Category: Local
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Raised by cats
It’s got to be tough being raised by wolves. But cats? You’ll spend the rest of your life acting like sort of a selfish jerk who’s obsessed with birds and laser pointers. (Spotted in Clarion Alley.)
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Masculinity through retro hairstyles
This weekend the SF Chronicle looked into the trend in retro men’s barber shops. The goal of this trend is to allow men to pay $40 for a haircut without becoming metrosexual in the process. This is achieved with retro hairstyles, vintage barber chairs, and reams of flannel. According to the Chron interview with F.S.C.…
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You look like cardboard
Took one look in this large mirror and man, I look awful today. I look like cardboard. (Spotted at Valencia and 16th.)
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Stanza Coffee on 16th
Apparently while I was away, the “garage” half of Pork Store on 16th was closed and renovated into a coffee shop. Just like Pork Store, the place has two locations: one on Haight and one on 16th. I dropped in to the new 16th St location and gave it a try. It’s obvious there’s still…
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I am a Cybear now…
The above teddy bear recently appeared on Clarion Alley. Red and blue like a 3D comic, his speech bubble reads “I am a cybear now…” The poor teddy bear. Someone needs to sew his little button eye back on. Across the way on the pavement there’s a simplified version of the full painting:
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Truck nuts
To me, truck nuts always seemed both unnecessarily vulgar and not vulgar enough — it’s a vile gesture to give your vehicle balls, and yet testicles without a penis is clearly an anatomical abnormality. So I was delighted to see a local’s take on the “truck nuts” fad that dispenses with the vulgar aspect altogether,…
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False alarms: how the city should have responded
On Sunday, the entire city heard the warning system (“air raid” siren”) that’s normally tested on Tuesdays at noon. Apparently this was due to human error. Which is fine, really. People make mistakes. What is NOT fine was what they did next: nothing. Absolutely nothing. Instead of using the AlertSF system to notify people that…
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Sad note
I noticed this sad handwritten letter stuck to the side of a building on Clarion Alley the other day. It reads: My friend died last night. He was stabbed twice in the heart. He was dead before the abulence (sic) arrived. His name was Sol. He had an interview for admission to an art school…
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Alley Barrel’s new rules
Last week, I posted a photo of Alley Barrel’s rules, which notably contains a tongue-in-cheek provision banning hipster conversations. After some local coverage, several major sites covered the story. Why? I dunno, but it was amusing to watch — though a few commenters seemingly interpreted the hipster rule as VERY serious, most readers recognized that…
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Alley Barrel rules and regulations
Four Barrel’s back alley — aka Alley Barrel — hosts a weekend-only coffee service with occasional street food vendors. Recently they posted a rule sheet, mostly consisting the please-don’t-piss-off-our-neighbors variety. But one rule stands out: …not talking about annoying hipster topics, or who you fucked last night. You shouldn’t do that anyhow, but our neighbors…
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