Tag: photos

  • Quiet tea house now even quieter

    Yes, it seems the quiet little tea house on 14th St. didn’t last. Was in the awkward location? Lack of marketing? Who knows. But if you’d like to help them reopen their doors, they’ve set up a fundraising page with more details.

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  • Colorful artwork on Valencia

    Where Bombay Bazaar once stood on Valencia and 16th is now a big sheet of plywood with some psychedelic colorful posters. No word yet on what drugs go best with viewing these posters. If you happen to know that or anything about these, drop me a line.

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  • Dumpster parklet explained

    You know that dumpster with trees growing out of it by the Chronicle building on 5th St? Turns out it’s actually supposed to be a mobile parklet. Seems like a dumpster filled with a garden is kind of a lazy man’s parklet. But then look at the sponsors: our local garbage hauling provider, Recology, is…

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  • Be sly, folks!

    Spotted outside the 16th and Mission Walgreens parking lot.

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  • Tequila for Día de los Muertos

    Sure, it’s just tequila in a decorative bottle. But how cool looking is that bottle? Almost makes me want to drop that kind of change on it and deal with the ensuing vomit after drinking too much tequila. Almost.

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  • Alface

    “This town’s like a great big cat just waiting to get eaten.” Spotted on 17th and Valencia.

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  • Wo Hing signage unveiled

    Plywood at Wo Hing on Valencia and 17th came down this week, unveiling the new sign. Contrary to what the signage indicates, this is a restaurant, not a “general store.” Which is fortunate, since there’s so few restaurants in the Mission and so many general stores.

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  • Cement warning

    Soon as I saw the “warning” in the cement, I immediately thought of Fight Club: Tyler Durden: Did you know that if you mix equal parts of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate you can make napalm?Narrator: No, I did not know that. Is that true?Tyler Durden: That’s right. One could make all kinds of…

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  • Sierra Madre beer

    Yes, it’s Federale from Sierra Madre, i.e. Sierra Nevada’s little cousin.

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