Friday Afternoon Romance

Renée‘s middle name is “Bonecrusher” btw. Link.

Barcelona Bike Sharing

Barcelona has bike infrastructure. Big, wide, protected bike lanes down just about every thoroughfare, and a communal bike program as fun and fashionable as it is easy and efficient. There are seriously racks of rad bikes on every block. Just swipe your card and pick your wheels.

It’s called “Bicing,” and Barcelona Cycle Chic this week shows us how it works.

Previously:

Biking in Europe

Ike's Place Getting the Boot!

Maybe.

Photo by angryaznwoman.

Humphrey and Wolfie

Happy Friday, Mission Mission readers! Please adopt one of these cutie pies!

Humphrey — 2 year old male

Greetings Mateys! Where am I? I am probably under my beds! I love hiding, but when you come in to say hello I will purr and knead and love you! I absolutely love to play with the interactive kitty noodle toy. I would make a great companion for a quietish home. Don’t hold my pirate kitty look against me!

Wolfie — 7 month male Chihuahua

I am a tiny birdlike dog…. i was so fragile that i was severely injured and just like humpty-dumpty, the vets here put me all back together again! I spent a few weeks recovering with a great foster home (with another puppy-dog who was my friend). I am looking for a home where my tiny body will be safe (adults or similar size dogs would be best).

All pets adopted from SFSPCA have received a pre-adoption veterinary exam and behavior assessment, vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery and a microchip.

Where: The San Francisco SPCA’s Maddie’s Adoption Center
Address: 250 Florida Street (at 16th – Street)
Hours: Open Tues – Friday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Closed Mondays and major holidays.
Contact: 415-522-3500, www.sfspca.org
Follow SFSPCA at facebook.com/sfspca and twitter.com/sfspca.

Proper Glassware

If you’re a Toronado type you know how important it is to have proper glassware with your beer. The tulip shape of a Chimay glass lets you get your nose closer to the aromas, you know?

Well, two neighborhood beer bars are working hard to keep you in propriety. Monk’s Kettle has a handsome Moonlight Brewing Co. glass for your Death & Taxes (above, photo by .laz), and Pi Bar has teeny-tiny mini steins for your teeny-tiny raspberry beer (below, photo by only taciturn). Drink up!

Previously:

Don’t Drink Rapaciously Evil Corporate Beer

Strawberry Socks

Built to Spill

I’m not sure if we’re talking about the bike or Vic Wong, but it’s fun to watch them spill.

Related:

Another Video of Vic Wong Falling Off a Bike

Mr. Outsized Genitalia

Reader Moderniste had a run-in with some huge nuts on the 22 the other day, and wrote about it on Violation Report:

The bus was full, and I really needed to sit down. And this prince of a guy was “saving” the last available seat for his apparently HUGE testicles.

Bravely, I tried to wedge myself into the 8 inches of seat left, thinking that my difficulty in trying to sit down would clue him in to moving aside a bit. (And mind you, I am a very thin person.) Alas, this Alpha Male cared more about his outsized genitalia than my comfort. So I stood back up and snapped his picture :)

Thanks, M!

Previously:

BART Boner

I Don't Want to Fight

California Sunshine this afternoon presents a quick little play possibly about relationships. It’s called A and B and it starts like this:

A and B are standing in a room with a couch, a coffee table, a book shelf and a TV. A and B can be any pair- an adult and a child, a man and a woman, two men or two women.

A: I don’t want to fight.

B: I don’t either.

A: Good.

B: OK, we’re done fighting.

A: Great.

B: Wait, but we didn’t finish anything.

Read on, if you dare.

Photo by H. Jews.

Previously:

California Sunshine Live at Amnesia

Bacon-Wrapped Narwhal

Incoherent Ramblings made this monstrosity last summer. And we might never have known about it had reader Emily not spoken up. Thanks, Emily!

Previously:

Narwhal Free-For-All

One-Eyed Trouser Snakes Are Wild

Insert your own “bland pattern on your back” or “nude men on your face” gag here.

Link.

Previously:

Speedo Squad

Allan Hough

Posts: 7810

Email: allanhough@gmail

Website: http://allanhough.bandcamp.com

Biographical Info:

"I joked that living in the Mission would be the end of me. And there were nights where it felt like the case.

One night I went out with my friend Allan to the bar that no one goes to on 16th Street, where I lost half my drink and money on the dance floor. Later we skated down 16th to Evelyn Lee, where I fell off my board and landed on my head as the 22 bus sped past behind me. A sobering moment. At the bar, I sulked and nursed my wounds until Allan put on Amy Winehouse’s 'Valerie.' We danced, he dipped me, and I felt better."

— My pal Valerie, writing about life in the Mission