Fun with a flaming soccer ball

Those guys are gonna be in serious need of some tough-actin’ Tinactin:

[via AHSAH]

Go climb a tree

It’s great news that the Valencia swing is back in action, but it seems the lines to swing on it are already Bi-Rite Creamery-long, forcing determined fun-lovers to make their own improvised tree-related good times elsewhere on Valencia Street.

[via Ultracore]

Hip hop and ping pong, together at last!

This Friday On May 26th, American Tripps returns to the Secret Alley will take place at a location to be announced soon for an evening of hip hop and ping pong, with very special guest DJ Laser Tad on the decks. It’ll be like when the Wu Tang Clan combined chess and boxing! From the official invite:

It’s gonna be chill ’90s hip hop, upbeat, feel-good jams sure to go hand-in-hand with BERLIN-STYLE PING PONG ACTION. (Think De La Soul or “Feel Me Flow,” nahmean?)

Sounds good! RSVP and invite your friends!

Saturday night bouncy boxing (and free beer) at Z Space

It’s like SXSW up in this piece lately — free beer everywhere! Free beer tonight at ping pong, free beer at this thing, etc.

Anyway, this thing, a launch party for a new app called UpOut (not uPout, though I bet if you get slammed in the face by a bouncy boxing glove hard enough, uPout). Broke-Ass Stuart will be there, boxing and playing host or something. Free beer by Pabst. Free gourmet hot dogs. And then there’s a egg hunt and a bouncy castle in which bouncy boxing will take place. And it’s all in the trippy old factory space that is Z Space. And it’s free! Saturday night! You must RSVP here!

Stuart has all the details and some jokes about Coachella here.

Saturday Afternoon Ping Pong, tomorrow and every Saturday at Dear Mom

Every Saturday. Regular ol’ ping pong. Last week, we played games to 21. If it gets crowded, maybe we’ll switch to 11. Win by two, no suckers’ serve.

Bangin’ bloody marys by bartender David. Bangin’ wake-up shots by Oliver. Hot dogs for lunch.

P.S. Don’t forget, American Tripps brings the other style of ping pong to Rickshaw Stop tonight!

Celebrate opening day with Giants-themed food from a variety of food trucks

It’s an Off the Grid event, but this time there’s more to it:

[G]uests are invited to don San Francisco Giants gear and indulge in Giant-themed dishes from the line-up of food trucks. Complete with Giant-sized food specials, hourly food challenges and a Giants themed soundtrack, Off the Grid: Giant McCoppin is a great way to kick off another baseball season. Offerings such as Senor Sisig’s Giant Burrito; the Rib Whip’s Whole Pig Plate; and Sanguchon’s Super Salchipapas complete the celebration.

Additionally, the Giants Orange and Black Attack will be present at the event.The Orange and Black Attack is a fan interactive team serving as ambassadors for the Giants, bringing games and giveaways to the festivities at Off the Grid: Giants McCoppin.

Saturday from 5-9pm at Valencia and McCoppin. RSVP and invite your friends!

American Tripps brings Berlin-style ping pong to Rickshaw Stop this Friday!

American Tripps breaks it down:

We at American Tripps are thrilled to be throwing our first full-blown Berlin-style ping pong party at a full-blown San Francisco rock ‘n’ roll club. Rickshaw Stop rules!

There’s a full bar and tons of space. We’ll have two ping pong tables, as well as foosball and skeeball, and epic views of all the action from the mezzanine level — and Rickshaw Stop’s rickshaws.

DJ PJ will provide the music.

Can’t wait! RSVP and invite your friends!

Oh and here’s an animated GIF illustrating exactly how awesome it will be, courtesy of our pal Jess:

Ping pong at Dear Mom this afternoon!

Regular old ping pong! Nothing Berlin about it!

American Tripps at the Secret Alley tonight!

RSVP and invite your friends!

(P.S. There’s a Berlin-style ping pong party in Hollywood tomorrow afternoon too. Tell your Southern Californian friends and loved ones!)

Rollerbabies

Possibly the raddest mom ever.

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