Showing posts with label spear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spear. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Local Celebrity of the Day: Old Spear Street White Beard

Again, here's another half-assed feature of someone that I (and I'm certain many other people) see almost every weekday. 
He is another denizen of Spear Street between Mission and Market.  One of the kindest, least obtrusive bums in all of San Francisco.  I have never heard this man outright ask for anything whatsoever; he merely stands or shuffles up and down saying "have a good evening'" or some other variation.  You can tell all around nice guy.  If you happen to see him be sure to tip the hat and drop a dime if you can spare it.
I don't know much else about him other than what I can gather from passing him daily, although I'm sure he has an interesting background and present story.   Maybe someday when I have a little more time and something to give back I'll stop and chat with him a little longer. 

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Local Celebrity of the Day: Solo Spear St. Mystery Twin Lady

So I've decided that I'm going to start featuring people that I see on a regular basis throughout my day-to-day life in the city.  These people to me are local celebrities as I see them frequently yet know very little about who they are.  I tend to imagine brief personal biographies from the small surface level observations I am able to make.

Today's celebrity is an elderly woman that can be spotted almost daily near the Southwest corner of Market and Spear streets.  This lady has a peculiar style that I would say is all her own, except for the fact that she has an identical twin that dresses exactly the same as she does.  I typically only see one of them on this corner and wonder if the other is off on another corner asking for spare change, and if they alternate spots.  I imagine the two of them living together in cluttered single room apartment somewhere nearby.

I've been a curious about these two ladies for quite some time now and have yet to muster up the gall to actually speak to them.  So I did what any indisposed human would do, I Googled the terms "San Francisco, twins, sisters."  I learned a little bit about the famous Brown Sisters, however there was next to nothing about the two ladies that I see near my place of employment.  She/they stand in a high traffic area so I know many people see her/them daily like I do, yet there's little to no word about them on the ol' interwebs.  Eventually I suppose I'll ask them about themselves but until that day all I have is speculation.

The only other evidence I could find online of these ladies together was a photo from lnkyhack's flickr stream: