Monday, September 22, 2025

 









At first I thought the SF Chronicle's Art and Culture columnist Tony Bravo was wearing a skirt because he has good legs, but these are really inside shorts by Comme des Garcons and the black jacket is Dries Van Noten. These are names I don't know, but I do know pink, which he encouraged us to wear to the Mechanics' Institute for a screening of the 1957 movie FUNNY FACE with Kay Thompson singing "Think Pink" in the first scene. So...The Mechanics' Institute and The SF Chronicle collaborated on this, and in an indirect way, CCSF was linked because Tony Bravo teaches journalism there. His presence and commentary elevated the movie, which has the fashion world barging into the Greenwich book store where the philosophic idealist Jo, played by Audrey Hepburn, works. Jo is shoved outside, and instead of calling 9-1-1, she waits until the fashion mob finishes with the wreckage. When she finally re-enters, the store is in shambles. Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) makes a token effort to re-shelve two or three of the thousands of books strewn across the floor before giving Jo a kiss he decides she needs.  Astonishingly, Jo appears grateful—breaking into Gershwin’s “How Long Has This Been Going On?”-- instead of slapping him and filing charges for aggravated assault.

  There's never a dull moment!  At our March 3rd kick off for the petition to get a parcel tax for Muni on the ballot, I noticed the ver...