The Sleestak Hunter Gallery presents: Mister Ed: 2525 A.D.

Sometimes my screenname was "JedimasterElvis". 

A long time ago, I spent way too much time in the forums of a website called Television Without Pity.

I liked to participate in the 'Pixel Challenges'. You'd create a picture based on some TV-themed idea the moderators came up with.

I (usually) went by the screen name Sleestak Hunter. There were other names, too. The important thing? I was having fun.

I honestly can't remember what the theme of the challenge was that inspired me to do this one...

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The Sleestak Hunter Gallery presents: Pon Farr Monthly

(In)vader & Vader

UPDATE: Check it out: this photo got in SFist's 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco this week! Thanks, SFist!

COINIOP WASHIDRY

Mohawk Gas Station, SF, CA

Here's my favorite abandoned gas station: The Mohawk Gas Station on Irving and 16th Ave. I walk past it every day on my way to work. Time seems to stand still behind that chain link fence. And then there was that one time with the elephant...

I've snapped a few pics over the years. Please click on them to get a better view.



From the the Western Neighborhoods Project website...

Mohawk Station (SE corner of 16th)—One of the last truly "old" gas stations in San Francisco, dating from the years around World War I. Built of brownish-orange brick, with just a single island for service, it's been a long time since they dispensed gasoline. History buffs should go and get a look before "progress" does the place in for good. This was just one of many gas stations (Texaco, Richfield, Flying A, etc.) that used to dot Irving and so many other business streets in the western neighborhoods until about the 1980s when they began to disappear, one by one. Streetwise- Irving Insights

Here's a photo of the station from 1978- when the gas pumps were still there.

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Morning In An Elephants Graveyard

7th Annual Sunset District Autumn Moon Festival, SF, CA 9/3/11

On Saturday I took my weekly walk down Irving Street to fetch supplies (Old Crow & cheap wine) and came across the 7th Annual Sunset District Autumn Moon Festival.

Among the many attractions was this lil Dukes of Hazzard General Lee car ride (it ran on what appeared to be a lawn mower motor).

Alas, the car-horn didn't play "Dixie". I was a little bummed...

Straightening the Curves; Flattenin' the Hills...

Someday the Mountain Might Get 'Em; But the Law Never Will.

Ponies of an Autumn Moon

7th Annual Sunset District Autumn Moon Festival, Irving St, SF, CA, 9/3/11

7th Annual Sunset District Autumn Moon Festival, Irving St, SF, CA, 9/3/11

Christmas In September

It's got lights and everything!

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Blue On Blue
Cheeky the Snowman: A "Tail" of Transformation