Michael Shindler Tintype Photographer

What's your most embarrassing SF moment? Signing the title of my car over to the SFMTA for unpaid parking tickets. Twice.

Where would you have your last meal on earth? Is this before death, or before going to the moon? Either way, I'd be too nervous to eat. But I'd happily sip a cask ale down the street at Magnolia while I awaited my fate.

Why do you love the Upper Haight? It's all here, and it's a big humanity sausage. Some of the ingredients don't look so hot on their own, but the end result is super tasty.

Where's your own secret spot? The bamboo thicket on the south end of the Botanical Gardens. Go alone.

What's your favorite San Francisco institution? The Exploratorium. I can drop my kids off at the eyeball dissection stand and go play with the differential gear mechanism for an hour. Awesome!

What local merchant have you been meaning to check out? I just know something cool is going on downstairs at Viracocha, but somehow I always miss it.