Posted on July 11, 2009 by livinintheloin
Meet “bitch doll“, the creation of licensed street artist Capella Parrish. It was love at first sight. Those big captivating red eyes, green appendages and an apron that reads “BITCH, BITCH, BITCH, BITCH” — who could resist? I have a pooch, so I asked Capella if “bitch” was stuffed with sausage, or if chewing might result in doggie malaise. She said no re: sausage, and that her only concern would be sequins (none present) — all good. Sold! We had a nice chat, I paid for my new find and started heading on my way.
Here’s the heart part — Capella said that she would like to give me one of her soft sculptures as gift for my dog, Didi. I’m getting all verklempt just thinking about it.
Didi now has a new toy, and I have great memories of a random encounter on the streets of San Francisco.
Check out Capella’s work at fixedgeargal — Soft Sculptures for an Asphalt World.
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Posted on July 10, 2009 by livinintheloin
The exhibition Wonderland is a large, multi-sited event born of, and responding to the rich diversities of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. The tenor of this project is truly unique, and will call upon the collaborative efforts of the neighborhood’s residents, city organizations like the North of Market / Tenderloin Community Benefit District the exhibition’s sponsor, and a large number of cutting edge artist teams from the Bay Area and around the world. As in his previous internationally recognized projects, the exhibition’s curator, Lance Fung is dedicated to the ideas of collaboration, community and social engagement as a means of bringing the highest level of contemporary art to audiences from all walks of life.
Given the recent articles in both the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times on Street Art in the Tenderloin, this is an auspicious time to engage other institutions to help fully realize Wonderland’s pioneering vision. Thus far, the exhibitions organizers have teamed up with nearly all of the arts establishments and community groups in the area and will work with the media, art schools, and local museums leading up to and during this ambitious art event so that over the course of its month long duration, many thousands of visitors will experience the Tenderloin as never seen before. Wonderland is not merely an art project. It is a platform for our shared insights.
The exhibition is free and open to the public from October 17th, with a symposium on the 18th, and will close November 14th. [wonderlandshow.org]
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Posted on June 28, 2009 by livinintheloin
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Posted on June 20, 2009 by livinintheloin
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Posted on June 17, 2009 by livinintheloin
Progressive members of the Board of Supervisors championed cutting the Police, Fire and Sheriff departments’ budgets and instead use the money to offset cuts to health services.
Supervisor Chris Daly said the cuts Newsom dealt to health services are “compromising public safety” and will lead to an “exacerbation” of problems on city streets, including an “uptick in homelessness.” sfexaminer.com
City officials are finally admitting what others have been saying for years: San Francisco is attracting huge numbers of homeless people from all over. Thousands of transient people, arriving from other counties, states and even countries, are overwhelming the city’s homeless system. – Dariush Kayhan, the mayor’s homeless policy director, makes the case that San Francisco has led the nation in innovative, and expensive, homeless solutions. By any measure, say Kayhan and Rhorer, the $190 million San Francisco spends annually helping the homeless is the highest per capita outlay of any U.S. city. sfgate.com
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Posted on June 16, 2009 by livinintheloin
The Board of Supervisors is threatening to cut funding to neighborhood firehouses throughout San Francisco — our first line of defense in a fire, disaster, or medical emergency.
Please take a minute to visit saveourfirehouses.com – there is an easy-to-use form to email your Supervisor. In fact, the easiest form I’ve ever seen. Point and click on your Supervisor’s name and district, and type in your name.
We had a fire emergency in April, and the fire crews were here before I could get out of the building. See for yourself: fireintheloin
The BOS has also suggested rolling brownouts – another very bad idea.
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Posted on June 14, 2009 by livinintheloin
A friend and I met up on Saturday morning, and headed out on a walk through The Tenderloin. You never know what you might see, or who you might run into in the neighborhood. I had my digital, and wanted to get some pix of the architecture in the area.
We stumbled across the the Alhambra apartment building – a beautiful facade, and one that I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. He held my coffee, I started shooting [pictures]. A young woman walked out the front door — Stop, don’t shoot me! she said. She explained that coffee hadn’t happened yet, and that she was headed across the street for a fix.
Thankfully, she had enough time to chat us up, and even offered to show us inside. Wow!
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The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District is sponsoring a FREE 
Volunteers gathered early Saturday morning at Justin Herman Plaza for the 
