Posts Tagged ‘mission’

The Valencia Street Swing

Let me tell you about my love/hate relationship with the Valencia Street Swing. I love how elegant it is, and hate that I didn’t think of it first. A few weeks ago, some folks hung this swing from a tree branch across the street from Summit Cafe and it somehow managed to survive until late [...]

Shirts and Shoes For The Weekend Tourist

A few years ago I became a tailor for Self Edge denim in San Francisco. Through my experience there I learned to appreciate high quality shuttle loom denim that was coming out of Japan. Through working this intimately with denim I learned to ditch polysynthetics and embrace cotton, wool, and leather. Not only do these [...]

Meet the Make-Mers

My superpal Meredith was featured on one of MakeZine’s “Meet The Makers” videos. It’s a charming video with some scenes shot inside of Noisebridge. You may have seen some of Mer’s Scarf-A-Day Project here or on other blogholes as well.

Performing Mission Block Party with Unwoman

Just a quick note to say that Unwoman and I will be playing a set together next Friday, December 10th, as part of the Mission Block Party. We’ll be performing in front of (or inside) Mission Comics and Art around 7pm. It’ll be one of the rare chances to hear my iPad music with live [...]

Wood burning with a magnifying glass

Last November, I saw this guy using a magnifying glass to burn letters on to pieces of drift wood. I did a brief interview with him, but never got around to editing it until now. Check it out on the youtubehole. All I know is that his name is Ted. Anyone else know anything about [...]