Hard Knox Cafe

Since I've been covering the Dogpatch for my story, I've gotten to know a few good eats around the area. Hard Knox Cafe is fantastic. Love, love, love the potatoes. Slash the omelet was hella bomb. 

Serpentine

Located in The Dogpatch District of San Francisco. A modern warehouse looking restaurant with great but expensive cocktails. Doesn't the bartender look like Justin Timberlake? Well  I think so.

Mission Bay

The new UCSF campus Mission Bay, San Francisco.

a day at Haight

A couple of graffiti art on the walls of Haight Street, San Francisco. 

Either came from Britain, Australia or Japan. My bet is Britain. 

Castro

Castro, San Francisco - 12.10.08

MILK

"His life changed history. His courage changed lives."

The film is based on the true story of the struggle and achievements of Harvey Milk.

After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board [imdb].

This film is TOO GOOD and it's definitely a must see. The cast was perfect and the acting was just amazing. Overall the film did the subject justice and was very visually moving from the way it was filmed.

[James Franco HOTNESS]

Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk's real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.

As I stepped out of the Castro theatre after watching the film, I felt the change that took place at the exact same spot I was standing. This is where history happened and the struggle is not yet over. The film and its message parallels the events that are happening today with the whole Prop 8. During the film, the gays where fighting for their civil rights during the 1970s...decades later we are still fighting for that same right as well as the right to marry. It takes time...it takes time. So as we wait for that time to come...what will you do?

Dia De Los Muertos

Here's a couple of shots that I took from Dia De Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead down in the Mission on September 2. Interesting how I thought this was a vastly Latino celebration but from what I saw ... was more whites than people of color celebrating it. More drunks than people chillin' and remembering their dead. I don't know, I just felt like it was another excuse for people to party in the Mission [I swear I saw at least a couple of folks on something] or another form of what gentrification is doing to this neighborhood.

To end the night, I had to walk around for an hour trying to find my car. Found it when my classmate had to drive down to the Mission to pick me up and drive me around to look for it ... it so happened to be parked only a block away. WTF Trina!

LoveFest 2008

It felt like God cleared the day for LoveFest. Fearing that it was going to rain on us that day, we all went despite the obvious weather. To our surprise ... it totally cleared and ended up being a bomb ass day for good love and music!

No afterparty this year but I could of gone after hearing that people were able to just walk in. 

San Francisco + drank + herb + beats + good vibes = SCORE! <3