Art - The Canvas

Bowling-Themed Fiat Found Parked in Valencia's Gutter

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

MrEricSir spotted this baller (sorry) art car on Valencia the other day:

On my way to Four Barrel, I came across this rather, um, unusual bowling-themed art car. It was a little Fiat with bowling pins that went in and out of the side of the car.

The pins going in and out of the car is no joke.  Eric's video of it shows the pins twisting and oscillating in and out of the car, even while parked and shut off.  I'd imagine it is fantastic in bed.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

A Pixelated Dolores Park Sure Does Look Nice

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

I don't feature a lot of graphic design stuff over here.  That's not to say I don't appreciate good design, because I do, I just happen to also own a pirated copy of MS Paint and therefore hold design work to a high standard.  With that, this new work from Caryn Kesler is pretty rad.  Some may even throw that art word around.

Also, I don't happen to know if this technique is called pixelation or not.  I also happen to not give a shit.

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Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

This Guy Has Won the San Francisco Landmark Tattoo Game

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

In response to our previous post on Sutro tattoos still being rad, Geoff G. decided to throw his SF-centric quarter-sleeve into the mix.  Considering its expansive coverage of local landmarks (Sutro, Palace of Fine Arts, Transamerica Pyramid, Giant's Logo, Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, and walls of fog), and the fact it just looks sick, I'm going to have to go ahead and declare Geoff winner of the SF tattoo game.  I mean, pretty much the only thing that could be done to up the ante at this point is getting a giant portrait of Dirty Harry on your back, a cable car climbing up your ass crack, the Rice-A-Roni logo on your forehead, an IT'S-IT on each of your butt cheeks, or tattooing the San Andreas fault on your dick—all of which may or may not have negative effects on your sex life.  In short, nice job Geoff.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

The Mission Gets Sketchy

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Sketchcrawl recently rolled through SF and sketch artist Pete Scully spent the bulk of his time drawing the Mission, hitting up popular spots like New Mission Theatre, Dolores Park Cafe, Mission Dolores, and El Toro.  He also noted that “Valencia Street is full of art and artists, drink and drinkers, food and eaters, and interesting folk.”  Couldn't have said it better myself.

Be sure to check out all of Pete's prime sketches and the drawings from the other artists on the crawl.

Someone Finally Fulfilled My Dream of Knowing What a Squirrel Wearing Acorn Bling Would Look Like

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Not only do I now know that squirrels look pretty baller while rocking a “nutz” chain, but I can hang the portrait above my fireplace for a cool eight grand.

Anyway, this piece by Isabel Samaras is hanging on the wall of 111 Minna, so if you want to spend 2 months salary on a memepainting/look at the real thing and not a blurry photo of it, you know where to go.  Also, if you ever wanted to know what a squirrel wearing a chain while standing next to an old rapper wearing sexy librarian glasses and selling alcohol to minors looks like, we also have that covered.

The César Chávez Holiday Parade Sure Was Nice

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

If you missed the César Chávez Parade and Festival this weekend, you missed out on a bunch of dancing, live music, street eats, mural painting, and mayoral candidates begging for support (for more coverage on all this, check out Junk Thief and Bluoz).  While all that was fun, the real highlight of the day was the lowrider segment of the parade, particularly this Lincoln's paintjob.  Ignoring the irony of this vehicle honoring a man who fought for farm worker's rights and living wages, I can't help but look at this and be reminded of “Selleck Waterfall Sandwich”, only this is “Busty Women, Waterfall, Jermaine Dupri Lyric.”

A beautiful intersection of internet and lowrider culture, really.

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