Hola.
Here is short+sweet dose of the weekly set of mucha music monday, let’s own this week.
Hope you enjoy as much as I did.
xxo♥ la meligrosa

Lemonade /Boys Noize +Erol Alkan 
Forget PBR’s and wobbling fixie rookies trying to stop and balance in the bike lane.
Women and lemonade is where is at.

Black Hills /Gardens +Villa
Found this Californian band (Santa Barbara) via the BayBridged and had to share their short+sweet write up for those of us new to them:

Santa Barbara’s Gardens & Villa have only one EP available at the moment…  this is the quintet’s first official release. Each track has a refined confidence akin to a band knowing exactly how they want to sound on record; from the new wave sounds of opener “Black Hills” to the Talking Heads-ish bass line and melodic flutes in “Orange Blossom.”

The band’s been on the road much of the spring honing their live sound too, including festival appearances at Sasquatch!, High Sierra and Minnesota’s Rivers Edge.

http://www.vimeo.com/23914678

Ma Bicyclette /Andrew Huang ft. Side Pony Nation 
*Hat tip to Xander, Toronto’s 416Cyclestyle handsome father-bike-advocate.  

Love Unlimited /Fun Loving Criminals
BMXs throughout New York +London. +some suits.

Mar el poder del mar /Delafe y las flores azules
That accent Edspañol may make some of you feel tickleish in the knees, as sang in this melody.

Sketch Tuesdays

6-10PM /Free

111 Minna street

via 111minnagallery.com

San Francisco Library Film Festival

Free /Hours vary, check schedule 

The movies are shown throughout the city, just saw my branch with its own movie +you can find the rest here: link

(Milk, Bullit, The Social Network +more)

via sfpl.org

Wind down with Wine

Free admission, free wine tasting at 530PM

1 Nob Hill /Top of the Mark Lounge 

21+ view complete schedule here: PDF link

Wind down every Tuesday night this summer with a free wine tasting and screening of movies filmed at or around the historic Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in Nob Hill, along with other classic films.

7PM

SpokeArt gallery /816 Sutter street

San Francisco – July 27 – 28: Spoke Art (http://spoke-art.com) is San Francisco’s newest art gallery and publishing house. Located in San Francisco’s dynamic Lower Nob Hill neighborhood, Spoke Art specializes in emerging new contemporary artists with a firm emphasis on figurative and illustrative works.

Club Sixth /60 6th street

6-10PM

$20 USD

“Who doesn’t want to paint all over a big blank canvas?Picture this: the walls of Club Six—one of SoMa’s hottest new spots—covered in huge canvases, DJ Ry Toast spinning her signature retro/hip-hop mix, and loads of brushes and paint to get your creative juices flowing and paint on the walls. Whether you want to swing by for an hour or stay for four, it’s all for a good cause: 100% of the evening’s ticket sales will help Young Audiences of Northern California, a leading provider of arts education for K-12 students in the Bay Area, further its mission of making the arts an essential part of every young person’s life.     Admission includes:*One free drink*Awesome tunes by DJ Ry Toast*All the supplies you need to unleash your inner artistCome for an hour or the entire time and paint the night away!  If you can’t make it out and wish to suppport the organization click here to make a donation.” — via eventbrite link

Saturday, July 28th /San Francisco 
9pm-2am /CLIFT hotel
Tickets are $11.50USD fee included: via eventbee /via SFindiefashion

Saturday, July 28th – Sunday, July 29th /San Francisco 
9pm-2am
$3 Admission (12 & under FREE) 
Treasure Island Flea -Great Lawn
Free Parking +dog friendly

-foto via their FB page link: treasureislandflea.com

Throughout July /San Francisco

Off the grid SF has grown to multiple places and areas throughout various San Francisco neighborhoods. After a hot summer day (in our language that would be 70°F) had to check it out at its beginning stomping grounds, the beautiful bayside Ft. Mason site.
Great views and so crowded. IPAs were available +saved the evening. 
FB event page list with dates and locations here: link

marina sunset / ©meligrosa, 2009

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Saturday, July 28th /San Diego

Barrio Market Presents.. La Misa Negra @The Roots FactoryPublic
From Oakland › to San Diego
FB event page: link

Join us for another Barrio Market, Saturday July 28th. Hand crafted art – jewelry – clothing & more!!! 

