9/09/2014

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


9/06/2014

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

9/03/2014

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




9/02/2014

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




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