Espied in SF

Welcome to the inaugural posting of Espied in SF!

The idea for this blog has been running around in my head for the past few months. Its inspiration comes from such sites as Overheard in New York and Overheard in Dublin as well as Found Magazine. Additionally, local blogger and friend DDeThomas and his Painted Ground of San Jose Avenue blog has been an inspiration. I'm also intrigued by blogs such as Overheard Lines and In Passing... which actually deal with the Bay Area.

Since the demise of Confessions of a Restroom Attendant has arrived I feel that I should be continuing chronicling odd goings-on.

The main idea of this blog is to post overheard conversations, graffiti, strange sightings, leftovers from CoaRA, and other unusual, perhaps overlooked, parts of San Francisco. Yes, it is a mish-mash of things, but my hopes for this blog is to keep it from being too confusing. I plan on doing a lot of work myself, but I am trying to get contibutors as well. By contributors I mean I'm trying to cajole my friends into giving me some stuff to post.

Without further ado, let's get started, shall we?

The above picture was found on Drumm St., between Embarcadero Centers 3 and 4. From what I understand is this has been written by a fella named "King Crimson." He seems to be posting these odd essays all around the Financial District. I've seen a few on Battery Street, too. I couldn't pass these up when I saw them. I picked them up on Friday night in order to save them from the rain and record them for posterity. Anything that starts off with, "Hello Fellow Android" cannot be ignored.

I have more of these. Number two will be posted next Monday.

Thanks for stopping by!

Mark