70's Inspired Monsters

Poor SF Street Artist's Car Breaks Down

Poor Johnathan Guilliams, namecoins.com, his car wouldn't start when he broke his display down today after SF Ferry Bldg. Farmers Market, so he fit all his stuff in a friend's compact car. I think he at least owes her dinner!

Univega 80's Fixie

2009 Portland Zine Symposium

2009 Portland Zine Symposium

Mission

The Portland Zine Symposium aims to create greater communication and community between diverse creators of independent media and art. This fun and free event helps people promote their work and to share skills and information related to zines and zine culture. Through workshops, panels and discussions, Portland Zine Symposium explores the role and effect of all types of zines.

SF Zine Fest 2009 opens registration

Calling all zinesters, cartoonists, printmakers, crafters, bookbinders, and DIY creative-types everywhere!

Registration for the 2009 SF Zine Fest is now open... The SFZF is a great opportunity to sell, trade, or otherwise share your creations with the world. A relaxed, encouraging, and exciting environment, the SFZF is the place for budding self-publishers to meet other creative folks, take a workshop or two, and get involved with the terrific creative community San Francisco has to offer.

Here's some of the nice things we heard from exhibitors last year:

"... the vibe was great and everyone seemed enthusiastic and interested."

"Once again, you guys put on a great show!"

"We had a great time, we'll be back next year!"

What is the SF Zine Fest?

It's a FREE annual two-day conference for independent and underground publishing. Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast, and while the focus is on zines, all walks of DIY life are represented — comics, arts and crafts, literary presses, and more. SF Zine Fest was founded in 2002 by Jenn of Starfiend Distro.

SF Zine Fest 2009 is brought to you by the hard-working folks at Family Style, Miromi, New Lights Press, Monkey & Seal, and many other wonderful volunteers.

When and where is the SF Zine Fest?

Saturday, August 22 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, August 23 from 11:00am – 6:00pm

SF County Fair Building
(formerly Hall of Flowers)
9th Ave. at Lincoln Way (in Golden Gate Park) map
We are very excited to be returning to our new home at the San Francisco County Fair Building! The SF County Fair Building is easily accessible by bicycle (lots of parking right out front) and also by public transit: The N train and the 6, 16BX, 43, 44, and 71 bus lines all drop you off within a couple blocks of the Fest! Parking can be more difficult, the adjacent lot is for loading and unloading ONLY. There are some paid parking lots in the nearby Inner Sunset district.

"We did have to raise the fees this year due to increasing rental costs, but we tried very hard to keep the cost to you down - if you register before July 1 the fee is only $45/half, $90/full!"

hot biker chicks

biciclettes
velovixens

Banana Bread

banana bread

maker faire san mateo 2009

photo comps from yougizmos

Maker Faire ’09 in San Mateo was amazing. It is the biggest DIY carnival, full of weird fun stuff that is totally achievable and flocked by patrons of the arts. Heaven. Setting up links later....

Makerfaire
Tangletoys
SCRAP-SF
IfixIt
Craft
Cyclecide bike rodeo
Rockandrollcraftsblogspot.com
Thegirlandrhino.com
Project-transaction.com leatherwork and screenprinting
Minnie.typepad.com fuckity fuck fuck
Pluginamerica.org
Buddhagouda.com video folk art and stuff
Quadrilla marble wood toys
Sparkfun.com let your geek shine
made with molecules.com art-y, scienc-y jewelry and gifts
raw fish designs handspun yarn and fiber and knits with a sense of humor
yougizmos everything you need to bring creation to life
I am ambidexterous Stanford design
Candyfab
Skeletal dropkick xoxo handmade and original ceramics, dinnerware, sculptures and monsters
Monsteretsy.blogspot.com
Xylocopa
Craftzine
Craftster.org
Instructables.com
Rockthebike
Ochibo
Averagejanecrafter Rachel Hobson crafty gal – writer
Sepiachord
Moonmilk sound sculpture
Accordionapocalyse.com
Peninsulaquilters.com
Tomorrowssky
Geeksoncall
Woolieorginals
Petals.etsy.com
Patchwerkpress.org xoxo collectively owned and operated community screen-printing shop
Datamancer.net
Tomsepe.com
Noussavons.com
Bulatov.org abstract mathematical sculptures
Cnmat.berkeley.edu center for new music and audio technologies
Unbrokenhome.com
Freelancersunion.org
Yubaride.com affordable motility
Liteinit.org community bikes
Matthewporterart.com
Woolyhoodwinks
Urbancraftuprising seattle’s largest indie craft show
Sfbc.org san Francisco center for the book
Sfgallery143
Cosaverde think big, shop small



Events:
I like my bike night at ashkenaz june 5th, Friday
Worldnakedbikeride.org june 13th Sat
Secessionsf.com june 5 opening reception furyone and anna simson
Fifteyseventhirtythree made in the city of Oakland
Pacificpinball.org oct 2-4, san Raphael
Pinballrevevival.com
Estuary art attack


Postpeakoilrock.com

carless with baby ideas

bakfiets kids cargo
cetma cargo
bakfiets, car seat, stoller and Model T

Kangaroo Bike not in USA, but online, check out the Bakfiets!

The search for the best way to transport Snugbug continues. After reading Momentum's article on Child Bicycle Trailers from Richard Masoner (his blog and twitter) in the May/June 09 #39 issue I have decided against a towed trailer from behind. I really need to sell my hybrid old Univega fixie and get a better bike to handle safe transport of my small child. One alternative is to get a Kangaroo Child Seat, I like the design of this better than others that have the child seat behind the adult seat. I am really drooling now over the Kangaroo Bike but its in Europe, not here. Sigh.

Apartment Therapy on Kangaroo bikes. But wait, OMG of course Portland's Clevercycles offers Kangaroos!!! Also check out their sweet ** Bakfiets ** with two wheels. Oh man. "Haul up to three kids, a week's worth of groceries, your grandma, a Great Dane, a keg of beer... you get the idea." Shipping is 250. this is just stupid. Grrrr....Workman bikes? Hmmm..Made in the USA, gotta love that but they sure are ugly, and I am not into doing the pedicab thing.
Bakfiets lover in SF
Bike Portland
chiccyclist