Thursday, March 25, 2010

Travel Thursday: 12 Galaxies

Frank & High Society

Thanks to a notice on SFist from fellow photographer Troy Holden, I was able to attend the 50th birthday celebration of San Francisco's own Frank Chu last night at the Palace Hotel. Frank is a legend in his own time, a modern-day Emperor Norton of a sort. About 25 people showed up to help him celebrate. He drank Budweiser on the rocks, ate a hamburger, and had a small cheesecake with a candle in it delivered to him by the wait staff. We all sang Happy Birthday to him and wished him well in his galactic travels.

2 comments:

Tom Hilton said...

Ha! This is great. Emperor Norton, indeed.

And I'm so old I can remember when his signs were nearly coherent...

Ravioli07 said...

What does he sign say?
I couldn't get it at all.
Glad I'm not alone here.
But I want to visit the 12 galaxies soon.