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You may have noticed a number of fire trucks, ambulances and police cars on the corner of17th and Mission last night. That's because three men were shot by a gunman who escaped on foot. Two of them were shot in the leg and one was shot in the chest. KCBS has the developing story. Police are still looking for the gunman.
iPhone photo courtesy of Dolapo Falola.Rough day for our neighborhood. Stay safe, people.
You may recall hipster kitty from such things as this UA post or possibly fuckyeahhipsterkitty. Well, (s)he's all grown up.
The peace treaty is OVER. Following the great bee sting incident of 1993, wherein I sat on a bee, got stung on my leg and had to wait four hours to find a pharmacy open in Patra on a Sunday so I could buy antihistamine, bees and I had an agreement. While initially upon encountering bees the most appropriate reaction seemed to be running around, flailing my arms and screaming like a banshee, I later learned that the easiest way to indicate my harmlessness was to stop, drop and play dead. I accommodated them. And the bees knew this meant not to sting me.
You might recall that the Mission is suddenly rampant with bees. Well, on Sunday it came to my attention that, not only are they overrunning our neighborhood, they have a newfound aggression toward Dolores Park chilling enthusiasts. I was leaving DP after spending a few hours drinking Korbel and eating chocolate (unoffensive). I was enjoying nature and not bothering anyone. This, apparently, was really irritating to one particular bee that decided, FOR NO GOOD REASON, to land on my leg and deposit a stinger so gigantic that I didn't even need tweezers to pull it out. What the shit did I do to deserve that?! Nothing. I would love to think the insect committed suicide on my leg and cannot harm another park goer but it's not true. It is still out there and it told all its bee friends about you and it WILL come after you, whether you have it coming or not.
To be clear, there is no actual reward for catching the culprit, but our deal is off the table and it's now open season on bees. I highly encourage you to find it and/or its buddies. Sting or be stung.
If you live in the Mission you've probably noticed the marvelous sidewalk widening project that's underway on Valencia between 16th and 18th. At my estimation the sidewalk is about 15 feet wide now which means you can ditch your former single file method and start walking in tandem with your friends. I bet you could get a human chain of at least 5-7 people going uninterrupted. Additionally, you could comfortably rollerblade (this hood is full of avid rollerbladers, didn't you know?) - with extra wide lunges - or run with your arms outstretched in a zig zag pattern down the sidewalk. This is wicked exciting right? WRONG.
Who is planning this garbage and why am I giving you better ideas for free? Well, here it is, on the house. This project is a complete waste of time. Because of the trees planted next to the road, what we're really getting is 3-4 feet of extra sidewalk room. OH NEAT. The extra room given is not going to allow restaurants to put tables on the sidewalk. There's nothing cool that can happen outside. Literally, at best, you can now get around the crowd outside of Casanova on a Friday night without getting pissed off.
This city needs more fucking patios. The sidewalk widening could be great. It could extend all the way across Valencia making it a pedestrian street. A what?! Yes. Shut down Valencia. It's a shitty street to drive on, it's a shitty street to walk on and I'll speculate it's shitty to bike on too. And if it's not, shut your pie hole and go bike down Mission Street. Just imagine, tables outside, benches, trees... Places to chill without getting a grass stain on your ass or having some dog eat your burrito. I want a place where I can hang outside and have a drink or a coffee or dinner that's not fucking Medjool. Let's make this happen, people.
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