san francisco weekend

Arrived in Frisco around 6'oclock in the evening.  Since me and Darah had to work Thanksgiving Day, we were not in a good mood to wake up early to trek out to Frisco.  We also made 3 rest stops en route to the bay, so that killed our time as well.  As we arrived at our hotel, we quickly freshened up and headed to SF Warfield to see Fiona Apple.  The Warfield was a walk away from our hotel, so it was fun to walk to the concert like city dwellers.  It was exciting at first until we  reached  to Market Street;  gosh, the street is scary.  It is filled with bums, drug dealers, addicts, a whole lot of dodgy people; I didn't have my bubble (car) to feel safe.  There were many concert goers as well, so we didn't feel so alone amongst the dodgy people.  I had a lot of fun at the concert.  Fiona sang very well and it was to be expected because her voice is amazing in her albums.  The only thing that sucked about the concert was the venue.  The Warfield is pretty rundown, yet they have gazillion ushers who were so strict about taking pictures.  I had my camera taken away by some rough woman who looked like she smelled.  Bitch took my camera, hence no concert pics.  The heifer's attitude didn't deter away the fun I was having at the concert, so there!

The next day was dedicated to shopping and more shopping.  H&M opened this month in San Fran, so we were both excited to see what they had.  So excited that we stayed in the store for 3 hours!  There was a line for everything.  A line to get inside the store, try on things, and buy.  It was madness in there!  I would have been pissed if I didn't walk out with at least one article of clothing.  No worries, I have a Christmas outfit and a New Year's blouse, and no plans for any of these holiday events (at least I am prepared).  Ended the long day with dinner at Cha Cha Cha's in Haight Street and a cafe con leche in Little Italy.  It was a nice weekend to get away from L.A.

the brewery

Another Arstyfartsy Sunday

I read an article in the Real Estate section of the L.A. Times last week about a community in downtown L.A. which consists of loft spaces in old industrial buildings. The place is called Brewery Art Colony. The majority of the tenants are artists and the rent is surprisingly low. The whole area caters to artists and encourages it's tenants to live a creative lifestyle. They had an art walk, which means they opened up their lofts for strangers to see their art and what they did with the space. I am always interested in things to do that does not require alot of money, hence, the art walk was free (even the parking).

The buildings were more exciting than the art. I just love the industrial look and the big windows that features in each loft space. The place has a bridge that takes you from one building to the next. It was so much fun to walk around and inside the buildings. At first, I was shy to go into a loft because I felt I was envading their privacy. They were all very nice and welcoming, but it still felt weird. As for the art, I only saw a couple of styles I liked. The sculpture of the lady is by Adam Kurtzman. I thought his stuff just stuck out the most. He really distorted the woman figure and resembled it into a gnome. I love this chair made out of bathroom pipes. Oooh.. how I love chairs. This brings me to an artist in the colony whose subject matter were chairs. It was irritating to see the same chair painted over and over again. I give her credit since I saw a painting of an Eames rocking chair. The chair is genius! I was also searching for graphic designers and illustrators living in the colony. Unfortunately, there were so many loft spaces, I didn't even see all of them. There were mostly fine artists and lots of abstract work. And yes, so many Art Fucks! "I am depressed... I want to kill myself".. blah blah blah. Take Prozac and get over it!

I also caught the sun setting in downtown L.A.

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