Archive for the ‘Contemporary Culture’ Category
December 22, 2012

The only way we can figure out to “collect” slap art is to take photos. Do any art dealers sell slap art? If so, who, where? Posting may be restricted during the next few days when our source to the Internets may be severely restricted.
Tags:Art collecting, Berkeley CA, Slap Art
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November 27, 2012

We got a lot of hits on a photo of a (right hand drive) deuce roaster with flames paint job which we saw at SummerNats2009, so when we saw this deuce coupe with a flames paint job at the San Francisco Car Show on Thanksgiving Day of 2012, we just had to take a picture.
Tags:Car show, Deuce coupe, Flames paint job, San Francisco CA
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October 25, 2012

How can a fan of the Rolling Stones show support for the Giants at AT&T Park?
We saw this T-shirt there Wednesday before the start of Game 1.

While looking at the wide variety of T-shirts on display by fans going to Game 1 of the World Series, we wondered when will an Art Museum ever present the first display of “T-shirts as Art”?
Tags:Fashions at Game 1, San Francisco CA, Stones fan fashion, T-shirts as Art
Posted in Beatniks, Contemporary Culture, Disposable Art, Journalism, Museums, T-shirt-spotting | Leave a Comment »
October 16, 2012

Seen Monday Oct 15, 2012 in San Francisco CA.

It’s not every day that you see the Cal Berkeley band on one of San Francisco’s world famous cable cars.
Tags:Cal Berkeley band, San Francisco CA, UCB, unusual music venue
Posted in Beatniks, Contemporary Culture, Feature Photo, News Photos, Old snapshots, On the road, Paparazzi Photos, Photogaraphy, Streetcar spotting, Tourist Attractions, Tourist Cliche Photos | Leave a Comment »
September 12, 2012

“Take me to your leader . . . fast!”



This beauty (seen on the streets in Freo) has an American style left hand drive.
Tags:Deuce truck, Freo Flashback, GTO, SummerNats 2009
Posted in Car-spotting, Cars, Classic car spotting, Contemporary Culture, Hot rods, Tourist Attractions, Travel Photography | Leave a Comment »
August 19, 2011



We went down to Monterey CA to take a look at some of the cars that are in that city this weekend for all kinds of fun and frivolity. We posted a column about our adventures
http://www.opednews.com/articles/That-s-the-way-a-car-colle-by-Bob-Patterson-110819-966.html
Tags:Alberto Ascari, Concours weekend, Monterey CA, World's Laziest Journalist
Posted in Cars, Classic car spotting, Contemporary Culture, Ferrari-spotting, News Photos, On the road, Photogaraphy, Tourist Attractions, Travel Photography | Leave a Comment »
June 16, 2011




The Hearts around Union Square in San Francisco have been changed.
The Hearts are decorated by various local artists and used to emphasize the city’s tourist attractions and artistic heritage. They provide perfect backgrounds for tourist shots. The one on the Southwestern (?) corner of Union Square can be photographed from the inside of Union Square and thus provide the tourists with some famed cable cars adding more local color to the background.
Tags:Hearts, Left my heart in SF, San Francisco CA, Union Square
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