i walked up telegraph hill, now that is a steep hill. i looked down towards the east bay, oakland in the distance, the bay bridge, the rooftops. I found a spot amid greenery and prim urban houses on vallejo, out of the sun and away from the wind, and drew the above with three different pens and some paints. Then I walked up towards Coit Tower, and drew the building below, covered in glorious neon pink flowers, the true colour of whihc i was woefully unable to capture (should have brought a highlighter pen). This was on Filbert street; no sign of Leicester City fans though. I also drew Coit Tower itself, not seen here, but it was getting just too windy for drawing, and so i marched back down down down downtown, went to virgin and bought the new art brut album, marched across the financial district for a bit to eat and a german beer in an old german pub called schroeder's, and journeyed back to davis. I'll tell you what, speaking of bright pink, I didn't put enough sunscreen on, because by the end of the day - and right now - I was glowing like a, like a, like, i was really glowing. I thought i was keeping out of the sun as well. that'll learn me. That, along with hours of walking up and down city hills, meant i was pretty tired by the time i was back on that train.
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3.7.07 05:47
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