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Sharpie owners upset about closing of Hong Kong Express Cafe
Hong Kong Express Cafe, also known as the absurdly cheap restaurant filled with hobos and pigeons, finally closed its doors to make room for Southpaw BBQ. However, not everyone is pleased with this change, as indicated with the above photos of protests from Sharpie owners. And while it’s easy to discount their protests as the…
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Mayonnaise commercial filming in the Mission
These film production trailers showed up at 15th and Mission recently. But what for, you may ask? A new TV thriller? An exciting action-packed movie? Well according to the lady I asked, they’re shooting a commercial is for Best Foods mayonnaise. Man, how… not exciting. Oh well.
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City Lights
I’m sure this conversation happens all the time: “Meet me at City Lights.”“Oh, the bookstore in North Beach?”“No, the light bulb store in SOMA!”
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The Treats of San Francisco
A Quinn-Martin production! Wait… what? This is some kind of cheesy Muni ad for buying a Muni Passport and visiting Ghirardelli Square. It has nothing to do with Karl Malden and/or Michael Douglas.
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Soviet Life
A while back, one of my co-workers brought in a 1985 edition of Soviet Life magazine. If you’re not familiar with it, Soviet Life was a propaganda magazine produced in association with the USSR for readers in the United States. As part of an agreement, a similar propaganda magazine was produced by the USA for…
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Has Safeway gone too far?
While trapped at the Market St. Safeway during the rainstorm today, I made a shocking discovery: Safeway carries not one, but THREE brands of frozen chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs. Does this alarm anyone else? Why do we need to make food shaped like extinct animals? Are there children out there somewhere who refuse to…
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Skull store dies
Martin’s Emporium, aka the weird skull store on 16th and Dolores, now has a closing date: July 31st. Now that may sound like it gives you a lot of time to get your skull figurines, crystal skull necklaces, and skull watches for your goth friend’s birthday. But no! Martin’s has sporadic and limited hours. If…
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Venga Empanadas
A new empanadas joint is opening soon on Valencia. Well that’s not entirely true; it’s not really new. See, Venga Empanadas didn’t have a place to call home until now. The Valencia location will be their first real storefront. The location may prove fiercely competitive. Many other places nearby are selling empanadas: the well-established Chile…
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