Alcatraz

It's amazing to see the detail from a distance across the bay. Of course there is more to see, but somehow this has a clarity few other drawings from the book achieve.

Off Brand

The matter of the stereo is one of some difficulty. First Judas says that he can come up with a stereo and he does, this. Years later Michael says the same thing and the same thing happens: Big Box rules. This scene also features a mushroom lamp, a Parson's table from the dime store and flokati rug. These days, this space looks rather more occupied. The just-get-it-done junk truck would have a field day in this very spot.

Den

Life as a young couple with a house free and clear is good. We have a den (Bedroom 1) outfitted with Trinitron from Top of the Hill in Daly City, a bookcase made of particle board Patti painted with sticky white paint, a pedestal from Lero, some sort of wood balustrade sand blasted so the grain shows and dyed blue, Indian ivy, a designer soft red plastic stool with a designer blue plastic coffee cup, a designer red painted steel tube sofa/trundle bed with yellow fabric from Joe Molloy--what's not to like? Youth, uncluttered white, modern, no kids and chaos yet.

Tags: designer, free-and-clear

Palace of Fine Arts

For a while, the Palace of Fine Arts was being completely rebuilt. The Dead have a short history, and there is a good Wikipedia article with a link to a longer history.

Tags: Dead, history

Numero Uno

I started this sketchbook during my lunch hour several lives ago. Credit Bud Thon and Nick Hamill for not being overly strict about what constitutes a lunch "hour." Dates will come as we find them, but they'll be rare. Cats are timeless. This looks like a picture of a woman waiting for the bus under trees. Location San Francisco. The streetlight has a particularly graceful curve to it. The Black Cat developed this simple method of linear shading and followed its lead.

Tags: woman, streetlight, greenery