Mission Mission

Cartographer Penelope Popsicle yesterday published a handful of maps of various San Francisco parks, based on a boring Planning Department map but much prettier. Doesn’t Dolores Park look inviting?

View the rest here.

Curbed SF has the scoop:

The newly-landscaped Cesar Chavez Street will run from Hampshire Street, just west of that insane juncture of Bayview Avenue, Potrero Avenue and Route 101 (where Bullitt made his famous illegal u-turn) and extend to Guerrero Street with two less lanes of traffic, the ever present bulb-outs, and a fourteen-foot-wide planted median.

Sounds good. How long will it be before Chavez is the new Valencia?

Read on for more explanation, pictures and graphics.

So, Nerd Bait seems like a pretty fun blog. I’m going to keep reading it.

The party starts this Saturday at noon, people. There’ll be 35+ local designers selling cool stuff, a hands-on workshop, a raffle, some rad live bands, DJs, FOOD, FULL BAR. Come enjoy yourself!

See the full press release after the jump:

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I’m glad Mr. Pickles is able to take some time off once in a while and get the hell out of the hustle and bustle of the city. Looks like he really knows how to relax.

[Photo by David July] [Thanks, Cranky Old Mission Guy!]

Previously:

BREAKING: Mr. Pickle Stolen

BREAKING: Mr. Pickle Found

BREAKING: Mr. Pickle Hostage Situation

UPDATE: Mr. Pickle to Be Voluntarily Returned?

BREAKING: Mr. Pickle Returned!

In addition to being a publisher of personal appeals, Wikipedia is also a vast repository of knowledge. Here’s a sampling:

The Egg War is the name given to an 1863 conflict between rival egging companies on the Farallon Islands, 25 miles off San Francisco. It was the culmination of several years of tension between the (Pacific) Egg Company, which claimed the right to collect the eggs on the islands, and several rival firms. The resulting violence claimed two lives, but left the Egg Company in sole control of the islands’ eggs. Its victory was short lived; the company sold the rights to use the islands in the late 1870s and the federal government removed all egging companies from the islands in 1881.

Read on.

[Thanks, Penelope!]

Or do you have to go to Europe?

[Photo by cacalote]

UPDATE: Rainbow! Thanks, Rich!

Gonzo cartographer David Enos debuted this gripping drama about a year ago, and today has finally made it available for purchase. Just in time for the holidays! See here.

Maybe Four Loko is really over. Maybe this award-winning Nicaraguan rum is the new jam. Carlos Reyes has a bunch more compelling evidence right here.

Not much content posted yet, but it’s about our esteemed neighbor to the south, it’s called Bernalwood and it looks like it’s going to be fun.