John Waters' Feb. 2002 art opening at the Bransten Gallery (above, left to right, JohnWaters, Rena Bransten, and Polyester).

Paul Hawley (kin of fashion designer B. Michael of New York) and Polyester drink a toast to John.

Mr. Waters, talented, eloquent, and gracious, was kind enough to allow me to photograph his shoes.

I'm in heaven!  Two of my very favorite artists, Mats?! (left shot) and Sam Henderson (right) had a fantabulous show with Steve Weissman at the Balazo Gallery in San Francisco.

No, that's not Chris Isaak strummin' the beautiful blue hollow body guitar ('tho Chris and I do have a history), but my English friend, Eddie Dibbs, in a reincarnation of the Rockats (without Levi), at S.F.'s Elbow Room.  Need I add that Eddie sings like nobody's child?

Dibbs and I after the show (really darling, I have no recollection, whatsoever, of how I got home that night!).