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"You don't have to live in the Bay Area to
appreciate these beautiful sketches of daily life in the city. In
addition to her portraits of the locals, MacNaughton playfully
illustrates the insides of a burrito and an adorable assortment
of dogs." -Pop Candy
"Every once in a while, there comes a beautiful work of art that
gives rightful tribute to the place we call home. Meanwhile can
be the perfect introductory course for people who are new to (or
visiting) San Francisco; but it also serves as the perfect love
letter to San Francisco and acts as a reminder for all of us who
live here to truly embrace, appreciate, and stare longingly at
our home in the hopes to witness its true beauty." -SF Weekly
"If Studs Terkel came back in the next life with a paintbrush
instead of a microphone, Meanwhile in San Francisco is the book
he might have done. Wendy MacNaughton has captured the beating
heart of San Francisco in her off-beat, beautiful, and original
drawings of the working life of the town. Funny, poignant, nutty,
and wise." -Davia Nelson, NPR's Kitchen Sisters
"If Studs Terkel, the great oral historian, had taken up drawing,
his work might have looked something like what Wendy MacNaughton
has created in her irresistibly bighearted new book, Meanwhile in
San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words. Like Terkel,
MacNaughton gives voice to ordinary people from all walks of
life, dignifying them in the process. Her pleasing, unfussy
ink-and-watercolor portraits of San Franciscans - 'illustrated
documentaries,' as she calls them - capture library patrons,
farmers' market vendors, Giants fans, Mission hipsters and old
friends hanging out in Chinatown. " - San Francisco Chronicle
"If you love San Francisco, you'll love this book." -The Bold
Italic
"Like a modern-day Margaret Mead armed with ink and watercolor,
not a critic or commentator but an observer and amplifier of
voice, MacNaughton plunges into the living fabric of the city
with equal parts curiosity and compassion, gentleness and
generosity, wit and wisdom, and emerges with a dimensional
portrait painted with honesty, humor, and humility." -Brain
Pickings
"Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City In Its Own Words, is an
inful, illustrated compendium of contemporary city life." -
Alissa Walker, Gizmodo.com
"Meanwhile, in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words is like
having an insider guide you around San Francisco. Wendy
MacNaughton spent months getting to know neighborhoods in San
Francisco, and the book tells the story of neighborhoods in the
city from the people who know it best." -Design*Sponge
"We've been enamored of artist-graphic journalist Wendy
MacNaughton's breezy-yet-hyper-perceptive sketches, humanizing
portraits, and urban tableaus for years now, but it was with this
year's Meanwhile In San Francisco that the SF resident became
something like our illustrator laureate. The book, the result of
McNaughton's lunchtime strolls with her in hand,
captures the city through its characters, from bus drivers to
Mission hipsters to the folks who pass their days at the public
library." - San Francisco Bay Guardian
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About the Author
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Wendy MacNaughton is a New York Times best-selling
illustrator and graphic journalist based in San Francisco. Her
previous books include Lost Cat: A True Story of Love,
Desperation and GPS Technology and The Essential Scratch & Sniff
Guide to Becoming A Wine Expert. Her clients include the New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, and PRINT magazine. She is a
contributor to Pop-Up Magazine and a collaborator at Brain
Pickings. She lives in San Francisco, California.
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