Category Archives: Signage

Sight seen on MUNI Bus. Hot Guest Photo

Posted on June 30, 2011 by | 1 comment

Ah, the intrinsic ambiguity of the written word. Is that a hot photo or a photo from a hot guest contributor? They say it’s six of one and a half dozen of the other, but here at GH, we say it’s 100% x 2! Thank YOU to SMG for this one.

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Posted in Comics, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.

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Nabbed “Departed” Mob Boss Bulger = surprisingly HOT as a Young Thug…

Posted on June 30, 2011 by | 1 comment

1953 Boston Police - James "Whitey" Bulger

His early mug shots attest to a certain brooding criminal sexiness. Whitey Bulger, the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, was arrested in Santa Monica earlier this month. The 82 year-old mobster ran Boston’s south side for decades and was responsible for dozens of gangland killings. Jack Nicholson portrayed him in the movie.

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Posted in Boston, Crime, Film, History, Photography, Signage, Subcultures

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Stop him! He’s a photographer!

Posted on June 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Quick! Before he gets away! Seen at the entrance of the art department sub-gallery at Stanford. Stenciled onto a concrete retaining wall. Neat-O.

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Posted in Comics, Photography, Signage, Stanford University, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.

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The Dr Pepper Sutra

Posted on June 24, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Bigger than a housecat. Smaller than a lion. Dangerous, but bubbly and surprisingly refreshing! The Buddha Nature sharpens it’s claws.

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Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Collecting, Photography, Signage, Spirituality

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A Fruit Cow?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by | 2 comments

Seen on the awning of a shop on Mission Street in San Francisco, on my walk home tonight. Strange art for a Saturday night/Sunday morning…
(Also, note the “Like” sticker slapped on – Facebook-inspired graffiti?)
-AidanAbroad

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Posted in Food, San Francisco, Signage

NY Times Article: Chewing Gum Art in London

Posted on June 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Interesting article in the New York Times: artist Ben Wilson makes art out of tiny blobs of gum on London Sidewalks. You can read the article here.

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-AidanAbroad

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Posted in England, Europe, Signage, Skate and other boarding, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.

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How to Wear a Dress Like a Man

Posted on June 9, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Oops… I mean, a SARONG, not a dress.
Kabuki Springs (the Japanese baths in San Francisco is apparently worried that its male customers will feel insecure in their masculinity if they are expected to wear the same garment as the women who come there. So to compensate, Kabuki offers the male-sounding title of “Court Classic.” Humorous directions for achieving this style include such masculinity-affirming suggestions as “spread your legs wide” and “breathe.”
Seen in the locker room at Kabuki Springs and Spa in Japantown SF, which I highly recommend…the baths, that is. (Tuesday is coed; Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays are men-only, clothing-optional nights.)
-AidanAbroad

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Posted in Men, Photography, San Francisco, Signage

Grab some what?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by | 1 comment

Seeing this advertisement, with fit male baseball players’ crotches at eye level, beer was not the first kind of “bud” I thought they were suggesting that I grab. Nor did I think of “buddies.” A friend from Mendocino thought of green buds when he saw this. Quadruple entendre? Maybe even quintuple?
Seen at South Van Ness and Division Streets in SF.
-AidanAbroad

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Posted in Baseball, Men, San Francisco, Signage

Buy it online! 30 Years into the AIDS epidemic, HIV virus is decorative wall Art.

Posted on June 6, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Doubt the death of the author? At art.com, visitors can choose images from the library and preview them framed over the couch in a choice of living rooms or stretched over canvas above the toilet in the bathoom. It’s the ‘view-in-room’ option, a database-driven, semi-automatic and very interactive shopping experience. Most of their images are drawn from the visual arts canon, but they also offer medical stock photography and other arcane scientific and historical subjects, which make for some very strange interior design possibilities.  Pictured here: AIDS Virus, Black Background Photographic Print, 32′ x 24″ framed, displayed in the #2 children’s bedroom option. Get it here. Or not.

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Posted in AIDS, Collecting, Internet, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Sickness and Health, Signage, Strange News

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Stay Gay! SF’s Eagle Bar sprouts Critical Graffiti Wall – Big Slide Show

Posted on May 28, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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It has been  a few weeks now since the SF Eagle closed its doors. No bikes out front, no men inside, chained shut, it sits empty. But not silent. Its walls speak. In several languages, actually. Graffiti farewells and protests decorate the outside of the once vibrant gathering place. What comes next, no one knows. For more on the demise of the beloved San Francisco Leather bar, click here, here, here, and here.

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Posted in Activism, History, Leather, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc., Subcultures

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