Even if you walk the same road a hundred times, you'll find something different each time.   - Gail Tsukiyama

I've been walking to work for the last three months or so. Not when it rains, and not when I really have to be there in a hurry, but most of the time. My normal route takes me about two and a half miles down the entire length of 15th street, under the freeways, over the homeless, and into the office.

It's about a 35 minutes trip: slower than motorcyce and about on par with MUNI on a good day. Speed isn't the point, though - it's more about time to think, get perspective, listen to music, and even get a little bit of exercise.

It's also about experiencing the city in which I live firsthand. I pay a premium to live here, so spending time walking around it and taking it in seems like a simple matter of getting my money's worth.

With that last bit in mind, I've decided to start taking pictures of the things I see every day along the way. I'm going to start with a photo that I've really wanted to take for a long time, anyway:

Will somebody please explain to me what is going on here? This is on Noe street just off Market at a weird little office park just behind Cafe Flore. I think there used to be a dry cleaners there, but now there just isn't much of anything. Cars go in and out of the parking garage but that's about it for activity.

And this poster. It's been hanging there for at least as long as I've lived in the neighborhood - coming up on FOUR YEARS now. Mimc 2? WTF? I caught about 10 minutes of Mimc One on cable - had no idea there was a sequel (turns out it went straight to video - go figure).

How has this poster managed to stay there so long? Why did someone put it there in the first place? I want answers, damnit.