Milk

The rain finally subsided which must be happy news for the cast and crew of Milk, the Harvey Milk movie which is currently shooting here in a our very own Castro.  I'm home all day, and you're not, so I thought you'd like these pix I just snapped when I was out walking the attack bichon.  The set design folks have done a masterful job of recreating the late '70's in the 'Stro, including some rather distressing pricing information.  But the Castro Theater looks like a million bucks and yes, apparently the Poseidon Adventure was showing at the time.  (Click on the pix for a larger, more glorious version.) 

Our favorite wine shop in SF is right across from Milk's old camera shop so they converted back to looking like its previous incarnation - McConnelly Wine & Liquor.  Funny that it's still a wine and liquor store now, but while you can't really see inside on this shot, it's super dark in there, like someone's finished basement - all wood paneling with a tiny b/w t.v. set, the walls lined with bottles of brown liquors.

And next door to the Castro Theatre, where Quickly currently is, it's a realtor's office.  (Quickly being a shop that sells shocking items such as shrimp balls, which always makes me giggle, as well as hotdogs for 79 cents.  Which seems worrisomely cheap to me for a meat product already suspect.)

People, brace yourself: 

Comments

[Corene]

Are they going to get rid of the Smart Car signs at the Chevron, I wonder? Did you see the 70s-era graffiti and flyers they put up by the Muni station and by Orphan Andy's? Cool photos, thx!

[moira]

I know! I should get some shots of the flyers, which are hilarious in some instances, sad in others. (Included in both categories: anything including the word 'womyn.')