Babies?
I was walking from Potrero to the Mission yesterday and came across an empty car seat, facing out toward my neighborhood and I wondered, is it true? Are babies coming to the Mission? It’s a...
View ArticleSwan (aka the Pigeon Whisperer, John Ratliff) by Troy Holden
Somehow I didn’t know that Troy Holden has a tumblr. It’s full of gems like this breathtaking shot of local pigeon whisperer Swan, and I don’t know why he isn’t racking up thousands of “likes” per...
View ArticleFlash mob organizing at Atlas Cafe today to simultaneously stare at laptops
This just in from blues/ragtime guitar genius and national treasure Craig Ventresco: Bring your own laptop to join in the fun. Or, if you wanna watch the music, you will not be disappointed. Craig...
View ArticleSparkly sidewalks
Readers Nick and Sarah wrote in with an interesting question: On Valencia, most of the new sidewalk (roughly 15th to 20th st) has an excellent sparkly nature to it. Something has been mixed into the...
View ArticlePica Pica wall keeps changing
But these guys are not half-assing it. Solid art. Kevin sees the new piece as homophobic, depicting Dan Plasma as a feminine tiger (sitting on flowers, long eyelashes). We know there’s controversy...
View ArticleDrama Talk & Drinks: Shout-Out
We’re finally getting back to the theater! Excited to see Faultline Theater’s Caveman Play tonight! When I read the description that: “when you arrive, you will enter into a cave. In a cave, there are...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Mineola Twins –“Ridiculously relevant”
Fall theater season is upon us, which means lots of great new shows to see around the Bay Area. Cutting Ball Theater’s first show of their 17/18 season just opened at the Exit Theater on Taylor. The...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Role Call –“Am I supposed to be impressed with how...
We have never seen a show from the company FoolsFURY so we were excited to learn about their new show Role Call, which is comprised of two new one-woman shows by local theater artists. The first piece...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Disney’s Aladdin –“All flash and no substance.”
A Disney caravan rolled into town this week, with the opening of the Broadway tour of Aladdin at SHN’s Orpheum Theater. It’s a favorite childhood movie for both of your DT&D columnists, so we...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Totes Blessed –“we’re kinda ‘basic bitches'”
It’s good to to be able to laugh at ourselves, especially our #bestlife Instagram personas. Which is what drew us to Totes Blessed the new sketch show by Chardonnay Comedy now playing at PianoFight....
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Saturday Night –“Such a dick”
We’re always up for a Saturday night of musical theater. When we heard local theater company, 42nd Street Moon, was putting on a Stephen Sondheim musical we hadn’t heard of before, called Saturday...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Disruption –“you go girl”
A few years ago DT&D interviewed AJ Baker, Artistic Director and Resident Playwright for Three Girls Theatre company (3GT). Despite loving her, and loving the concept behind 3GT (they only produce...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Gangster of Love –“Really f*cking long”
When we heard about the world premiere of The Gangster of Love, a new play by award winning author by Jessica Hagedorn, which tells her story of immigration from Manila to the Haight during the 1970s...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, & III)...
After five years of Drama Talk & Drinks, we realized we had never reviewed a show at one of the premiere theaters in SF, A.C.T. It seemed like a good time to start, particularly with opening of...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Color Purple –“Sing like a dream”
Ever since we saw the 2016 Tony Award performances of The Color Purple cast we’ve wanted to see this show. From the heart wrenching plot, to the big gospel voices, to Oprah’s love, we were excited to...
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Some recent portraits of people hanging out on sidewalks in the Mission
[All photos via Honey Jets]
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