Haight is high!

....the Haight Street was closed off to traffic ....

for the weekend street fair ...

the three blocks running from Stanyan to Masonic

was filled with marijuana smell 
and festive

with the

new generation

of hippies 

and a bit over jubilant

 crowd enjoying food

 and music....

just coming from a plein air session at the 

Marina green by

Fort Mason,  I 

went to Goorin Bros Inc. for hats...

a hat maker company in SF since

1949 with earlier

beginnings in

Pensylvania.

 Jordy

Jordy

a psychology major who just

graduated at SF State University...

she's got my hat on

 is a photographer on the side

the universal peace sign 

Akari,

a fashion designing student

at the city college...

she just arrived from her vacation 

in Osaka, Japan...

The street was billowing with smoke 

emanating 

from "burning rubber,"

a term for race car drivers

spinning the car wheels hard enough to

create friction between the wheels

and the concrete...

There is the usual barbecue 

and burger and other kinds

of ethnic food for people to 

satisfy their fill ...

 wound up the day 

at Crepes on Cole...

the place was half empty

quiet enough for

a Sunday.

that's all folks!

jt

goodbye Summer ....

....summer will soon be over....

hope everyone has good, happy 

memories of 2014 summer...

a movie i can think of is 

"Summer of '42"...

it's a great movie about a boy coming of age....

and the theme music,

"the Summer knows",

 is just as memorable

and enjoyable to listen to
with a bit of nostalgic mood...

composed by Michel Legrand...

health awareness volunteers at Harding Park

This was an
'SRO' movie...

Standing Room Only,

thanks to the hype

and the word of mouth advertising

that went around ...

it 's a good date movie...

Sunbathers in the park

the venue was full of 

bachelorettes

as well as bachelors

majority of whom were all

college students,

sunbathers at the Conservatory of Flowers

college dating

is not the serious kind...

Mom's biking around with her son

it seldom leads to anything 

more than a company

over friday night pizza parties...

Boat rowers at LAke Merced

Memories of close friends

looking through a sunglass

and outings and other outdoor

French tour group from Lyon, France at Sequoia national park

activities will find their

a beautiful tourist at Twin Peaks

way into

Weekend bikers

our memory banks...

quo vadis ...Rocky racoon...

that's all folks!

jt

journalism culture

.....the trend seems skewed towards profiteering....

intentional or not some sectors of the 

general public seem

to think the type of journalistic style is 

predicated to make a few dollars...

take the truce in the case of Ukraine.

there was hope in the region

particularly by the civilian

population that a cease fire

be made....

a negotiation ensued

and by some pressure and

balancing of political forces

it did materialize in the

last 24 hours...

immediately hours after 

over the radio waves and

television ....

broadcasters started pushing the

clouds of doubt as to how long 

the cease fire can last...

as a listener and viewer

one is caught by the

intriguing presupposition....

and one is consequently tied

to continue watching 

the opinions of columnists

and talk show hosts

enforcing the implied possibility

that cease fire may actually 

not last for long...

this usually gathers attention 

from naive and savvy viewers

such that when polled gives the network

a high rating that translates

to a lot of

advertising dollars...

the news makers know

it's much more effective to create 

negative vibrations in the air 

for it  unsettles the public

and the policy makers and

the business world in general

this way the news followers

are held to follow stories, like a 

cliff hanger chapter,

forever and henceforth advertisers

are advised of the loyal and captive

audience for their products.

jt

the culture of politics, ideology....

......it's seems simple but as one dissects the

simplicity of politics, ideology and religion...

one begins to realize a can of worm 

had just been opened...

take a look at what's

happening in the

current

war torn regions

divided by politics,

ideology and religion...

it's not easy to create a perspective

for everyone to view 

any part of it without raising an

eyebrow and starting a 

vexing and endless

argumentation...

it's only when 

the mind gets tired

of grinding...

that one stops to

argue and

decide it's

simply not worth
that much....

it's exhausting for the

physical brain to get

into the exercise of thinking very deep...

as these subjects 

usually require...

in the end the idea of ...

live and let live...

is worth remembering...

peace allows mankind to

grow and develop

culture and

civilization

for its

own benefit....

catch you later,,,

jt

LABOR DAY....

