Archive for the 'san francisco' Tag
NPR: Zach Houston runs his Poem Store (on any given sidewalk) with these items: a manual typewriter, a wooden folding chair, scraps of paper, and a white poster board that reads: “POEMS — Your Topic, Your Price.” Houston usually gets from $2 to $20 for a poem, he says. He’s received a $100 bill more [...]
Now I Know: David Johnson, pictured, is an allegedly homeless man living in San Francisco. He is also a street performer who makes, in a good year, north of $60,000 per some reports. His instrument? Two branches from eucalyptus trees, with greenery intact, each about five feet high, which he hides behind while sitting on [...]
