Comments on: The World From Their Window http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:25:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: julie http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-82 julie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:22:15 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-82 It is a great neighborhood and worth visiting often. I definitely would love to see that woman again and maybe be fortunate enough to take her portrait! I had a feeling that you were the same Flickr contact... thanks for visiting here, too. It is a great neighborhood and worth visiting often. I definitely would love to see that woman again and maybe be fortunate enough to take her portrait! I had a feeling that you were the same Flickr contact… thanks for visiting here, too.

]]> By: Generik http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Generik Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:53:34 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-80 Julie -- I've also seen a woman with that same tattoo; in fact, I think I've seen more than one. It is a very cosmopolitan neighborhood, isn't it? As for pictures of the 'hood before the mosque, unfortunately, I'm afraid I don't have any. (I really wish I did, because the old mission sign was totally cool.) The mosque took over before I started shooting digital, and before I started seriously documenting my neighborhood and other parts of SF. BTW, you may know me better as Generik11 on Flickr, just in case you didn't recognize my handle. Julie –

I’ve also seen a woman with that same tattoo; in fact, I think I’ve seen more than one. It is a very cosmopolitan neighborhood, isn’t it?

As for pictures of the ‘hood before the mosque, unfortunately, I’m afraid I don’t have any. (I really wish I did, because the old mission sign was totally cool.) The mosque took over before I started shooting digital, and before I started seriously documenting my neighborhood and other parts of SF.

BTW, you may know me better as Generik11 on Flickr, just in case you didn’t recognize my handle.

]]> By: julie http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-67 julie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:34:22 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-67 I call it luck. ;-) I call it luck. ;-)

]]> By: brad http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-65 brad Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:21:55 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-65 You definitely have the eye for catching sweet moments! You definitely have the eye for catching sweet moments!

]]> By: julie http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-51 julie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:43:54 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-51 Hi Generik, I really appreciate your perspective as a resident of the neighborhood. You've inspired me to be over there on a Sunday. I once saw an elderly woman with a tattooed blue line running from her lower lip down her chin which someone told me was a Berber tattoo. If you have any photos of the way Sutter used to look before the mosque, let me know. I agree, your neighborhood is way cool. Hi Generik,

I really appreciate your perspective as a resident of the neighborhood. You’ve inspired me to be over there on a Sunday. I once saw an elderly woman with a tattooed blue line running from her lower lip down her chin which someone told me was a Berber tattoo.

If you have any photos of the way Sutter used to look before the mosque, let me know. I agree, your neighborhood is way cool.

]]> By: julie http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-50 julie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:41:52 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-50 Me, too. And the little one on the right. Me, too. And the little one on the right.

]]> By: Generik http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Generik Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:30:14 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-41 I live a block away from that mosque, and see the men in robes and keffiyehs every morning before sunrise as I'm heading out to work. They wear beards, sandals on their feet and skullcaps on their heads, and they look like they've just come in from riding across the desert. Occasionally -- especially on Sundays -- I'll see an entire family, or a mother (often in full, head-to-toe black burqa) herding her children to the mosque for services. And yes, the juxtaposition of the sushi restaurant and fetish shoe shop with the mosque -- which used to be a Christian mission; the sign once read, "JESUS is the light of the WORLD" -- is rather strange and wonderful. It's part of why I love this city so much. I live a block away from that mosque, and see the men in robes and keffiyehs every morning before sunrise as I’m heading out to work. They wear beards, sandals on their feet and skullcaps on their heads, and they look like they’ve just come in from riding across the desert. Occasionally — especially on Sundays — I’ll see an entire family, or a mother (often in full, head-to-toe black burqa) herding her children to the mosque for services.

And yes, the juxtaposition of the sushi restaurant and fetish shoe shop with the mosque — which used to be a Christian mission; the sign once read, “JESUS is the light of the WORLD” — is rather strange and wonderful. It’s part of why I love this city so much.

]]> By: stuart http://calibersf.com/2009/10/14/40/comment-page-1/#comment-9 stuart Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:24:11 +0000 http://calibersf.com/?p=40#comment-9 Love the middle girl's expression! Love the middle girl’s expression!

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