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  Bum Life

  02.21.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I see this stuff everywhere, but never with an ampersand.
  I really like that Kevin has tagged this: Does anyone want to make a crappy mumblecore movie and use this bro’s handwriting in the credits?
  Street art like this brings out the grumpy old man in me.

• signage

  Ampersands in the Tenderloin

  02.20.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  These were sent in by Rob. Thanks Rob.
  These signs are pretty much around the corner from my house.

  K & S Produce Market

  Fish & Chips

  Lucky Cleaners & Laundry

• ampersands I like, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Presidio Pet Cemetery Ampersand

  05.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  A fine specimen.

  Close-up.
  This weekend I took a little trip to the pet cemetery in the Presidio. There were plenty of ampersands along with other fine examples of home-grown typography.
  You can find more info here or you can just view my gallery here.

• there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Angry Tennant

  04.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  They were so angry, they wrote their ampersand backwards. Via SFist.

• not an ampersand, reader links

  Flour & Water

  04.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Add yeast and salt and you could have bread. Maybe this is a graffiti artist joke about wheat paste? Anyhow, this guys is facing the wrong way. That’s a three with a line (almost) running through it.
  Sent in by Johnny0. link.
  UPDATE:
  I just learned the real story behind this from Bilil who writes:
  Hey There,
  Really like [...]

• ampersands I like

  Furama

  04.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif
  The last three posts were all from Frank Synopsis. He has a bunch of other ampersands in his photostream.

• ampersands I like

  Paint & Repair

  04.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tenderloin, San Francisco, Calif.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, signage

  I think this was a gay porn shop.

  03.17.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Closed down now due to the internet. Anyways, pretty cool lettering. It was removed about a week after I took this photo.

• From the Field, writing about ampersands

  Peeling Ampersand

  10.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Slowly peeling.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, photography

  Yellow Black & Red

  10.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Spotted this weekend in San Francisco.

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A scribal abbreviation for and. Derived from the Latin word "et."

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I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attractive character of them all. This blog is an attempt to give this humble ligature the respect it deserves. If you would like to submit some ampersand-related content, please let me know.

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