One minute of Pride

The Pride flags are out in full force in SF. I find SF Pride to be kind of lame and dopey, if you really want to know the truth. I don't take part in any of the festivities, which are mostly about promoting gay-friendly brand names. I do love a flag blowing in the wind, though.
- Lana

Down On The Corner

Just hanging on the corner of Jessie and New Montgomery, watching the lunch crowd.
- Lana

The Things One Stumbles on in an American City

I heard the music as soon as I left my job this afternoon, and followed the sound to an alley that leads to one of SF's most elegant hotels. An Indian wedding procession. Truly joyous. I took lots of footage, but I like this bit the best.
- Lana

American Booty

Perfect for this bleak corner of SF: a plastic bag not flowing free in the wind, but trapped around a television antenna, atop some strange, storefront church, struggling to break free. Plastic bags, btw, are now illegal in SF.
- Lana

Beach Horses

Had the day off, and spent a chunk of it at the ocean. Perfect thing to do in the middle of the week.  watched the mounted police giving their horses some exercise.
- Lana

The Wheels on the Bus

This project is forcing me to take note of just how much time I spend riding buses, especially around Lake Merced, which has got to be the prettiest bus route in SF.
- Lana

Judah

I wait for the bus on this corner every work day. It's bleak and depressing. I've seen lots of ugliness here: fights, public drunkenness, people vomiting, public drug use by young people with children. On the flip side, it's also just a few hundred yards from beautiful Ocean Beach, and there are often surfers and nice old ladies.
-Lana

Ham Salad and Lays Potato Chips

I've seen Tyson and Tim on this corner since 2006, when I first started working here. We talk just about every day. They're more neighbors to me than anyone who lives in my building. Really decent guys. I asked if I could include them, since they're definitely part of my day. They were happy to oblige.
-Lana