The exhibitions director always tells me how urban I am, and can't believe I grew up in the country. He says I have the kind of fashion daring found in New York or L.A.
L.A.? Scoff! New York? Fine. Still, I think our left coast city deserves a little credit.
Point #1:
Side note, Los Angeles is not urban. Sorry, but being a giant parking lot does not make you urban. Let�s review. Paris = urban. New York City = urban. San Francisco = urban. L.A. = parking lot.
Point #2:
We�re THE number one tourist destination. Fuck yeah! Unfortunately that means I can�t step out my front door without someone in bermuda shorts and crocs asking me how to get to Golden Gate Bridge. As I speak, there are roughly thirty tourists walking past my building. Segway tours pass outside at all hours. And tourists from the flyover states point and gawk at our Smart Car. �Well lookey that, they don�t have those in Iowa!� WE�RE a tourist attraction it seems. And I love it.
Anyway there�s a point to all this. My point is we�re not large, but we win for originality. Our diversity and population density rivals New York City, but we�re not about numbers or competition. San Francisco is a way of life. A culture of subcultures with a lot of really pretty ideals taking bold steps to improve our world. And nothing is more fashionable than that.
12:37 p.m. - 2008-06-18