this morning i headed off for a walk around land's end
mmmmm...
i am head over heels in love with all the launderettes! they're everywhere. this one has a bench out front which is nice after you walk up the hill. i've collapsed onto it several times already.
discovered this place while wandering
more zines than you can shake a stick at!
THIS little bakery has v.v. good love buns.
i went to FLAX today also. holy mother of art stores! thanks rhonda for telling me about it. can i send you my bill?
please?
needles and pens is awesome - i used to have some of my stuff sold there. super nice people!
Posted by: jill | Monday, April 02, 2012 at 06:36 PM
Mary Ann,
Isn't Flax the most amazing??? There's only one place I've been that might actually out-art it and that's the art store in Fort Walden, WA close to where Teesha Moore has held ArtFest. Can't remember the name at the moment. It's a Japanese name, I think...
Susan
Posted by: Susan Engleman | Monday, April 02, 2012 at 07:04 PM
FLAX! I was trying to remember the name of that store to tell you about! It IS amazing! Happy exploring! It is fun to see via your eyes/lens!
MWAAAA!
Posted by: Brian Kasstle | Monday, April 02, 2012 at 07:33 PM
Check out Mendel's Art Supplies on Haight, too. Just a few blocks from where I used to live -- behind the ginormous Victorian.
Posted by: connie rose | Monday, April 02, 2012 at 07:52 PM
FLAX!! Could you just die in that paper room?! I mean really - too, too amazing. What fun to go for your first visit - you must have been drooling the entire time.
Erin in Morro Bay
Posted by: Erin Perry | Monday, April 02, 2012 at 08:12 PM
haha Mary Ann -- I'm still paying MY bill from last time I was there!! I *love* that store!! Glad you could get there!
Posted by: Rhonda | Monday, April 02, 2012 at 08:48 PM
Susan, the art store in Port Townsend, WA (near Fort Worden) is called Akamai. They have a great collection of art supplies and a wonderful, helpful, friendly staff.
MA, how long are you in San Fran? I think I need to fly out immediately to join you, I am loving everything you are showing us!! Did you do that painting with the curtained doorway and the wallpaper? I love that!
Posted by: Cynthia | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 04:43 AM
I thought the earlier photos looked very familiar. A delight to see the old neighborhood. My daughter went to Noe Valley Nursery School oh, so many years ago. And the wonderful FLAX. Happy to see it's still around. I dated one of the Flax boys, again, oh, so many years...
Almost as good as Paris. Can't wait to see more.
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Oooooohhh...stores and views look amazing!
Posted by: Judy H. | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 10:32 AM
FLAX + me = BIG trouble$$$ !!
Posted by: Stephanie T. | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Glad to know about the Lands End trail, looks like such a cool walk. It's going on my list of stuff to do in SF.
How great that you're enjoying the city, one of my favorites. Have a great time
Posted by: Nancy | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 05:58 PM
oh I do I do I do want to go to Noe Valley and buy some buns and have some coffee after a walk at Lands End. I do I do I do!
(you have to say I do I do I do like the cowardly lion in the wizard of oz here. do it! it's fun, and addicting.
Posted by: sister! | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 06:40 PM
Oh, man, can I relate to you and your Flax bill! Last summer I was in Fort Collins, Colorado and went to Jerry's Artarama....need I say more? And this from a woman who has Dan Smith just down the interstate, a mere 12 miles from home. It was ugly. My credit card almost melted. And then I still had to fly home with the stuff! I had to MAIL art supplies home. Sheesh. Can you say, "She has a sort of art supply problem?" That's me. The Problem Child. (Again.)
Posted by: Michele R. Unger | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 06:51 PM
Have you tried the Blue Rooster in Hollywood?
Posted by: Domenico | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 at 07:34 PM
I sometimes get mistaken for an employee- tall dork with unruly hair. I'll probably be knocking something over, or bumping into someone. Don't be afraid, say howdy.
Posted by: Domenico | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 at 07:36 PM
Domenico dearest,
i havent been to the blue rooster, but now i will!
youre first on the list for moss cottage. you heard it here first!
xo
Posted by: Mary Ann Moss | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 at 10:17 PM
FLAX! Oh how I miss FLAX! No more Flax when we left SFO, but then they came to Phoenix and opened two stores. Then they closed them both, but I could shop by catalog from Flax SFO. They had the best designed catalogs. Then they quit catalog sales. I need to move back to SFO, if only just for FLAX! But there are also a million other reasons, including the smell of the bay and of the trees in the parks mixed with the smell of the bay...
Posted by: Barbara Hagerty | Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 06:26 PM
Love zines! Would lOve to find someone to do a handmade zine swap with. :)
Oh and FLAX? I die!
Posted by: Francie | Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 01:27 PM