December 23, 2011 In California, we received brilliant flowers in exchange for acceptance of unchanging, slightly-too-cool weather that evades both winter and summer. Somewhere in the hills over the city, the weather god who closed that deal holds a little piece of all our souls…

December 5, 2011 Designer office furniture takes a bold leap with this slightly used piece that features seating, drawers, and ample work space on opposite sides. I imagine two business partners who despise one another squeezing into their heavy 1950s vinyl-on-steel combat-grade chairs, calling separately…

November 16, 2011 The long arm of the ‘tute extends even to a tip-jar in a derelict Internet cafe somewhere up Divisadero, SF, CA. Perhaps this tip-jar was once part of a high tech experiment to save or destroy human lives. Now it humbly strides…

October 16, 2011

October 15, 2011 Saturday morning, nowhere in particular, nobody waiting for me. Can’t decide if I’m lonely or relieved.

October 15, 2011 The game did not go well for Arturo. His luck was bad generally, this much he had always known. But it was never bad like this - and never, ever, gambling on the ship. The only loaded dice on board - until…

September 6, 2011 Looks like trouble just pulled up, covered in dust, wearing tights and little soft slippers.

September 1, 2011 SF Pride would kick your ass if it didn’t think you were so damn hot.

August 30, 2011 A late summer evening, Union Square, NYC: blue collar chess wizards kicking the asses of everyone who sits down to play; kids on trick bikes, kids on skateboards, kids with soccer balls. School’s starting up and nobody wants to go indoors tonight.

August 29, 2011 Probably the loneliest photo I’ve seen on the Craigslist for-sale listings: Dining table with one chair I think that’s a bottle of Barefoot wine on top. Some nights he looks at it, thinking it “might go pretty good” with a Morton salisbury…