Today’s Look: Liza, 22nd Street and Valencia
Tell us about your look: “I like to keep it simple with a little flair.”
Ariel Soto-Suver
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Today’s Look: Cari, 24th Street and Noe
Tell us about your look: “This skirt is Hard tail that I borrowed from my best friend.”
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Today’s Look: Charlotte, 24th Street and Castro
Tell us about your look: “I ride, so I’ve been wearing these boots all week.”
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Today’s Look: Alexandra, 24th Street and Church
Tell us about your look: “I wear a lot of black, but I like to keep it simple with a splash of red.”
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Today’s Look: Nookkie, Bannan and Green
Tell us about your look: “I got this hat from a festival in San Francisco. I’m from Thailand.”
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Today’s look: Shan, Washington Square Park
Tell us about your look: “I got this skirt at a street fair in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and it always comes out on special occasions.”
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Today’s Look: Mika and Howie, Market and Castro
Tell us about your look: “No comment.”
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Today’s Look: Kristen, Post and Grant
Tell us about your look: “I just got these boots on Haight Street yesterday.”
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Today’s Look: Kathy, Powell and Ellis
Tell us about your look: “I just throw on whatever’s around.”
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Today’s Look: Julie, Union Square
Tell us about your look: “I wear clothes that go with my skin tone.”
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Today’s Look: Lauren, Castro and Market
Tell us about your look: “I like color. These shoes are sexy but comfortable.”
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Today’s Look: Meryl, Columbus and Vallejo
Tell us about your look: “When in doubt, think French.”
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Today’s Look: Aurora, Green and Grant
Tell us about your look: “Brighter is always better!”
Live Shots: Keane, Fox Theater, 7/20/2010
Imagine you were on a long summer road trip and hours have passed.
A perfect go-to group to pop in would be Keane. Its music is hypnotic, and with the windows rolled down, wind blowing through your hair, they make perfect companions to sing along to on the open road.
There are so many awesome British bands and Keane is definitely one of them. As part of their Night Train tour, Keane performed Tuesday night to an ecstatic audience at the Fox Theater in Oakland. The band has a very lively, almost goofy, energy about them, making them fun to watch as they bounce across the stage. Keep a keen ear on this band. And now I gotta know … what else is on your road trip mix?
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Today’s Look: Maryanne, Civic Center Farmers Market
Tell us about your look: “I got these legwarmers from Wallgreens. I got these Rocket Dog Mules in 2001 and I’ve done everything to preserve them, including taking a hot glue gun to them!”
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Today’s Look: Yuichi, Powell and Ellis
Tell us about your look: “I like comfortable fashion.”
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Today’s Look: Perpetua, Harlan and Grant
Tell us about your look: “Eclectic — a mix of styles.”
Anticuchos and picarones spice up Festival de Comida Peruana
Anywhere you go in the world, people like to eat. This weekend there were a lot of people in the Civic Center doing just that, but they were all eating Peruvian food.
There were abuelitas slurping down huge bowls of steaming soup, and kids chowing down on anticuchos (grilled meat on a stick) and piping hot picarones (Peruvian doughnuts made with pumpkin and sweet potatoes). Beyond the large amounts of food and huge lines, there was also live entertainment to enjoy, including salsa music and traditional Peruvian dancing. Being the first annual Festival de Comida Peruana, it was impressive to see such a large and enthusiastic turn out. It seemed like everyone had a great time, and no one, I suspect, left with an empty stomach. Buen provecho!
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Today’s Look: Nicole, Green and Grant
Tell us about your look: “Wear something alive that has a nature item in it. I also have a fashion blog called Fashion Forestry.”
Live Shots: Michael Franti and Spearhead, Greek Theater, 7/16/2010
Michael Franti‘s music has the incredible ability to create instantaneous community and love wherever he’s performing.
His music is brimming with inspiring lyrics and powerful messages, along with infectious beats and rhythms that make it impossible to not start dancing. It’s rare for a musical artist to be so talented at singing and performing while simultaneously working as a strong social activist for world peace. Beside traveling to the Middle East to perform for soldiers, Franti is constantly working in the name of peace, bringing together artists and activists from around the globe to our very own Golden Gate Park each September for the annual Power to the Peaceful concert. If you haven’t been to this festival, you must go. It’s amazing.
As was the concert this weekend at the Greek Theater, which included lots of audience participation as Franti swam his way through the packed crowd. Franti and Spearhead have a new album coming out in September titled The Sounds of Sunshine and after hearing a few tracks at the show this weekend, it’s bound to be a smash hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QepB4ZXX0
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Today’s Look: Micki, Jasper and Union
Tell us about your look: “I got my coat at a food market in Paris.”
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Today’s Look: Kristina, Union Square
Tell us about your look: “This is a ‘going to meet the boyfriend’s family for the first time’ outfit.”
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Today’s Look: Katrin and Kristoffer, Bannan and Green
Tell us about your look: “We’re from Denmark.”
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Today’s Look: Katelyn, Grant and Green
Tell us about your look: “This is my favorite dress. I’ve had it for six years.”