I found these hang tags at Flax Art & Design at 1699 Market St. when I was still in SF. I like them quite a bit since I have become semi-obsessed with birds. Actually, my dog hunted down a wild guinea and I took all of the feathers he pulled out in the [...]
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Pretty Bird
Posted in Books, Nature, tagged Birds on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, So Many Pretty Things
Posted in Books, Fashion, Vintage/Antiques on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry its been such a long minute since my last post, I’ve had visitors here in the city, and found it hard to blog in the midst of entertaining them. With that said, time for business. I was walking on Polk St. on Thursday and happened across a store (well, actually it’s two [...]
The Encyclopedia of Antiques
Posted in Books, Nature on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday night on Nob Hill is trash night which means there is always stuff sitting out next to the sidewalk waiting for a new owner to come along. My friend Nicole was walking home from Astronomy on Tuesday and found this book, The Complete Encyclopedia of Antiques, edited by L.G.G. Ramsey. The entire [...]
Life In The Mines
Posted in Books, Fashion, tagged Belle Epoque on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found these images in a book that was purchased at Argonaut Book Shop at 786 Sutter St. in San Francisco. The shop is full of rare books about many things with an emphasis on Western U.S. history. The book Life In The Mines; or, Crime Avenged contains several “thrilling adventures among miners [...]
