This guy walked out of a bar and said, “That’s all folks.” “You all done for the night?” “Yeah, I’ve gotta get home. I came home hammered the other night and got in trouble with my wife. I was shootin Tequila and I was so drunk I couldn’t follow the plot in a Vincent Price movie. I know you may think I’m too… Read More

“Wow! That’s a beautiful headdress.” “Thank you! It’s Senegalese I think.” “I’ve been coming across a lot of Senegalese culture. Pretty amazing stuff.” “Yeah, I like it. I don’t know if this fits right though. I think it might be too loose.” “Nah, that shit’s tiiiiiiiight.”… Read More

“What an amazing hat! Where’d you get it?” “Thanks. This hat’s from Connecticut.” “I didn’t know they had cowboy hats in Connecticut.” “They have cowboy hats everywhere.” “Fair enough.” “It was hot and it was sunny and we were driving through Connecticut and there it was.” “I betcha got some stories with that hat. That seems like the type of hat that gets… Read More

“That’s an awesome pendant.” “Thanks, I got it at the Rainbow gathering.” “Where was the gathering?” “Vancouver. It was the World National. I like following family. I’m from Portugal and I’ve been traveling so-” “Where else have you been?” “Everywhere. Most recently South America. What about you?” “I live here. I wander around talking to interesting people like you.” “Thanks man, I’m Luis.”… Read More

“You try juice.” “What kind is it?” “Earth fruit. Chinese fruit.” “What’s it taste like?” “It’s sweet. Good for you. This one coconut.” “Cool, looks good. I like juice. Like being healthy.” “…” “How long have you had the juice shop?’ ”…“ "How long have you had this store? When did you open it?” “…January. No much English.” “Cool, can I take your… Read More

While walking past Cafe Trieste I spotted this handsome young man and said, “That’s a sharp hat sir. You look like you know a few things about this hood.” “This is my spot, I’m here 5 days a week. Where you from?” “I live here, over in Hayes Valley. I don’t make it to this neighborhood much-” “This is the neighborhood you should… Read More

“What brought you to San Francisco?” “I moved out here from back east after art school.” “What kind of art do you make?” “I paint mostly, been getting into some watercolor.” “Where do you get your inspiration from?” “I draw it a lot from colors and patterns around me. Just…everyday life. It’s hard to say exactly. Things I focus on. Lately it’s been… Read More

“That’s such an awesome headband! And I love your shoes too! Can I take your picture?” “Mmm…okay.” “Thanks. So what do you want to be when you grow up?” “…” “Okay, well what do you like to do now?” She started spinning in a circle and laughing. Read More

“You guys are looking fly.” On right – “Thanks, I’m Brittany.” left – “Leah.” “Garry, what do you guys do in the city?” “Well both of us have a really strong passion for children, right now I’m on the advisory board for an orphanage called Tamu Orphans in Africa. It’s about 100 miles outside of Kisumu, Kenya. I went to school for photography,… Read More

“I really like your hair.” “Thanks.” “Mind if I take your picture?” “No, I don’t mind.” “What do you do here in the city?” “I’m in school for interior design.” “Why is interior design important to you?” “Your environment has big effect on you, so a lot of thought should go into where you spend your time.”… Read More

“Beautiful day isn’t it?” “Gorgeous.” “How’s your weekend going?” “Pretty good, did some karaoke with some friends last night. They’re like karaoke fanatics, and this place is old, it’s called Val’s, it’s off of Junipero Serra Blvd. in Daly City. It stands alone on this hill and the only buildings around it are closed down, it’s dark. It’s old school. It’s a restaurant… Read More

“How’d you end up in San Francisco?” “I moved here in 2001 to go to art school but it didn’t pan out so now I teach art to little kids. I take care of about 30 kids in the neighborhood.”… Read More

“What are you guys up to today?” “We came down from Sacramento to hear Mac Demarco.” “Cool, I’ll check him out. Do y’all wanna move here?” “Yeah, we love it here.” “What do you wanna do when you get here?” on left – “I wanna be a web designer.” on right – “I want to be a nurse." … Read More

“What’s your thing in the city?” “I make trippy sunglass called PrizmEyez. They make all the lights you look at turn into prisms.” “How’d you come up with that idea?” “I was watching Paul McCartney at Coachella in 2009 and I realized I needed to turn the world into a psychedelic rainbow.” http://www.prizm-eyez.com/… Read More

“What do you like to do in the city?” “I’m a dancer at the American Conservatory.” “Oh that’s so cool. How do you feel when you dance?” “What can I say, I’m happy. I’ve got a good life.”… Read More

This woman came up holding several copies of the homeless paper Street Sheet. When she got to the bench I was sitting at she said “Hi, my name is Cynthia.” “Garry.” “How are you?” “Good.” “This paper is published to inform people about homelessness, and what it does is give me a personal choice. Instead of sitting on the sidewalk with some old… Read More

“You guys look so happy. What’s your favorite thing about her?” on right – “Her smile.” “And what about your favorite thing about her?” on left – “Everything.”… Read More

“How’d you end up in San Francisco?” “I moved here from North Carolina in 1979 because I was a fuck up back on the east coast. Can’t keep doing the same ole thing and expecting things to change. Father said it was time to come, and I listened. And ever since, things have been right. But you can’t just worry about yourself. You… Read More

“How’d you end up in San Francisco?” “Well I moved up here for high school and after that I started going to school to be a nurse, but my grades weren’t good enough, so I switched my major to graphic design. I like styling things so it works.”… Read More

“That’s a sharp hat sir! Is that a rattlesnake?” “Sure is, this hat’s a classic.” “You stay in this neighborhood?” “Yessir, you can find me from Hayes to Grove. Lived here 30 years.” “How has it changed?” “Eh, I’d say at this time of the evening there’d be about 2-300 sailors up and down here. Had a lot of jazz clubs down here,… Read More

“Awesome hair!” “Thanks.” “Is there a story behind it?” “Nah, just doin it for fun.” “Well do you know any good jokes?” “No, but I know some bad ones.” “Let’s hear one.” “Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “To.” “To who?” “To whom.”… Read More

“Those are beautiful clothes, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that style before. Did you make them?” “Yeah, I did.” “Do you design clothes?” “Not professionally, I just try to make stuff I feel comfortable in. I’ve tried to wear clothes that everyone else wears, but I just feel awkward. If I was gonna take some corporate job where I had to dress… Read More

I was walking through Yerba Buena Gardens and there was a Filipino Day Festival going on. Live music, Filipino cuisine and art everywhere. This guy had a booth where he was selling his art. It was people made up of traditional Filipino foods. It was colorful and embodied the spirit of the festival. After looking through his art I said, “This is really… Read More

“You guys have great style!” “Thank you! We’re both into vintage so it works.” “What do you do for fun in the city?” “We love to go dancing. That’s where we met. Tuesday nights at the Verdi club. So much fun!”… Read More