Many years ago, when the Receiver Gallery was still on 7th Ave, the owners commissioned a robot/alien mural. Receiver has since moved, and the mural has been partially covered with this (gorgeous) graffiti.

Have you ever seen a purple backhoe? I hadn’t until I spotted this at a construction site in the neighborhood. Who had the outrageous idea of painting a large piece of machinery pink and purple? And how does the driver feel when he’s operating the backhoe? Because, really, how many people get to work on

This little character – whom I’ve nicknamed the “YesNo Guy” – has been popping up all over the neighborhood – and quickly being painted over. He’s adorning a PG&E meter lock box here… … and hanging out on the back of an N Judah wheelchair ramp here. My favorite sighting of him was on the