Adams-Morgan

Man climbs into a clothing bin
Originally uploaded by alex.DC.

So I popped up to Adams-Morgan today to get a CD or two at DCCD. Walked the whole length of the 18th Street strip before I realized DCCD must be gone. Finally I noticed on the other side of the street a place called Crooked Beat. (It's been there for a while, I think, I guess I don't get out much.)

Turns out it's a great little store, selling not just CDs but vinyl and a ton of obscure hard-to-get stuff. It's clearly a labor of love, like Flying Saucer Discs used to be. I was so excited I bought a bunch of CDs, much to the chagrin of the guy in line behind me (the actual discs are not in the jewel cases, so they have to reinsert them, and it took a while). Among the discs I was looking for was the Jesus And Mary Chain's Psychocandy, to replace my vinyl of the same thing, but they didn't have that so instead I left with a collection of b-sides titled The Sound of Speed.

Since I was up that way, I decided to walk up to Tryst. That's always a better idea in theory than in practice, because as usual it was so crowded there was nowhere to sit.

Finally, if you're into thrift store clothing, there is more than one way to get it, as evidenced by the man shown here....

Check out the waters receding along the black sands around Mendocino. This isn't the kind of beach you'd want to lay beside and get a tan, or even to surf, unless you were fixin' to get lifted up and hurled against the rocks by the wild, cold Pacific.

These pictures come from here.

Rumsfeld Resigns!

Rumsfeld Resigns!
Originally uploaded by alex.DC.

Hello from San Francisco, where I spotted this joyous poster on the day that bit of news came in, in North Beach. Staying in an SRO right near a host of cafes where old Italian men chatter the morning away.