San Francisco is a perfect city for cafés. Parisian-style cafés spilling out onto the street, corner cafés with daylong sunlight, cozy coffeeshops with low couches and dry cappuccinos. We have a handful of legends holding down the fort (Buena Vista Café, Greco, Café Trieste, etc.). Chiller venues like Coffee To

Jeremy in front of his art.  Photo courtesy of writer/photographer Illyana Maisonet Jeremy Fish is an internationally known artist, North Beach resident, and may be appearing in Tim Burton’s next film ‘Big Eyes’ starring Amy Adams. We met at Café Trieste in North Beach, where a constant flow of neighbors, friends, and eccentrics stop

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.