#tenderloin

“We’re still here”, brush and ink on wood panel, 9x12", 2021.

As a non-binary person, the Tenderloin holds a special place in my heart. We are still here.

From the SF Transgender Districtwebsite:

Originally named after the first documented uprising of transgender and queer people in United States history, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots of 1966, the district encompasses 6 blocks in the southeastern Tenderloin and crosses over Market Street to include two blocks of 6th street. In 2016, the City of San Francisco renamed portions of Turk and Taylor to commemorate the historic contributions of transgender people, renaming them “Compton’s Cafeteria Way” and “Vikki Mar Lane” respectively.

This urban region of the city’s Tenderloin District has held a documented, ongoing presence of transgender residents since as early as the 1920s- with the Tenderloin known as a “gay ghetto” during the 1930s to the 1960s- prior to the birth of the internationally renowned Castro District in San Francisco. This area is home to the city of San Francisco’s first LGBT bar, and various community spaces, gathering sites, and hotels with cultural significance for the broader transgender and queer community in the Tenderloin.

バケーションも終盤に。

今日は近くにある小さな街を散策。ランチに美味しいチキンサンドとケールシーザーを。

夕方からは恒例の焚き火のそばでのまったりワインタイムからの。。ディナーのフィレミニョンを外のグリルで焼いて、大好きなミディアムレアで頂だきました。塩コショウだけのシンプルな味つけなのに、ジューシーでお肉の旨みがジュワッと口に広がる。思わず目を閉じて食べちゃいました　笑

Vacation in the Catskills is almost over!

Wondered around a little town near the cabin today and had curried chicken sandwich and kale Cesar salad for lunch. After coming back home, made a fire pit and had relaxing time drinking wine : )

Grilled fillet mignon outside (medium rare of course) for dinner. For such a simple salt and pepper seasoning, the steak was super juicy and flavorful and made my mouth watery even before I put it in my mouth! : ))