Greetings!
Here in San Francisco, we've been on 'shelter in place' orders since midnight Monday.
A few days ago, I visited my local art supply (and more) shop and picked up some more sketchbooks for my #inkyDays drawings. So I'm good, for the next few weeks in terms of my daily drawing.
Food? A lot of the store shelves are still bare, from this past weekend when so many people were panic shopping. But fresh produce is available. The snack shelves were empty, but there were plenty of oranges.
We've been stocking up on some basic pantry items since January (beans, preserved peppers, etc), so we should be fine for survival. We can still go food shopping on a daily basis, which is what we normally do. Today, we were able to get fresh bread and artichokes for dinner.
We've also been checking in on neighbors while we all walk our dogs. We chat from a distance. Letting older neighbors know that we can go pick up items for them.
I'm so very fortunate, so I'm increasing my usual donations to my local foodbank: https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/ Can you manage a donation? Find your local foodbank and donate or volunteer.
Noe Valley (hyper local notes)
Great news! Hamano Sushi is still open for take out and is now offering delivery (in-house). Give them a call to place an order. I'm particularly fond of their Elizabeth Roll, which is vegetarian and made of Shishito pepper and Japanese eggplant.
https://www.hamanosushi.com/
Novy and Lupo are closed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they, and all our local shops, will reopen when we come through this.
Just came across this searchable database of restaurants still offering delivery and takeout in San Francisco and greater Bay Area:
https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1240715165923971074
#inkyDays
My favorite recent drawing:
Quite some time ago, I got a request for stickers of my #inkyDays drawings. Well, I'm finally attempting my first batch. The proof looks good, but who knows how the actual sticker will turn out. Once I have them in hand, I'll figure out how I'll offer them.
In the mean time, this is what the first proof looks like:
Interesting Random Stuff I've Found
- Behind the scenes. The making of Taylor Swift's 'The Man': Link
- I met the artist behind WenWenDesigns when we were both showing at the same show. I loved her work so much that I got a few pieces for myself. Link
- Fantastic piece with charts and simulations on covid19 and transmission: Link
- Covid19 Freelance Artist Resources: Link
- Happy Elephants: Link
- Happy Penguins in empty aquarium: Link
- How do the Penguins get back up the stairs? Link