Tuesday, February 28, 2017

NEIGHBORHOOD OPENINGS 2017 (#3 in a series) – CALIFORNIA COWBOY


California Cowboy, a pricey women's clothing store,








has opened at 1841 Polk Street (I say 'pricey' because that's it's four- $$$$ description on Yelp).


Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/28/17

Saturday, February 25, 2017

OSCAR COUTURE












Window display by eiotown at Out of the Closet, 1498 Polk Street.



Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/25/17

Thursday, February 23, 2017

NEIGHBORHOOD OPENINGS 2017 (#2 in a series) – RUSTED MULE


Rusted Mule, a cocktail bar, 




above photo of bar interior downloaded from Yelp review, photographer unknown

has opened at 1217 Sutter Street.



Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/22/17

Friday, February 17, 2017

ORCHIDS


In the last few years, orchids have become a hobby of mine.

A few months ago, I found two orchids in the building trash, tossed out because they had stopped blooming. I took them in and repotted them in fresh bark in November 2016. This is what they looked like in December 2016:


December 2016




The one on the left had two bloom shoots at that time, but an accident caused one of them to break off. Fortunately, the other orchid had begun to grow a bloom shoot.


Late January 2017

These are the most recent photographs of both:

February 2017


I'll post updated photos if and when they bloom.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

BELATED VALENTINE'S DAY BLOG – HOMELESS HEART, BROWNIE'S HARDWARE



Once again for Valentine's Day, the heart-outlined locks on the cyclone fence





at the parking lot at Market and Van Ness have been repainted and renewed by anonymous individual(s) for another year. 


More locally, Brownie's Hardware 






had a very San Francisco Valentine's Day window display.




Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/15/17

Friday, February 10, 2017

NEIGHBORHOOD OPENINGS 2017 (#1 in a series) – CLINCAPTURE




Clincapture, a software firm that collects data for clinical trials, has opened at 1428 Bush Street.



Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/10/17

Monday, February 6, 2017

NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSINGS 2017 – FLOUR & CO (#2 in a series)



Flour & Co, which opened only a few years ago at 1030 Hyde Street,







has closed.

Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/6/17

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

NEIGHBORHOOD MURALS 2017 (#1 in a series) – MAKING A STATEMENT






Wall on Larkin Street between Turk and Eddy outside the Phoenix Hotel.



Copyright © by Chris Enquist 2/1/17