— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
We weren't there to witness this for ourselves, but Mission Loc@l reports that “The Unemployed Man” was at Dolores Park this afternoon showing off both his new graphic novel and his package. The Huffington Post has some excerpts for your amusement (of the book, not the bulge).
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
While I couldn't help but find this outfit truly spectacular, I have to wonder what motivates someone to put such a ridiculous creation?
…perhaps I just answered my own question.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Debate the aesthetics of a person wearing a helmet all you want, but dogs wearing a helmet isn't even up for discussion.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Ever wanted to know what a Mission District Halloween looked like through the lens of a 7-year-old camera from Sears? You're in luck.
“Two Turntables and a Microphone” clearly took home the prize for “most culturally relevant costume.”
In an ocean of delusional people believing wearing a Giants jersey and a beard was a costume, one man knew how to not suck at Halloween.
Ordinarily a Jesus holding an 18 of Tecate is not noteworthy, but this cool kid was walking down Mission Street barefoot.
A giant burrito strapped to a messenger bag?
Best UPS driver costume I saw all night.
Lady Gaga riding a demon horse-bike.
FInally, I'll leave you with a snap of a horse making sweet, sweet love with a zombie. Time to start counting down the days to Santacon.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Looking at Brizz's snap of this work by Lou Dematteis sure feels like it came from a couple of generations before Reagan. Just look at their rad outfits. And the awesome typography of the street sign. As Brizz notes, our street signs are about to become even more generic, which makes me feel bad for people in 2040 when they look at shots of today's cool kids dressing like they are living in the 1980s.
Anyway, Lou has a bunch of great shots from Central America on his site. To see more 1980s Mission District, make your way to Galeria de la Raza on 24th.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
While this is not nearly has hilarious (or accurate) as the Mike Giant piece this pays homage to, it sure is an amusing slice of reality for the half-dozen people who look like this riding through the panhandle.
— By Josh Constine |
I hate this band The National. So while the flannel set were droning to their supremely unexciting set at Treasure Island Music Festival, I decided to keep my negativity to myself by browsing the vendors. That's where I met Mary Weather, aka Judy Elkan, a local screen printer who lets you buy your favorite free Mission landmarks in clothing form. She takes photos, sometimes collages them together as she did for this Dolores Park number, and applies them to [vertically integrated apparel brand] t-shirts and tank tops.
Now you can be surrounded by the Sutro Trident of Hope, mafia-organized ice cream vendors, and piles of bicycles regardless of where you spend your Saturdays.
Judy says the cops told her to get permit last year, but when she found out that only allowed her to sell at the Ferry Building, she defiantly raised a fist and set up her blanket/storefront at Dolores Park. Apparently the po po haven't given her any guff this year.
Sucks for Blue Bottle because the park is apparently a very lucrative spot. “My best day I made $400 in 3 hours” says Elkan.
Where do we draw the line on commercializing public spaces? Is Mary Weather eroding the fabric of the neighborhood by selling water-based fabric ink hand prints? Is this the first step on the road towards Mission souvenir shops and mass produced “I ♥ Dolores Park” mugs?
Or is this Count Chocula shirt cool enough to make you forget your morals?
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Here In San Francisco, a fantastic blog about being lesbian and making dog food and other such tomfoolery, spotted this unfortunate scene during the last crushing heatwave. Considering tomorrow is going to be on the warmer side, I'd like to present this national tragedy as a kind reminder of what not to wear on your Tecate and Rhea's lunchbreak.
In other news, Here In SF recently got invited to a lunch with group of rowdy retired Irish and Italian boxers and baseball players in the Excelsior. Needless to say, it sounds like a fantastic place to squander a Friday afternoon while shooting the shit with people who spend the better part of their life getting punch in the head.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Then might I suggest running down to Valencia's Buffalo Exchange, where you can pick up this little gem. While there are hoards of thrift stores in the city to get costumes, Buffalo sure does have an expertly curated selection. Other outfits includes a watermelon bikini and some furry-looking thing that makes you like a cat foaming at the mouth.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Fashionistas rocking panda hats is nothing new (the phenomenon, as described by Zach: “look at me, I'm a white kid in a low income ethnic neighborhood, zomg I'm so zany!”), but once the Giants secured a spot in the playoffs, it suddenly became cool to start caring about baseball. Just the other day I spotted the troubling sight of a dude with a panda hat sewn into his helmet riding a fixie through the TL. Clearly something is going on here.
According to AsianWeek, the fad was discovered by two dudes working as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning/electrical technicians while vacationing in the winter-paradise Bejing:
The idea to market and sell the cute and fluffy headgear came in January this year after Wesley paid a visit to Beijing, China. While standing at the entrance of the Forbidden Palace in the harsh winter cold, Wesley bought himself a panda hat from a nearby street vendor to keep warm.
“I thought we could bring it here to the States and make it work here,” says Wesley. “So after I came back we ordered a few and sold them on Facebook.”
[…] Soon thereafter, the two formed The Head Panda and decided to expand their business across the Bay Area. During the San Francisco Giants’ home opener in April, the two set up shop near the Third Street Bridge across from AT&T Park. Hoping to capitalize on some Kung Fu Panda supporters, the pair arrived with 170 panda hats in hand at 11:00 am for a 1:05 pm first pitch. They sold out by 12:45 pm.
While the article at hand didn't really discuss the developing cool kid embrace of panda bear head-warming technology, it did make a passing reference to the phenomenon growing beyond Pablo “Kung-Fu Panda” Sandoval:
…they have added few other animals—fox, bunny, sheep, lion, husky, tiger, and bears to their list. Since their debut in March, they have launched their official website where one can buy a plush friend of their own anytime.
With their expansion, the two have also begun to have their brand recognized outside of Giants games. A few weeks ago, Jon sported a henna tattoo of the company’s logo on his arm. while sitting in class at City College of San Francisco. A classmate recognized the logo from a panda hat she bought at a Giants game.
So there you go…. panda, husky and the elusive 'el tigre' awaits the heads of tweens and cool kids pushing the boundaries of what it means to be fauxhemiam. Hell, even the knockoff artists are getting into the game for those of you looking to save a buck or two:
