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John Waters’ holiday card
Legendary director John Waters sent a holiday card to the Roxie Theater recently, pictured above with a fantastic illustration of Waters himself. You can check it out on display in the ticket window at the Roxie. As you might recall, Waters’ connection to the theater is that he helped out with the Roxie’s fundraiser last…
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Burt Katz of Katz Bagels has died
The memorial pictured above recently appeared at Katz Bagels on 16th St. Founder Burt Katz died last week. He was 81. As you may know, Katz Bagels has several locations around the city. Some have been rebranded with new menus (Nectar, for example) and the 16th St location recently did a stint as “Pizza 16”…
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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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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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Unfortunate pun in fortune cookie
This is an actual fortune from a fortune cookie at Big Lantern on 16th. You can’t make shit like this up: Are your legs tired? You been running through someone’s mind ALL day long. Either Confucius was highly overrated, or this is inauthentic Chinese wisdom even by fortune cookie standards. Sadly, not one patron at…
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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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