INSPIRATION

DO: The Dirt on Dorian Grey at Counter Pulse

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Local artist Samantha Giron isn't afraid to bring up the uncomfortable questions: Career or children? Sex or security? Now or Later? Settle or Fly Away? In her dance program The Dirt on Dorian Gray, she blends contemporary, street dance, electronic music and interviews conducted during her research to talk about up the uncomfortable truth: the Peter Pan Syndrome we all have, in one way or another, here in San Francisco.

I've seen her work a few times and I am always amazed by the choreography and sound scores. Every time I leave in deep thought about my own human experience. The show starts this Friday, July 19th at Counter Pulse, one of my venues -- it's intimate setting helps to connect you as a vistor to the performers and other attendants alike. Do check it out.

Buy Tickets here ($15 - $20) The Dirt on Dorian Gray Samantha Giron Dance Project Show runs JULY 19-21, FRI-SUN at 8PM CounterPULSE 1310 Mission Street (at 9th Street in SoMa) San Francisco, CA 94103

DO: Adobe Books Backroom Gallery Opening

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Adobe Backroom Gallery at 24th Street

Come to the first Adobe Books Backroom Gallery show at 24th street! Opening Saturday, July 13th from 7pm - 11pm.

Curated by Calcagno Cullen and artwork by Benjamin Perkins Burke, Tammy Rae Carland, Christian Davies, Susan O'Malley, and Erik Otto.

Adobe Books 3130 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Showing July 1st - August 23rd, 2013

Adobe Books Backroom Gallery -- Susan O'Malley -- Etxe

Wanderlust Wednesdays: Haight-Ashbury

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https://vimeo.com/69580857 Travel time from the mission: About 20-30 minutes on the bus, depends on how crowded the bus is. Ideal trip length: 5 hours. Nice to haves: a tolerance for groups of people with dogs. Directions: Take the 33 from 18th and Valencia and get off on Haight and Clayton, walk to Ashbury.

Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

Today, a stroll down (upper) Haight is more of an exercise in consumerism and dodging tourists than anything else, but there's still something in the air--besides the smell of pot--that reminds you of its hippie history. I always get a little claustrophobic when I am over there, and I wonder what it would have been like had I been able to stroll 30 or 40 years ago. I probably would have felt the same, but maybe I would be a little less uptight about it.

Wander over sometime to experience what it's like today. It's so close if you live in the city, and worth a stop if you are in town for a visit.

Have you been to Haight-Ashbury? What did it remind you of?

02 The Dead on Haight, 1967 by Herb Greene

Ohio to San Francisco, 1967 by Herb Greene

Ohio to San Francisco, 1967 by Herb Greene

Drogstore Cafe (view from Masonic) 1398 Haight Street. 1967. Now Magnolia Pub & Brewery. San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Golden Gate Park, 1967 Dennis L. Maness Summer of Love Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Inspiration: my neighborhood

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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.Honoré de Balzac 

Mission, San Francisco

It is easy to forget where you are when you are going about the day-to-day. I sometimes forget how amazing my neighborhood is and how much inspiration I get from it everyday. Here's peak at things I see all the time from my point of view.

When was the last time you took a look around where you live? The things you pass by daily?

myneighborhood-Etxe-Stephanie Echeveste