#1 Gone Fishin'

Today as I was walking back from a huge pancake breakfast at Stacks in Hayes Valley, I saw a familiar man in the same spot that made me feel at home. He is a homeless man that has sat next to the same vacant lot on the corner of Hayes and Octavia for as long as I've lived here. I have never seen him ask anyone directly for money, but he has an interesting advertising technique that lours people in throw a visual appeal. Hooked to the fence he leans against as he reads, is his fishing pole, and tied to the end of the string instead of fish bate, is a cup that has the words "Gone Fishin'" on it. For someone how has little to work with I thought this was about as clever as he could get, and combined with his strategy in location to set up shop in the well off highly popular shopping area of Hayes Valley. For most by-passers walking along I could only imagine this catching the eye of every single one, and most tourists more then willing to throw the man some spare change for the clever gimmick and visual appeal.