San Francisco - CA - USA

Saturday April 11th 2009

Where shall we crawl?

Chinatown-Little Italy
16
32%
Market Street and Hayes Valley
3
6%
SOMA and Museums (MOMA, Cartoon Art Museum, Metreon, Yerba Buena Gardens)
10
20%
Japantown and Fillmore street
2
4%
Golden Gate Bridge and Presidio
13
26%
Academy of Sciences
6
12%
 
Total votes: 50

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kaceface
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Re: San Francisco - CA - USA

Post by kaceface »

My fav picks are North Beach and Castro.

Honestly though I'm up for anything because I'm new to San Francisco, and new to sketchcrawl so I'm looking forward to whatever :D
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Post by janinep7 »

How does one vote in this poll? I don't see the voting buttons...

Edited.... NEVER MIND, I found it :0)
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Post by MartyLynn »

Chinatown is fine with me. I think it's more satisfying to keep the geography smaller, so that when we share our drawings, we can see how others viewed the same or similar topic.

I think the Academy of Sciences is a great spot to sketch, too. I've sketched there many times, but I'm a member. It's $25 per person normally, so I think in this economy it's asking a lot of people. [Just a plug though, an individual membership is $99 and it's good for 2 people, so if you visit at least twice in the year, it's paid for.]

The Bridge is a good choice for later in the year (October), when the weather is better. Right now, it's VERY windy. The Presidio is a good choice, too. Especially because the Lucas Arts' Starbucks is a comfortable place to end up on a weekend.

But I have another suggestion for later in the year, when the weather is good: Sausalito. Aside from trekking to the residences on the hills, it's a pleasurable place to walk. The weather is usually good, there's great views, lots of people, places to eat and drink, etc. And just a short drive away, there's the new Inn at Cavallo Point which used to be known only as the Coast Guard Station at Ft. Baker, but now it's a choice destination. The food is pricey, but there's a good bar there called Farley's, named after the late cartoonist, Phil Frank's character, Farley. The place has a beautiful public porch lined with rocking chairs and an eye-popping view of SF and the Golden Gate. The architecture is interesting - kind of mission colonial/arts & crafts and there's good parking (no public transportation though, the closest you can get is the GG Transit bus to Sausalito, getting off at the top of Alexander Avenue). And it's a hot spot for bicycles and the people who ride them. :wink:
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Re: San Francisco - CA - USA

Post by cbrakira »

New to this whole site - but I was born and raised in SF and I think just about anywhere in SF can be fun and interesting to sketch at!
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Post by venecys »

wow,,, so many choices!!!
maybe we can try one by one...
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SOMA and Yerba Buena Center would be a great site..but all the rest are good too :thumbup: Julie
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Re: San Francisco - CA - USA

Post by AndColor »

Hello All,

This will be my first SketchCrawl adventure - I'm looking forward to it! How do we find out the chosen destination, time and all the rest?

This should be great. See you then.

AndColor
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Post by Carolyn WarmSun »

Can someone give a total newcomer some info about when people meet (after it is decided where to meet, of course) and what happens during the sketchCrawl, and how long it lasts? And, if there are artists in the East Bay (Oakland/Berkeley) area who are doing the day on this side, I would like that a lot. Thanks!
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Post by Gerald »

Welcome aboard AndColor and Corolyn. I'll PM both of you to answer your questions.
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Re: San Francisco - CA - USA

Post by enrico »

we are gonna be meeting at 11am ... draw around ... usually meet around 5pm for some sketchbook sharing! :)

if Chinatown wins ... it seems it might ... we'll meet at the park right above the parking lot on kearny street ... it's called Portsmouth Square.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=kearny+st ... 7&t=h&z=18

great place to draw and meet ! :)
one of the reasons we love to go back to Chinatown pretty often ...
:)

hope this helps

ciao

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Re: San Francisco - CA - USA

Post by applebunny »

Although Japan Town is one of my favorite parts of San Francisco, I'd love to do some art of Chinatown! It's very colorful there and there are a lot of interesting things that would be very fun to do for a Sketchcrawl.
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Re: San Francisco - CA - USA

Post by Gerald »

Golden Gate/Presidio is creeping up with Chinatown/Little Italy on the voting poll :wave:

When will the cut off date for voting be....and when will the official announcment be made for
the San Francisco crawl destination? Thanks.
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Post by puimun »

Hi Gerald, I'm new to this as well. Could you PM me the information too please?
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Sure :)
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Post by enrico »

I'll close the poll this weekend ... how's that?
sunday morning ... pacific time.

So sunday we'll all know where to meet ok?

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