“I love your style! May I take your picture.” “It’s okay.” “What do you guys do here?” “We are here from South Korea studying at art school. I study fashion design and she studies visual merchandising.”… Read More

“Do you live in this neighborhood?” “Yeah, I moved from Boston about 2 months ago to try something new.” “Did you find a place okay, that can be tricky here?” “Yeah, my sister has a rent controlled apartment that she moved out of, and I moved in. Otherwise I’d never be able to afford living here. So it was like ‘Hey, let’s try… Read More

“I love your hair!” “Thanks!” “What are you up to today?” “I’m new so I’m still exploring.” “When’d you move here?” “January.” “You are super new, welcome. There are many layers to San Francisco.” “I’ve heard. This is my 2nd kind on Haight St. and I love it.” “Where’d you move from?” “Maryland, just outside of DC. I’m in school here at the… Read More

“How bout this day huh?” “Yeah, it’s gorgeous.” “I don’t know if it was just me, but when I came outside today it seemed especially beautiful.” “San Francisco can take your breath away sometimes.” “You live in this neighborhood?” “Yeah, for about 5 years, San Francisco in general since 1974. Fell in love with it. Came here… Read More

“You guys wanna take a picture for a blog?” him – “Only if it’s dope.” “It’s definitely dope.” him – “What’s it called?” “Souls of San Francisco.” him – “Aight.” “Thanks. (to her) What’s your favorite thing about him?” her – “…” him – “yeah, what’s your favorite thing about me?” her – “way to put me on the spot.” to him –… Read More

“What’s your story?” “I moved here from Thailand about a year ago.” “What do you like to do for fun?” “Party!”… Read More

This guy can see into many many dimensions… Read More

“What are you passionate about?"  "I’m passionate about people coming alive and reaching their full potential in life. I think it’s unacceptable that 70% of people are disengaged with their jobs, so I wrote The Quarter-Life Breakthrough, a book that would help people find more meaning in their lives.” “Did you have a quarter life crisis that inspired you to… Read More

“Dope sweater.” “Thank you.” “What do you do in the city?” “I teach piano to 3-9 year olds.”… Read More

“What’s your story?” “I’m from Santa Cruz, I moved here the beginning of last year, I’m a dancer. There’s more opportunity here. I grew up in the mountains of Santa Cruz, hippie parents, that kinda upbringing. Now I’m here pursuing my dreams.” “What kind of dance do you do?” “Ballet, modern, contemporary.” “My girlfriend does that same type of dance, I really like… Read More

“You live in this neighborhood?” “I’m actually staying in my camper in the Presidio. I’m from New York. I moved out here not so long ago to work at the San Francisco International Film Festival. It’s been really hard to schedule with people. I’ve reached out to a few friends out here but no one really has time to host me… Read More

“Do you live in this neighborhood?” “Yep, my whole life. Me and a lot of my friends don’t leave the city unless they have a baby because then you can’t afford living here, but it’s a great city to live in. I travel a lot, but I always love coming back because it’s really hard to beat, besides Europe or New… Read More

“The way is love, and the way is a loving intelligence. When love and intelligence meet together you create the space in which all that is possible to a human being can become actual. A loving intelligence is what is needed. Intelligence alone becomes intellectual, love alone becomes sentimentality, but a loving intelligence never becomes intellectuality or sentimentality. It gives you a new… Read More

“Hi! I like your outfit!”“Thank you!”“You mind if I take your picture?”“Right now?”“Yeah.”“Ok.”“Cool, you live in this neighborhood?”“Yes, I Iive here many years. Very good neighborhood. You like?”“I don’t know it that well, I have a few neighborhoods I usually hang out in, but I’m trying to get out of my comfort zone.”“This… Read More

“You two look like you know a thing or two about San Francisco.”“You could say that.”“What do you like to do here?”on right – “My husband Allen Cohen ran the San Francisco Oracle which was a long time underground newspaper. Look it up.”On left – “I make murals. One of mine is at Cole and Haight. It’s a rainbow… Read More

I saw this guy in the mission and said, “You look cool, dressed up for any particular reason?”He said, “Thanks, I’m leading a tour” and handed me a flyer with this website on it www.wildsftours.com When I went there I saw that when not giving tours, J. Jo plays soulful jazz guitar, studies astrophysics, works as a bicycle mechanic,… Read More

“What do you do in the city?” “I work out here at San Francisco General as a Phlebotomist. It basically means I’m a medical assistant that does what nurses don’t want to do. Draw blood, do inter-muscular injections, take vital signs, and do a ton of paperwork.” “How long you been doing that?” “Almost 5 years actually.” “Seems… Read More

“How’d you end up in San Francisco?” “I was a nurse in New York, I dropped out, taught myself how to code and became a software engineer.” “That seems pretty hard, what was that like? Did you take online classes or something?” “No, no online classes. I just bought what I wanted to build and I would just google instructions to teach me… Read More

“You guys are a great looking couple! Very in sync.” Her – “Thanks! We did it on purpose. We’re gonna go get some tandem bikes and ride around the park.” “That sounds fun. How long have you two been together?” Her – “About 7 months.” “Is there a story about how you got together?” Her – “Yeah, I’m just really aggressive. I saw… Read More

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe It don’t matter, anyhow An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don’t know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I’ll be gone You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on Don’t think twice, it’s all right It ain’t no… Read More

“What up fellas?” On left – “What’s up homey? You wanna talk to some real heads from the block?” “Yeah, that’s why I came over here, y’all looked like you been here for a minute.” L – “I’m born and raised in the mission. I been here 3 decades homey. It used to be a lot different back in the day man. There… Read More

I got an email from UberConference, a start-up here in San Francisco, saying they liked my work and wanted to collaborate in some way. I went into their office and connected with this guy, David. I was trying to get a feel for everything so I asked David, “What’s your story? How’d you end up here?” “Well…I was a TV writer… Read More

After saying goodbye to Dre, I left Viracocha and started walking down Valencia. A block away this woman was setting up crystals on a table. There was a huge amethyst so I stopped to check out her stash. There was a stone just like Dre’s so I said, “Yo! I was just talking to this girl Dre in Viracocha and she had one of… Read More

While walking through Viracocha this woman said, “I like your necklace.” “Thanks, it’s amethyst wrapped in amethyst.” “It’s cool. I have these.” she said as she showed me her crystal necklace and rings. “And what do they mean to you?” “Different things, some help me feel grounded, some help me feel powerful.” “I like to meditate with mine, do you have anything you… Read More