Stephan Zielinski: Dwa

The 2010 Cherry Blossom Festival Grand Parade took place on 2010 April 18.

2009 Cherry Blossom Festival Grand Parade

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Last year, on 2009 April 15, hundreds of folks came out to San Francisco’s Civic Center, site of our City Hall, to rally in favor of the newly-formed “Tea Party” movement.  (Link: photos of 2009 Tea Party event.) The speakers’ recurring themes included fortitude and staying in it for the long haul; many signed off with a variation on “See you next year!”

Next year is today.

Left to right: photographer looking for Tea Party rally; bystander; the Tea Party rally.

Media folk, remembering last year, turned out in force. Two news vans.  Half a dozen still photographers.  Two counter-protesters, complete with skit; perhaps they’re on YouTube somewhere.

One gentleman in a red-white-and-blue shirt and NRA cap.

Left to right: local eccentric Frank Chu; interviewer; foot; the Tea Party rally.

So.

In other news, here’s a gallery of three guys who saw me walking by with my camera and asked if I felt like taking their pictures.

Three guys at the Civic Center

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All of these are from 2010 April 10.

2010 Cherry Blossom Festival Street Fair

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Okay, mostly mimes– but what can I say?  They were expressive…

The sculptures are just across from AT&T Park, on a building named “170 Off Third”.  They’re by Alexei E. Kazantsev; see http://www.aksculptstudios.com/ .

Urban Iditarod 2010

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The fifth annual San Francisco Noe Valley Harvest Festival took place on 2009 October 24.

Noe Harvest Festival 2009

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2009 October 3 saw San Francisco’s first LovEvolution Parade. (Arguably San Francisco’s sixth such celebration– but the name changes. Hence, San Francisco had “Love Parade”s in 2004 and 2005, “LoveFest” parades in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and a “LovEvolution” parade in 2009.)

LovEvolution Parade 2009

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