I definately do not have royal wedding fever but I do have royal Corgi fever. Love the celebratory signage at Ted Baker this week. Corgis with bowties and pearls. I am so predictable.
Window Dressing: Royal Corgis
Hunky Jesus 2011
Reason #19,076 to love San Francisco:  Every Easter The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host the “Hunky Jesus” contest in Dolores Park. Basically it’s a search for the hottest Jesus impersonator. It pretty much fits in line with their Wikipedia entry, which notes that the organization “uses drag and Catholic imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirize issues of gender and morality.”  Unhhhh hunh…… is that what the contest is about?
Now I’d heard about this contest before, but never actually attended due to weather, etc. This year Ryan and I wandered over, and the entire park was PACKED. The park was wall to wall full of drunk and high people partying in clothes that I can only describe as “Easter Ravewear”. Imagine if the Mad Hatter worked for American Apparel and was on his way to church. Due to winter weather I haven’t seen Dolores in full party mode in months, and this was a pleasant/obnoxious surprise. Pleasant because I love to see people having fun in the park, annoying because I’m not a huge techno person.
It was so packed out that I abandoned all hope of meeting up with friends. I also couldn’t get any decent shots from the drag/burlesque performances or the actual contest, but I found this really great synopsis video on YouTube.
This is one of those events you have to file under “Only in San Francisco.”
Dengue Fever at the Fillmore
On Wednesday morning I woke up to an email from my friend Alyssa offering free tickets (via Habitat for Humanity) to Dengue Fever. It was really the best surprise you could ask for on a Wednesday.
The weather last night was horrible, really soggy and cold. Inside, however, everything was st-eeeeeeamy. I felt like I was back on the party boat in Saigon drinking cheap beers with my relatives and pondering the meaning of life. That’s really what I love about Dengue Fever. Even though the lyrics are in Cambodian, it reminds me of hanging out with my family in Asia, during the great “My Father is Dead Let’s Go Back to the Homeland” Tour of 2006. Music is funny like that.
!!! At the Independent
Last night on a whim Ryan and I decided to go see !!! (Pronounced “Chk chk chk” don’t ask me why). They were playing at the Independent, a music venue a couple blocks down from Ryan’s house. I’ve never seen this band before, but they were a lot of fun! You really got a love a band that pulls in not one, but two Prince covers into their set. The lead singer reminded me of my friend Joe- a mop of curly hair, a love for dancing, and a slightly Kevin Barnes-ish stage persona.
It was very hard to get any halfway decent pictures at the show because there was too much dancing! Think of the photos below as “impressions of a show.”
Window Dressing: Anthropologie
This month’s Anthropologie display is a forest scene made completely out of used (I hope) wine corks. Yes that entire weeping willow is made out of cork!
Here’s a closeup. It’s full of glare but you get the idea. Isn’t that awesome? I’m not a huge fan of Anthropologie’s clothes, but I always enjoy seeing how they outfit their windows.
