Turn Your Trash Into Art

The San Francisco Main Public Library has some amazing exhibits. I was walking around looking for books and they had this one called Trash to Treasures. Artists turned everyday trash into amazing pieces of art:

These dolls were created by Sandy Drobny. It is Fabric woven from plastic shopping bags, caution tape, sponges, vinyl tablecothes, flash cards, rubber inner tubes, zippers, juice pouches, ribbon and duct tape

Garden Flower-Remi Rubel/ Made out of wire, toy car wheel, bottle caps, metal and aluminum can

Ferris Wheel-Viviana Paredes. Made from Foozball pieces, steel

Bus Shelter Bowl-Reddy Libe. Fused tempered  glass

Thank You Bag-Lauren Dicioccio- Hand-embroidery on machine with cloth wire

Pastille Box-Lauren Dicioccio-Hand-sewn cotton and satin

Mum, Fall Harvest-Karrie Hovey-Phonebooks, latex paint, plywood  and sofa legs

After looking at this exhibit I will always look at my trash as potential works of art.

An Old Time Candy Shop-The Fizzary

I love old time candy stores. Not the liquor stores or the mall places that sell candy. But an old candy store that my mother grew up with as a child. She was a kid in 30's and 40's in small town Iowa and she would tell me about the soda and candy shop in her town. Well, I think I found one in the Mission District near the 24th St. BART station in San Francisco. It is called the The Fizzary and they sell soda in the bottle. Not the brands that we see everything, but the handcrafted stuff under different cool labels, I learned that The Fizzary is run by the same people who created Taylor's Tonics:

As you walk in

Another view

Some of the products

Root Beer Heaven

Got to love the name

Besides soda, they also sell old time candy (stuff I grew up with):

Loved them back in the day and still

These are so good

Pez is always good

Got to love it

My booty for the day:

Got to love the titles

They were both good

The Fizzary is a cool place. The place is a cool throwback, prices are good (all sodas are $1.50) and the staff is super nice and cool.I think it might be a regular stop for me.

A Visit to Yerba Buena Gardens

It is funny I have been to Yerba Buena Gardens in the heart of San Francisco many times, but mainly for events and not just to walk around the beautiful area. Well, I got the chance and I love it. Yerba Buena Gardens is a public area that is located on fourth and mission and it is a good to walk around, eat lunch, enjoy a book or take a nap. It is a gem in the City:

Love the trees in the Gardens

Relaxing

Love the view

A guy taking a break

One of the cool things is the public art that is on display there:

Shaken Man by Terry Allen

Glass Ship-John Roloff

Oche Wat Te Ou/Reflections or Ohlone Indian Memorial-Jaune Quick-to-See  and James Luna

And they have the King Memorial there also:

The waterfall of the King Memorial

Words from Dr. King's famous speech. Parts of different speeches are on the walls behind the waterfall

And the Gardens has some the best views in San Francisco on a clear day:

The Beat/Emergency Arts

Tonight I was going through some papers that I keep blog notes on and found a thing for a place called The Beat Coffeehouse  and Records and Emergency Arts. OOPS, it was something that I was suppose to blog about a while ago and forgot. It is a place I  ran into while just about to do the Fremont St. Experience in Las Vegas. It was really cool and I enjoyed it. The Beat is located in the Emergency Arts building which houses many art collectives. It pretty cool to poke about and enjoy an adult beverage. And sorry if I do not name the paintings and everything. I lost my notes to that:

Any place that has a bookshelf is good for me

Inside the Beat

Their menu

Inside The Beat is (I hope I get this right) is the Emergency Arts Common Space Gallery. They had some cool works by local artists there. I was only there for a little bit and would like to spend more time there (and not lose my notes). Here is some of the works I saw:

One of the studios there.

So the next time you are in Vegas, slip away from the Casino and head down to the old former Fremont Medical Building on Fremont St and enjoy The Beat and Emergency Arts. It is well worth the trip.

Women's Basketball:Cal vs. George Washington-12-29-12

My ticket

Love going to watch Cal women's basketball, been going there for years. It is the best deal in town. And the Bears are good, really good this year as I write this they are number seven in the land as I write this:

George Washington warming up

Jousting for a rebound-Cal in home gold

GW's Danni Jackson trying to a move on Cal's Eliza Pierre

Helping their teammates up

Cal's Talia Caldwell playing some D against GW's Anjaleace White

What is really cool is that after game that the players and coaches are rally accessible after the game:

GW's  Sara Mostafa

Cal Assistant Coach, Stanford all-time great and 1996 Olympian Katy Steding

Cal Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb with player Reshanda Gray

And also they have a great band:

Part of Cal's Straw Hat Band

And the Bears won: