I remember seeing his work years ago in a coffee shop for sale. Doh! Now he has stuff at Target. You might have seen his work at Slanted Door. I like it, I am sure it is not hip to say that, but it reminds me of surf board or skateboard art in a lot of ways. More info.
Somebody actually built a house of of Lego, but you can’t tell me that demolishing it wasn’t the funnest part.
Took this picture off the back patio. As the inland areas cool off, the fog retreats and San Francisco starts our version of summer.
I love this artist’s work. I am going to her opening in Oakland tonight.
989 40th St. (at Linden), Oakland, CA 94608.
Saturday, September 12th: open evening 5PM – 9PM.
Sunday, September 13th: open studio 11AM – 6PM.
www.bella-art.com
bellabigs@yahoo.co.uk
510-331-6298
Are you a true Potrero Hillan? If so you will know how to answer these questions:
1) What famous person use to be on the mural by Bottom of the Hill?
a) Cyril Magnin
b) Otis Redding
c) Cesar Chavez
d) OJ Simpson
2) What use to be in the space that Chez Papa is currently?
a) A Mexican restaurant
b) A bookstore
c) A shoe store
d) An ice cream shop
Bonus Round: What use to be in the space that Chez Mama use to be?
a) Just for You
b) Just for Two
3) What use to be by the Safeway?
a) A Piggly Wiggly
b) A Walgreens
c) An artist community
d) A used car sales lot
4) The video store near Goat Hill use to be called
a) Four Star Video
b) A pet shop called “Barker and Meowsky – A Paw Firm”
c) A furniture store called “Sofa So Good”
d) CaptainVideo
5) Which former or current Mayor lives in Potrero?
a) Mayor “Diamond” Joe Quimby
b) Mayor Adam West
c) Mayor Spamming Nuisance …I mean Gavin Newsom
d) Mayor Art Agnos
6) What could you hear when they were building the Giants Ballpark?
a) Dynamite
b) 49er fans protesting
c) Honking cars
d) Pounding of giant metal bars into the ground for months on end
7) What color was the water tower?
a) Green
b) Baby Blue
c) Pink with fur
d) Off white
What was the name of the deli that use to be in Potrero and is still at the airport?
a) Belly Deli
b) Deli cious
c) Klein’s
d) East Coast West Delicatessen
9) What type of bird gathers on telephone wires at sunset and what do they do?
a) Parrots, chortle
b) Black birds, sing
c) Crows, mate
d) Dodos, Gah faw
10) Which neighborhood has the best weather, easiest access to 101/280 and the coolest people?
a) SOMA
b) Potrero Hill
c) Mission
d) All of the above
e) All of the above, but b) being the best because of the views.
Fits perfectly, almost like the car was tailored for the driveway.
Featured in this month’s Met Home…this Marin Eichler is amazing….get a copy now!
If you run your own business it can be very difficult to get a refinance right now even if you make a lot of money. A recent article in the Chronicle tells the story of two Bay Area professionals who with 300K in combined income could not get a refinance. Also, be aware that if you have two loans, and you refinance one, the other will have to provide a subordination. Due to processing backlog, this can take eight weeks or more. So make sure you work with somebody who can freeze your rate and get extensions for you at no cost.
One way around the self-employment is have regular payroll through a service like ADP and just get a regular paycheck like your employees do. You might have to do a C Corp or LLC formation to make this work.
(Undocumented income makes it hard to get a loan - Thursday, July 9, 2009, Sfgate.com)
Hope SF will replace some 1,500 units of existing public housing at three developments: Sunnydale, Westside Court in Western Addition and Potrero Hill. This will have a huge impact on the surrounding home values and also improve the quality of life by getting rid of the penal colony look and feel and replacing them with buildings that will look more like San Francisco. This is great for both the current project residents and the low income families who will be able to buy properties in these developments. Houses surrounding the area will most likely go up in value as the current level of urban blight will reduce and the area will become more livable in general.
Potrero Hill is especially interesting. Over the last few years we’ve added a Whole Foods, light rail, and many new restaurants and shops. There are tons of biotech and UCSF related jobs coming on line in the Mission Bay, and Potrero is the logical fit for people wanting to live near work.
