I live close enough to Cup-A-Joe that after a few coffees, I’ll just walk home and use my own damn bathroom. But it was raining when I was hanging there a few days ago with humin and evarels, and I really had to go. Like, I’ll explode in a cloud of urine if I were to hold it any longer.
So I cautiously opened the door and was pleasantly surprised by the bathroom’s cleanliness and this artwork on the walls. I recognized the Nob Hill Police guy by Tenderloin artist D Young V, but I have no idea what the rest of these creatures are. They remind me of Alice in Wonderland, especially the one puffing a pipe with butterflies coming out of it. Don’t know what PETA would have to say about that, but it looks pretty cool to me.
So, dear Tender Readers, what are your favorite bathrooms in the Tenderloin/TenderNob?
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We just found a great photoset showing the four artists (Chris Blackstock, Rex Waters, D Young V, and Jeff Bruton) working on the bathroom mural at Cup-A-Joe, so you can get a “making of” glimpse of the artwork.
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cafe royale one block down has a fantastic patchwork mural that’s evolved via different rotating artists leaving their mark.
the homeless, however, appear to be fond of my front stoop.
Leland Tea’s beautiful murals extend into their spacious and clean bathroom, check it out!
Also, I am forever shocked at how clean the ladie’s room at Edinburgh Castle is.
The other artists are Rex Waters, who did the hooded snail fighting in the water and myself, Chris Blackstock, I painted the beer spirit with the butterflies coming out of his pipe.
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