....it's not about a mother .....

giving birth to a baby....

you're gravely mistaken ....

if you thought labor is about that....

nor is it about crossing the street....

nah...ahhh!!!

it's none of the above....

it's a tribute to all the workers'

contribution to the economic activity

of the nation and hopefully resulting

to a better life for all...

In the bay area....

it's a holiday to do just about anything....

since the weather is gorgeous ....

there's a lot of promise for the

outdoor life....

at Crissy Field a kid's kite line is anchored while she's getting
food from her mom...

the hot weather  motivated some to go to

the bay...

a family enjoying the fresh sea breeze ....

sailing is one of the promises of the day....

I watched Samir fly his newly acquired toy....

a drone....

the drone is landing by itself when almost exhausting its battery power

the white object in the center tangent to the top of the trees
is a drone...

it can be flown within a mile radius....

 2 copyrighted photos taken by the 
hovering drone of us... 

Samir  is on the reader's right side of the picture...1/2 photos

on the ground....

it's a fish eye lens from the drone...2/2 photos


a tourist doing a selfie ....

Alcatraz in the background....

that's all for now folks!

jt

http://www.workasone.com/

truce...

..... everyone in the Gaza and Israel region....

is happy and anxious to go back to normalcy.... 

thanks to the middle parties

who played for the interests of the region...

shattered lives and disrupted dreams

can take another chance

at realization...

on our side of the planet....

the usual grinds of everyday

living goes....

as one deals with

the needs of 

individual and

societal function and existence...

in the art world....

artists go about the 

usual needs and challenges...

you know ...

issues on 

composition and themes...

subjects and treatment...

rendering and colors...

and of course the 

natural elements

Warwick and Quenby...visiting London tourists

the plein air

artists face...

those are our usual

worries and thank

God 

we don't have wars that

threaten our

lives...

Mia d'Bruzzi singing
"Those were the days"...

but we do concern ourselves 

about wishing and 

sharing peace and

happiness

to all our fellow

earthlings...

by the way thanks to

all who had been following

the blog...

particularly the

audience in Turkey

who had bloated

the graph fluctuation today...

United States	38
Turkey	29
Germany	1
United Kingdom	1
Poland	1
Ukraine	1

that's all folks!

jt

ZOMBIES AT THE STEARN

.....over the years the Zombies ....

faithfully kept their music....

it was beautiful dejavu ....

they spoiled the crowd who were 

very appreciative of their music

with almost unending encore....

were it not for failing vocal chords

due to exhaustion they 

would have kept singing...

OMG !

what a day at the Stearns...

but she's not there anyway...

that kind of feeling makes the

fun half-heartedly felt...

thanks a lot 
Zombies ...
for singing

"she's not there"...

amidst a lively and lovely crowd...

indeed....

she's not there...

so it's time to call it a day...

that's all folks!

catch you later...

jt

Sergio Mendes

at the Stearn Grove Sunday concert....

performed the Girl of Ipanema

 and a few more

familiar tunes that made him famous in the

60's and 70's....

Sergio brought down the roof....

late comers entered via the western meadow...
some made it down from the hill side....

i followed this guy taking a short cut through the woods...

an occasion to initiate a toast....

parents took their children along for this cultural event....

kids and adults....

.... the baby boomers

a great crowd mix....

the twenty something....

shooting the breeze with a brazilian music in the air....

standing or sitting down....
the afternoon concert was
very pleasing....

switching to arrangements

adopting rap type music

didn't work the same magic

the way he did for his bosa nova....

so Ramon and I high tailed it

to attend the art opening of

Lindsey Kustusch

Lindsey in the foreground

at the 

Studio Gallery on

Pacific street

cityscapes constituted

majority of her art works...

but her self portrait

was compelling

in terms of color 

rendition

and mood...

it's a pity

i didn't have 

the dough...

oh well...

(that takes care of that...)

it was a great success in terms 

of sales and lively

attendance of guests...

this coming Sunday

the Zombies are coming to

Stearn Grove to mark

the conclusion of 

the summer 

music concerts....

see you at the Stearn!

jt