of the trailers from the screening to give you a flavour of the evening:
Betty Boop and Cab Calloway (Features one of the first roto-scoped characters. Can you guess which one it is?)
Time for timer (a popular ad for some the guys growing up.)
A K Swiss test shoot - believe it or not.
Ruins “Fire” - 80s pop promo
An idiot abroad finds the idiot abroad.
Another Seattle Art Museum marvel.
A decorative African cloth made from the metal ring seals on beer and wine bottles.
