May 2007
17 posts
moved along
Thanks for coming here to see what is up. For the latest postings from Kitsune please check out www.judykitsune.wordpress.com I’ve decided to move over to wordpress so I can get comments and a search functionality. See you there soon!
"lush life" for your next event
happy birthday mauro!
Mauro looks like a mad scientist here, playing the melodica, and he is of sorts. He is an innovative musician, artist of metal and paint, and magical builder.
cool game!
Here is the link: http://onemorelevel.com/games3/double-wires.swf Just found this on http://delee928.tumblr.com/. I feel like spider playing it -check it out and you’ll see what I mean. Warning addictive!
my favorite mother daughter dancing duo
I’m thinking of putting up photos I’ve taken of people I know every week. I have so many special friends that do so many interesting things that I’d like to feature them. I thought of Mallory and Tiana after writing about the Lakota women’s ceremony earlier in the week. I thought about this mother and daughter because they share so many things together - dance, cooking,...
surviving 7th grade
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doing it different
I just left Kaiser in Redwood City, feeling frustrated and drained this afternoon. As I was driving down Hiway 92 to Half Moon Bay, I tuned into KPFA 94.1 which was airing Bay Native Circle. On the radio I heard about a tradition which seems so far way from our current world and the one I was brought up in. As I listened to their experience, my frustration evaporated and thoughts of living...
WatchIn honor of May Day immigration marches I’m posting a trailer for “Romantico”, a documentary of two Mariachi muscians and their life in America and Mexico. I found it touching and heart-breaking and amazing.
SF May Day march
There is a march for solidarity of immigration and citizen workers today.
Tuesday, May 1, 12 noon Gather at Dolores Park, Dolores and 18th Streets (Mission District, 16th St. BART) March to Civic Center
Part of a national day of solidarity of immigrant and citizen workers demanding: * Stop the brutal ICE raids that are splitting families. * Stop the militarization of borders. No more deaths. *...
food in Pacifica?
Nona’s Kitchen 5450 Coast Hwy Pacifica, CA 94044 (650) 557-1455
Lisa took me out for a birthday dinner after we went to an art opening at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica. We had both been to Nona’s before, but not in awhile. I went there when I still lived in Pacifica, like approximately 3 years ago, and was not wowed, but they had just opened, so I was willing to take...
“Steal a moon on the water with a bucket. Keep stealing until no moon is seen on...”
– Yoko Ono - Grapefruit, A Book of Instructions and Drawings
April 2007
54 posts
thanks for the feedback
Muchos gracias to those of you who have sent me emails with feedback and encouragement. info@judyshintani.com
guerilla gardening: International Sunflower...
Why sunflowers? According to GuerillaGardening: It makes public space attractive Birds and bees love sunflowers too. Celebrate nature’s fertility. Assert guerrilla gardening as a positive, not destructive act. We need to grow them. Sunflowers are an eco-friendly source of fuel They make people smile (I added this one!)
Here’s How: You will need a packet of sunflower seeds and a bottle...
drug store gardening?
Who would have thought that Rite Aid would have seeds? And a deal too - 50% off on Ferry Morse seeds! I just bought seeds at Ocean Shore and HMB Nursey for the full price. They did have a few more speciality things - like seeds from Europe. Wish I would have found the sale at Rite Aid first though - so letting readers know so they can take advantage of it! They have potted plants too I got some...
“ALL THIS STUFF MADE WITH OIL: roofing paper, heart valves, crayons, parachutes,...”
– http://www.crudeawakening.org/AboutPeakOil.htm
a new world for me
You know how when you start researching or thinking about something it starts showing it up everywhere? Like maybe you want a certain car and then every other car that drives by is that car? Well since we started actually digging and seed gathering and planting, I’ve noticed that a lot of people are into gardening or starting a garden. Maybe there have always been a lot of home gardeners and...
“I want to beseech you…to be patient toward all that is unresolved in your...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Fun on Friday night with CCP
Ander and I went to the Coastside Children’s Programs benefit last night and had a real blast. Miss Taara surprised us with her talent as a live auctioneer. She was dressed in her lovely exotic outfit she brought back from one of her trips to Thailand. Met up with Clifford and Leslie too. Leslie had on her beautiful yellow flower brocaded long coat, handmade by her Lebanese friend who owns a...
How Weird Goes Green
I got a listing on my daily emailed squid list about the 8th Annual How Weird Festival which is happening May 6 in SF. Sounds educational and fun! So thought I’d pass it on. One of this year’s themes is Sustainable Technology. All seven dance stages will be run on bio-diesel this year. Recycling, composting, and educational materials will be provided by Green Mary, who is helping to...
WatchStop the clash of civilizations! Incredible video by Avaaz.org. It is a community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today. The aim of Avaaz.org is to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people shape global decisions. Avaaz.org members act for a more just and peaceful world and a globalisation with a human face.
Pepe's film Gateway of the Gypies, 4/28
Related to that Rajasthani show at the Asian Art Museum which I talk about earlier in my blog, our friends Pepe Ozan & Melitta Tchaicovsky’s film “Jaisalmer Ayo, Gateway of the Gypsies” is showing Saturday 28th at 3 pm in the Asian Museum,with a presentation and Q&A after the screening. This film is not to be missed and even if you have seen it before, it is worth...
Many exciting happenings 4/21 by hmbers
“What’s Up in the Universe?” a new, 60-minute film by Half Moon Bay filmmaker Susan Friedman that premieres this weekend at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. Packed with special effects and seven years in the making, the film tells the story of what’s going on now out in the solar system, said Friedman. It brings such highbrow disciplines as astronomy down to earth...
“the soul is a circle”
– Plato
A Cube, Like Mecca’s, Becomes a Pilgrim
I just saw this article in the art section of the NYTimes and flashed back to 2 years ago when we saw the proposal by German artist Gregor Schneider for this piece when we were in Italy. It was rejected in Venice due to the political nature of the cube. It was reflective of the black cube at the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca, known as the Kaaba. “Kaaba, which translates from the...
“Swim in your dream as far as you can until you find an island. Tell us results.”
– Yoko Ono from Grapefruit, A book of Instructions and drawings
“With age and experience, we surrender in a different way - to the deep enduring...”
– Charlotte Kasl
Art of India's Mewar Kingdom and Storytelling...
Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street (between Fulton and McAllister Streets) San Francisco, CA 94102 In the Civic Center district, across from City Hall A group of 8 of us met at the Asian Art Museum to see the Indian paintings, Japanese Bamboo sculpture, and the Indian Picture Telling performance on April 12. Magnifying glasses were provided for viewers so they could get a closer look. Seeing the...
“Calmness is power.”
– James Allen
Terrific Pakistani-Indian restaurant in SF
Lahore Karahi 612 O’Farrell x Leavenworth / Downtown San Francisco Tue - Sun: 11.00am - 11.00pm, Mon: 5.00pm - 11.00pm 415-567-8603 Update, 4/13/07 - after an evening at the Asian Art Museum, 7 of us came here for dinner. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. We cut back on the spicy factor and I felt this affected my liking the dishes as much. Some of the veggie dishes tasted alike....
What happened "After the War"?
After the Warby Philip Kan Gotanda Directed by Carey Perloff Fillmore Street. San Francisco. 1946. A place to call home? When more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II, San Francisco’s bustling Japantown suddenly became an urban ghost town. African Americans from the neighboring Fillmore District, rural whites from the Midwest, and other...
