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By: SFDoggy

SFDoggy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:59:11 +0000

@APaulD: I am not sure you are one to be accusing others of “uptight, intolerant, judgmental smugness”

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By: jekka

jekka — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:20:07 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/fashion/26eaglerock.html

2nd paragraph says it all…

By: zinzin

zinzin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:21:34 +0000

@Neo – i cant 100% corroborate but i seem to remember that neighborhood groups (MAC?) shut Phan down when he tried to expand to the storefront next door. funny thing about that is…inside that space is the old original Slanted Door just as he left it. now, of course, both of those stores are suitably empty & blighted.

and flying saucer i also recall. they had that guy in the back sitting on a high stool, wearing thick glasses, carving veggies with tiny knives. it really was a trailblazer at the time.

@A Paul D – changed my mind. don’t want you to love me. i’ve found another.

By: A Paul D.

A Paul D. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:10:48 +0000

———–
zinzin wrote: i want you to love me. i really do.

what do i need to change to make you fall madly in love with me?
———–

Stop posting for a week, and that includes any/all alts, and use the time to reflect upon the contrasts between being a compassionate, empathetic and constructive person as opposed to your usual uptight, intolerant, judgmental smugness.

By: Neo Displacer

Neo Displacer — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:39:17 +0000

PS
Oh god how could I forget Flying Saucer, now that was a pioneering restaurant. I loved Flying Saucer. I’m weepy now.

By: Neo Displacer

Neo Displacer — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:36:23 +0000

It needs Slanted Door back. That phucker charles phan closed it for remodeling and then abandoned us. I’ll never step foot in his Embarcadero restaurant. Wait back up a sec, wasn’t he the first to put a serious restaurant in the Mission, way before Limon, Foreign Cinema, Delfina, Tartine, Luna, Range, etc, ad nauseum. Hmm maybe he’s the cause of all the problems. Let’s get the anti AA folks on the case right away, maybe we can have him shut down. Somebody write to Campos. Lets get the torches and pitch forks out!

By: paving

paving — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:46:41 +0000

I’m with Wet Blanket

By: zinzin

zinzin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:34:47 +0000

@raimondo – that’s absolutely NOT what i was thinking.

i don’t think ANYONE would want that, and i don’t think it’s appropriate to joke about it (or about suicide, for that matter).

that said, from your perspective, ALL of those “period” ideas i put forward (all of which were meant to be a joke) could be cast in a racist light. civil rights weren’t so well advanced in a 50′s malt shoppe, or in victorian england, or during the depression.

hell, pretty much anything referring to any time before…when? never? even up to today?…could be cast in a racist light.

if i’ve offended anyone in that vein, mea culpa. not my intention in any way.

By: raimondo

raimondo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:14:03 +0000

a 1940′s Woolworth counter?!?! you’re freekin kidding, right? You really want to see black people denied service at a trendy Valencia Street eatery?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:37:08 +0000

Jeremy Hatch,
I just caught that a comic/coffee shop is opening soon on Valencia & Mission. Maybe that is too far out of the way.

By: wet blanket

wet blanket — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:33:26 +0000

How about a place to hang yourself (for suicides).

By: C.

C. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:59:05 +0000

zinzin! Dude. tooooootally awesome.
i think this is actually a precise and complete list of exactly what the neighborhood needs. this would make everything sooo much cooler! and sorta, uh… cultural.
actually, i think this is the best post re developing the Mission ever.
just to articulate further…
i think all of these shops could have fronts made out of the same sculpted antique wood, have the same shape of hand-carved antique sign, with the same one 3- or 4-syllable anachronistic word in their names. they could also all give coupons for the others. and have the same gilded window trim. and quilted Tyrian purple seat cushions.
actually, esp. with coupons, one’s entire day could be mapped out by connecting these stores, and exploring permutations of the order of visits could occupy several years of bohemian time.
the kids store could offer steampunk perambulators and mini-penny-farthings. could also be daycare/preschool. kids get to dress up while at daycare/preschool.
“Mission Hash” could also serve workingman’s breakfast. there needs to be a place that serves oatmeal and guinness for breakfast.
and dude, the chinese could be a brandy ho’s extension (great dan-dan noodles, onion cakes and home-smoked hunan pork) with a “Tientsin 1928″ theme that sorta corresponds through global spheres of influence to the Steampunk Kids/Tea, Holmes & Moriarty Baker St. Apothecary, and Euro-Cig/Mag shops.
there needs to be one of these places where port and sherry are served at 4 or 5 pm. tea, then port.
maeve – newsbeat rules! you can get a mag, walk over to ice krimski, get ice cream in a cup, and walk up to mishka’s, and sit outside and enjoy an affogato while reading your magazine. with zinzin’s complete proposal, valencia street would offer the same leisurely diversions.

By: zinzin

zinzin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:28:10 +0000

@A Paul D – i want you to love me. i really do.

what do i need to change to make you fall madly in love with me?

By: zinzin

zinzin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:27:03 +0000

isnt there a pot club up near valencia & 15th or so?