Live music featuring: La Misa Negra (Oakland, CA)+ Special guest DJ’s

Free / All Ages / Vendors / Art / Music / Food 

@The Roots Factory1878 Main St. Barrio Logan CA 92113

Monday, July 23rd /Tijuana, MX
Bici en tacones (bikes +high heels)
Photo session starts at 7PM
Ride starts at 8PM
FB event page here: link

Llego el verano, ponte tus mejores galas, tu vestido favorito, falda, sombreros, moños, listones, caballeros de traje, corbata, camisa o pantalon, mega formal, adorna tu bicicleta, como tu gustes, como te sea posible, ven super guap@ a pedalear, descubre q para andar en bicicleta se puede tambien en zapatos o tacones. La sesion de fotos sera a las 7:00pm, arrancamos a pedalear a las 8:00pm, ruta tranquilita, cooperemos con nuestra puntualidad. Niños obliga traigan su casco Menores de edad acompañados por un adulto Cada uno es responsable de su seguridad Trae tu alegria y tu glamour a rodar en bicicleta, te esperamos!!

Sunday, July 29th /Tijuana, MX
Ladies Ride a la Diana Cazadora (Women-Only Sunday social ride)
9AM-noon
Theme: 60’s outfits
FB event: link

Chicas vamonos, invita a una amiga, sera tematico estilo 60’s, ven a disfrutar tu bici, este día será para pasear con tus amigas y conozcas nuevas amigas, cada vez seremos mas, la cita será en la glorieta de La Diana Cazadora, les recomendamos checar la bici unos días antes, queremos que nos acompañen todo el recorrido, A LAS 9:00AM POR FAVOR SEAMOS PUNTUALES!!!

HOLA LADIES ¡que guapas! — foto via FB/ladiesride

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ok that is all for now
xxo♥meligrosa

** previous listed events: los events 2012
If your event fits in any of the categories of local/bike/cultural/rad/community/uncattegorized… send your info in bikesandthecity /at gmail

greenwich street.
sodini’s /north beach

Walking around. Slightly conversing. Mostly observing. 
Some time between May +June 2012.
Some what of a dark brown ale vibe, with a garlic after taste and a flirtatious tobacco floating swirl, often roaming near by.
Some where between the Pacific Ocean +the San Francisco Bay, roaming underneath the fog.

Have a grand weekend everybody.
xxo♥ la meligrosa
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William Saroyan place.
specs /north beach

mission street.
walking/ la misión

chestnut street.
lucca deli /the marina

post street.
fino ristorante /lower nob hill

castro street.
walking /duboce triangle

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All images taken by me with the Lumix LX5 // ©meligrosa

Any readers de Guanajuato?

image via allthingsmexico

The Guanajuato International Film Festival, the largest and most prominent film festival and competition in Mexico, will take place this year on July 20-25 in Guanajuato, Mexico. The Guanajuato International Film Festival’s main goal is to spread cultural awareness through film in a non-profit format. The festival is open and free to the general public and celebrates the diversity of filmmaking and humanity.

/Read more via mexicotoday.org›

Beyond terrible. Our thoughts are with them.

Breaking national news /link: Gunman kills 12 at ‘Dark Knight Rises’ screening in Colorado

Hola.
Here is another set of mucha music monday, a dose of music to start the week off.
xxo♥ la meligrosa

David Guetta: Titanium (feat. Sia)
My teenage niece showed me this video and we enjoyed watching it together.
She then explained in her words, what the meanings of it is, and how she feels it relates in some way to bullying and being a teenager.
Made me admire her even more ♥ ♥ ♥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glZbpdq2JRo

Firekites: Same Suburb, Different Park
This is the cutest yellow bike.

Smiths: Stop me if you have heard this before
Cross post with cylrab, worth saring it again.

Corinne Bailey Rae: Put Your Records On
I may be the only one who doesn’t whine about fog in the SF summer, so here is some sunshine for the ones that miss it, and the beautiful Corinne Bailey Rae.

Sue Denim: Bicycle
Not my personal taste in music at all, but its visual collage aesthetic is fun and the story is kinda cute.
via urbanvelo

ARTIST: Sue Denim | TITLE: Bicycle | YEAR: 2012
DESCRIPTION: A stylish collage animation about Sue on a journey with her fantastical bicycle!

