Whimsical Bullshit

Boxwars in Dolores

Reader Daniel Jarvis sent this video our way.  Thankfully, I don't need to edit my video now, which was sure to be not nearly as good as this video, but not nearly as crappy as the one on mishmish.  Be sure to stick around for the bonus sledding on cardboard shots at the end.  Also, if you don't feel like watching 4 minutes of video, the above photo pretty much sums up the entire event.

ROBOBATTLES 2010 Dolores Park from Andrew Callaway on Vimeo.

The Biggest Development in Valencia St. Dining We've Seen in Years

BIG NEWS IN HIPSTER DINING: Recognizing that everyone in the Mission is secretly a child, the newly opened Crepe House on Valencia and 22nd has stocked the place with animal placemats and crayons.  This made my hungover, juvenile mind so happy.

Aren't I such a good lil' artist?(I got the gorilla)

This seriously brought me back to the good old days of eating crappy sandwiches and delicious clown ice cream sundaes at Friendly's as a child, which means this place automatically gets 5 ironic stars.  Just like Friendly's, their food wasn't the best (if you want really killer crepes, go to Ti Couz), but it was reasonable for a cheap 8am breakfast.

Anyway, thank you, Crepe House, for satiating my primal urges for crayons.

Crafternoon Delight?

 Illustration by Kate Sutton

 Illustration by Kate Sutton

Like handmade stuff but (like me) are too lazy to actually DIY? Want to buy some hand-crafted goods and impress your Etsy loving friends? Want to support some waspy chicks that turn garbage into art? Need some DIY tips from over 225 vendors from all across the nation? If you said yes to any of these, then this weekend you're in luck! Starting this Saturday July 31st, San Francisco's 3rd annual Renegade Craft Fair will be taking place at Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion. You can get crafty from 11am to 7pm and hyphy until 2am at any local bar! Just don't forget to impress all your new friends with the beanie baby earrings you made at the Accessorize with Toys! Workshop.

Lefty O'Doul Gets His Arm Back, Bloggers Show Up By the Handful

Apparently, Lefty O'Doul, which I found out was merely a mannequin and not a taxidermied version of the man himself, had his left arm stolen a few years back and was taken on a whirlwind tour of the globe, as reported by NPR. Not bad, not bad, but I'd like to see someone do this with one of the Doggy Diner heads.

I showed up, spurred on more by the rumors of free alcohol than by any interest in seeing the reattachment of the arm by an actual doctor (paid for by Obamacare). I shot this and it features at least one world famous blogger, Beth Spotswood, who blogged about me blogging about her and here I am blogging about that like an even shittier version of Inception. Here's a bonus video I shot of Stevie Nicks talking to the doctor:

Dispatches From The Sunset

Reader Jarvis chimes in with the difference between living in the Mission and The Sunset:

I see this truck with the cool-kid ninja EVERYwhere.  But, I live in the Sunset; I'm sure seeing this kind of shit happens all the time when you live in the Mission and life is so cool that you don't have to make videos about how cool it is to remind yourself it's cool.  But it ain't like that in The Set.  Yeah I said ain't, I'm a cowboy…

Dunno about that.  Pretty certain we take a lot of video/photos to prove to ourselves that our neighborhood is worth living in.  Also, “The Set” is way better of a nickname than “The Mish.”

Plus, as Beej noted, there is some hella rad sidewalk graffiti (aka the harbinger of hip) over there:

Types of Bitches: Mission Edition

So the other day my friend Kahla showed me this highly comprehensive list of types of bitches that a third grade teacher in Washington, D.C. found on the floor in a hallway of school … and I am LOVING IT. My personal favorites are “got all that mouth but can't step bitches,” “bitches that be ignoring you when you know they can hear you” and “uncreative bitches.” You can find the whole list here.

 

This morning Kahla & I were inspired to compile a Types of Bitches list more suited to our immediate social environment. We're calling it Types of Bitches: Mission Edition. With only 25 entries it's just the beginning of the full compilation, so feel free to suggest any bitches we may have missed in the comments.

So far, we have identified:

1) Chrome bag but no bike bitches
2) Resident DJ bitches
3) Selling doilies and owl necklaces on Etsy bitches
4) White bitches who think they're “down” 'cause they listen to Too Short
5) Throwing up in Delirium bitches
6) Toms-wearing smelly feet bitches
7) “Are those skulls?” bitches
8) You just locked the wrong wheel of your bike up bitches
9) Head-to-toe American Apparel bitches
10) Unemployed bitches who think they're artists
11) Flask of Ancient Age in the bar bitches
12) Morrissey tattoo having bitches
13) Moustache party throwing bitches
14) Crush on a bike messenger bitches
15) Trust fund having but pretending to be poor bitches
16) Leather-wearing vegan bitches
17) Thinking they're all that modeling vintage for their friend's eBay store bitches
18) Peacock feather earring bitches
19) Walk of Shame down 24th St. bitches
20) Bitches you can tell were scene kids back in high school
21) Won't stop talking about how much they love Portland bitches
22) Stripping to pay for that postgraduate philosophy degree bitches
23) Bitches fucking that guy you used to fuck
24) Been “26” for the past five years bitches
25) Butchering Salt-n-Pepa songs at 500 Club on Sunday night bitches

What type of bitch are you? Right now I'll admit to being #11 and slightly #14. I was #6 for about two weeks back in the summer of 2007. It wasn't a good look.

Cool Kid Products: Great Jugs of Wine

Man's consumption of wine has always made tits look bigger.  But for the first time ever, it's the girl's own drinking that does the job! (I SHOULD WRITE COPY FOR THESE ASSHOLES, AMIRITE?)  Thanks to the mad genius who invented this, I just went from total sleaze to Sommelier.  The 'Wine Rack' bra is possibly the greatest thing ever, at least since my uncle Larry got his head gear stuck in a cooler and accidently invented the beer hat.  

This sports bra looking contraption contains a reservoir that holds AN ENTIRE BOTTLE OF WINE (750ml), which is such a ridiculously large amount that it can “turn an A cup in to double Ds” and will inevitably lead to the complete collapse of the boob-job industry (surgery or booze? NO BRAINER).  According to Daily Mail, it's also “popular with New Jersey students” which is a total fucking shocker.  

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Someone Has BIG Plans This Week

Reader Selbst recently found this schedule scribbled down on paper (UPDATE: and has provided us with more details on the find):

FOUND this on my doorstep in the Mission with a heap of sodden blankets and clothes apparently jettisoned from a gypsy RV after a “domestic”. The question is, did she complete the plan and throw out the list or lose the list and the plan and get hooked again?

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