Oakland is a city right next to San Francisco. I have only been there twice so I know it may be premature to say this, but I think it might be THE BEST PLACE. Time One was when me and Mon went to baseball game where we watched the Oakland Athletics (the A’s) beat theContinue reading “Let’s Go Oakland!”
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SF Occupy
Put the tent in the bank! Put the tent in the bank!
San Francisco’s Occupy camp was broken up the other night. It had been running for over a year. Darryl, a homeless veteran we spoke to, had told us that the place had degenerated from a protest to a den of iniquity: drugs, violence etc. Me and Mon hurried over to check it out. Sure enough,Continue reading “Put the tent in the bank! Put the tent in the bank!”
What To Do When Customers Are Wearing Ass-Less Pants
Apparently we have just missed San Francisco’s ‘Leather-Fest’ where thousands of fetishists take over a couple of blocks of the trendy Mission district and subject each other to acts of public humiliation and torture in the streets. Our friend manages a swanky but very friendly cocktail bar in Mission and he says that Leather-Fest throwsContinue reading “What To Do When Customers Are Wearing Ass-Less Pants”
Homeless in San Francisco
We are on a tight budget, Mon insists. $25 a day. We have been doing free things, such as wandering around the streets. We chatted to a homeless guy the other day. His name was Darryl. He served in both Iraq wars. He said that they were awful. He now lives on the street withContinue reading “Homeless in San Francisco”
Mon’s Food #2
This is Mon buying a handbag full of sandwiches.
On the Plane: Mon’s Food #1
We are on the plane. Mon said he could live here. Mon said he likes plane food. We both had the pasta. Mon made a pasta sandwich with the little bun. I pointed out that if he ate his pasta sandwich then he would have nothing with which to mop up the sauce afterwards. MonContinue reading “On the Plane: Mon’s Food #1”
Welcome to BLOG
Hello Thank you for deciding to slide your attention across this string of little symbols. I am going to be making some chains of them, swirling them about my head, and then hurling them with all my narrative might and accompanied perhaps by a gruff, unselfconscious syllable (I’m thinking “Haw!”), over stuff I do, peopleContinue reading “Welcome to BLOG”