San Francesca: USSR
This San José band presents their new video with the buzz happening on any given day in the dowtown area +union square. Pedestrians, buses, cars y bikes included.
“The idea was to capture the sort of frantic energy of the city, where a million things are happening at the same time.” – found this via TheBayBridged

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/previous post: MMMonday june2012

Earlier this week.

I hardly drink milk but treated myself to a Blue Bottle latte one recent early morning.
The city is serene, foggy and quiet before the morning rush begins. The thicker the fog is, the more underwater you feel, so thick that you cannot see past half a block. Those are classic mid-50°sF summer mornings around here.
Thought I’d share the above picture, phone shot.

Similar to the photograph below, taken with my LX5 almost 20 months ago.
When one’s life changes so dramatically you reconsider everything. And nothing really matters.
Here I am now and without any strange feelings nor forcing things whatsoever, it started to feel slowly okay to write and post again. I do it because it makes me feel good for the time being, it is a healthy habit and it is a positive aspect in many ways, to share and to reconnect.
Anyways.

My friend Richie commented (on the b+w) that it looks like a fish-eye.
The only thing I noticed is the coffee-holding happens on both.

I had not thought of this, however I often find myself looking for creative ways to play with what I have. Some people consider that a limitation of tools but to me sounds more like a limitation of imagination. However, I’m open to experimenting furthermore in the near future with more of these innovative tools.

As an art school student, I worked in the media center because the fact that I could have access to all the media, was beyond amusing. I didn’t even have a laptop for the first semester and it was required. Not because I didn’t want to, but I couldn’t afford an Apple powerbook until after that 1st semester was over. That made me become really good friends with the IT staff that worked late hours in the design computer labs and quickly mastered time management skills like it was my own thesis.

A mentor and Graphic Designer I admire and highly respect here in San Francisco, complimented me on that fact, days before I graduated. His words have stuck with me since. I often revisit many of the things learned in his class. Not sure if he knows this but it is something close to my typographic heart. Amongst his other infamous quotes “Don’t be funny with money.” ♥Thanks Doug!

I also learned to be proud of my accomplishments not only during school, but within my professional career – and some lessons learned during school continue to resonate with me anytime I hear anyone express they wish/need/want [insert latest gadget here] so the can produce a better outcome and be better at [insert trendy trend here]. Blegh.

A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said ‘I love your pictures – they’re wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.’ He said nothing until dinner was finished, then: ‘That was a wonderful dinner; you must hava a terrific stove.’

–Sam Haskins

©Sam Haskins for Japan Vogue 2002

I recently came across this trailer for a Saul Leiter documentary which is not yet released. I’m pretty much in love with his attitude and we can all learn from keeping things simple.
y coffee.
Hope you enjoy the as much as I did, what he says at 1:32 is extremely wise.

In No Great Hurry – 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter TRAILER from Tomas Leach on Vimeo.

“In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.”
-Saul Leiter

 -via a recent post from Wired
 
My 35mm camera, a super basic SLR Kalimar w/Minolta lens, was recently fixed from a light leak and caught myself shooting quiet frequently. It took me some time to find a camera shop that would actually tell me they’d fix it. So I headed to the outer sunset and the nice man over at Action Camera on Taraval street/26ave, even asked if he could do a little cleaning past the shutter curtain (if I did it myself, there sure be coffee stains just by looking at it).
Also the only place where I didn’t hear “it’s not worth it, why don’t you just get a nicer one on eBay.”
So $40 later, it was good to go. I got emotional attachment to this thing. The shot below even won some small award at a fair in the form of a funnel cake.

(foto of a foto) Woman in the Getty Museum – student trip to Los Angeles, 1999.

Perhaps revisiting an obsession from over a decade ago and exposing myself to experience once again the limits between 24 and 36 sets, means something. Once I find a bit of time to digitize the negatives, I’ll share some of the recently developed b+w photos taken with a roll of film randomly purchased at a Wallgreens on a small road trip to Monterey Bay with Ade late last year.
Uncertain that the film would even come out, after using a number of old colored rolls and certainly not ready to spend much money on nicer developing, the clerk informed me there were only 2-3 locations to develop film left, and that they could just get rid of that service anytime soon. Well.

Dropping it off.

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So on that thought, thanks for reading and all.
Coffee drinking, book reading times ahead.
Have a grand weekend.
xxo♥meligrosa