tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22587066.post-6799646534482103052007-12-27T18:09:00.000-08:002007-12-27T18:20:00.582-08:00Cintra takes down carrotsCintra Wilson, who is motherfreaking hilarious, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/fashion/27CRITIC.html?_r=1&ref=fashion&oref=slogin">makes fun of the SF store Carrots</a> in her New York Times Critical Shopper story.<br /><br />The piece was awesome, but I couldn't disagree more with this statement:<br /><blockquote>Babylon by the Bay, with its delirious views, voluptuous palm trees and cherry vintage tram cars, is truly the pinup girl of American cities, to the point of having the unintentionally surreal gloss of TV dramas set in the ’40s: it’s all a little too clean. The cars are straight from the O.C.D. collector’s garage; the Victorians have had cosmetic procedures; even the trees look moussed. San Francisco now looks like a Las Vegas luxury casino called “San Francisco.”</blockquote>Clean? Seriously? Yeah it's very pretty, but this city is filthy, usually smells of urine and human feces, and is the place where personal hygiene goes to die. Maybe she was here when it was raining.camperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249319845891524073noreply@blogger.com