February 14, 2012

Welcome to San Francisco

A few Direct Messages from Kelsey, who asked me to post them:

SF tweet from an old friend whose tweets are private:

“Walking along Mission, I saw a guy with a funny belt buckle. Then, I realized they were his BALLS, and he TOUCHED THEM as he passed me.”

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  1. Kelsey Parker on February 14th, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    A town only a resident can love.

  2. Kelsey Parker on February 14th, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Thanks, Deron!

  3. Deron Bauman on February 14th, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Amen, sister.

  4. Casey Cichowicz on February 14th, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    Was it just a polite tip-o-the-balls?

  5. Deron Bauman on February 14th, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    Is there any other kind?

  6. Joel Bernstein on February 14th, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Having now been to Mission, I can’t say it’d have been out of place.

  7. Kelsey Parker on February 14th, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    Exactly.

  8. Joel Bernstein on February 14th, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Lung Shan was good though. Absolutely no testicles.

  9. Kelsey Parker on February 14th, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    When David and I met up after work for the noir film festival at the Castro Theatre a couple weeks ago, there were two leathery men standing out front of the Twin Peaks taking photos with tourists and chatting up the locals. They carried walking staffs and knapsacks and wore only hiking boots. The only part of this that disturbed me was their willingness to take photos with tourists because, to me, it changed the nature of their freedom.

    I was reminded of what my hairstylist once said, “I left the Castro because it became nothing more than a Gay Disneyland.”

  10. Kelsey Parker on February 14th, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    For the record, I do not mean to compare men who surreptitiously hold their testicles while they walk down Mission Street with the culture of naked gay men in the Castro district. The only connection here is balls.

  11. Joel Bernstein on February 14th, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Sort of ties back to the article Michael posted last week.

  12. Joel Bernstein on February 14th, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    Specifically the notion that tourism makes everything into Disneyland.

  13. Joel Bernstein on February 14th, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    And now I’m going to briefly wonder every time I see some guy with an odd-looking belt buckle.

  14. Michael Smith on February 14th, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    I’m going to market a new line of belt buckles called “BeltNutz”.

  15. Joel Bernstein on February 14th, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Genius.

  16. Michael Smith on February 14th, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    I’m thinking it could be a crossover product that appeals both to cowboys who drive American made pickup trucks and San Franciscan leftists who draw the line at wearing their own balls as a belt buckle.