The Great Outdoors

JUMPING ON THE MEMEWAGON

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:50am

Categorized: Eats and Beers, The Great Outdoors, The Memenets

Lisa over at Everyday Photos hipped us to Ritual Roaster's blending of July 2010 internet and espresso. I'm pretty sure that what this means is that double rainbow is 'fucking dead.'

In other Ritual related news, Berkeley's J-School is apparently back in session because they are posting a mess of original stories again. For example, yesterday I learned that Four Barrel was born out of a falling out at Ritual (I'm sure everyone already knew that, feel free to make fun of me in the comments) and celebrated their 2 year anniversary with motherfucking pony rides:

Point Four Barrel.

Murdered Tree on 22nd Brought Back To Life

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 10:24am

Categorized: Being Green, Life, Mission District, The Great Outdoors

Tagged: Cancer Carl

About two months ago, we brought you DEEPLY TROUBLING NEWS that a tree across the street from Latin American Club was viciously murdered by an alleged puppy kicker and kitten killer. Well, as you can see, the tree has been replanted and no molestation will go unpunished.

Bees Also Love Sunday Streets

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 3:41pm

Categorized: Mission District, Pets and Cute Fuffy Animals, The Great Outdoors

Tagged: Sunday Streets, Wu-Tang Clan

I think they were pissed about Spain winning the World Cup.

Summer Mini Vacation #2: The nude side of Baker Beach

Posted by Jane Parton on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 1:33pm

Categorized: Events, Happenings & Scenes, The Great Outdoors, Travels and Tales, West of Twin Peaks

Yesterday my friends & I got up bright and early (read: around noon) and mobbed out to Baker Beach ... after making a quick pit-stop on Clement for some mimosa-making supplies. It was foggy when we got there, so we spread out our blankets on the clothed side - among dudes in Polartec vests walking golden retrievers and a Russian wedding with no fewer than eight inches of clip-in hair extensions per bridesmaid - and ate our lunch.

An hour or so later, the sun broke through the fog, the sky cleared and my friend and I managed to talk everyone else into a mass migration to (dun dun DUN) the Naked Side.

While obviously I can't put naked pictures of myself and my friends frolicking in the ocean on this blog, suffice it to say it was an invigorating experience.

There is truly nothing like climbing on rocks barefoot, seaweed between your toes, as the waves crash all around you, nothing like running naked through the surf with a 40 of High Life in your left hand and a carton of Tropicana in your right. I can't help but throw out a really trite reference here, but ... I've sometimes wondered what it's like to be on one of Ryan McGinley's infamous naked roadtrips. If yesterday was any indication, the answer is really, really amazing.

For real though, readers, you all should do this! Maybe you can't afford to jet off to the Ligurian Riviera for topless sunbathing, but it is fully possible to create a little piece of Cinque Terre right here in San Francisco. I'm not a hippie by any means, but being naked in nature is straight-up fun.

WHAT?!?!

Posted by Serg on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:50pm

Categorized: Being Green, Events, Happenings & Scenes, Mission District, Music, The Great Outdoors

Tagged: Mob Shit, RAP MUSIC, Why listen to soft shit when you could be listening to gangster rap?

flyer

so I just got this email blast with this flyer for a free earth party in the park, I thought oh that's cool I guess but then I saw The Jacka was on the line up to perform and thought OH THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME! All I can hope for is that some lame's afternoon of tight rope walking to be ruined by the sweet sounds of the Mob Figaz. I am no fan of Goapele but I will go to any show that has the possibility of Husalah showing up. When he came out with Jacka during Freeway's set at Mezzanine I kind of lost my shit. In a perfect world Husalah would be up there chanting you're pretty cool for a black guy and yelling bring me another beer to a sea of apathetic skinny pants.

youtube failed me for a video of I'm A Wild Child so you get the latest Husalah youtube joint instead.

22nd Parklett Finally Being Installed

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 6:29pm

Categorized: Mission District, The Great Outdoors

Can't wait! Let's go park our fixies and eat burritos and drink beers!

Valencia Rain Forest

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 1:02pm

Categorized: Mission District, The Great Outdoors

Tagged: Where's the wildlife?

I know, I know. Nothing new about trees being planted on Valencia. That said, anyone walking down Valencia yesterday afternoon with their faces not glued to their cellphones likely noticed how cool this row of trees looked in the rain.

McLaren Park Could Once Again Have a Bike Park

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:21pm

Categorized: Bicycles, The Great Outdoors

Did you know that McLaren Park was once a 70s hot bed of Bay Area BMX racing? Well, with any luck, SF Urban Riders are going to turn it into one again. You know what that means? A place for teenagers to drink after school. THE HORROR.

But really, this is a great project and I hope it goes through. If you also hope it goes through, there is a very important planning meeting happening this Wednesday the 19th at 6:30 at the Louis Sutter Roadhouse. Go and fight the NIMBYs.

More information (and pics!) of McLaren's bicycle past.

More information (with pics of how crappy the park is now!) of McLaren's bicycle future.

The first of hopefully many summer mini-vacations

Posted by Jane Parton on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 2:12pm

Categorized: Being Cool, East Bay, The Great Outdoors, Travels and Tales

On Friday afternoon, I decided to get out of the city and its horrid overcast weather and spend the day drinking beers in a rowboat.

Yes, it was as awesome as it sounds.

We met up in Berkeley and drove out Highway 24 into the picturesque (read: bougie, white) town of Lafayette. In town we failed to find Four Loko anywhere (god, suburbia, get it together!) and ended up buying beer and Cooks instead. At the Lafayette reservoir we rented a rowboat and set out to ~~sea~~ ~~lake~~ pond. I won't go on about the rest of our afternoon, I just wanted to share this lovely day trip with Uptown readers because I imagine many of us tire of spending every sunny day at Dolores Park and, especially given the impending closures, it's nice to have alternative places for outdoor daytime drinking.

Although we drove, the Lafayette Reservoir is highly BART-able. Once you're there, parking is $6 and boat rental is $25 for up to 5 hours. There's a Safeway pretty nearby for picnic food and drink. If you intend to get Lok'd though, you'll probably have to make a pit stop in Oakland or be sorely disappointed like we were. More info about the Lafayette Recreation Area can be found here. Let's go Summer 2010!