Mission Mission

Magic Curry Kart, probably the first popup we ever wrote about, back before we even knew they were called popups, is endeavoring to expand its operations. Here’s part of the pitch, straight from founder Brian Kimball:

Five years ago I started the Magic Curry Kart.  Inspired by the delicious food I experienced on my travels through South East Asia I decided to serve a Thai style curry off a rickety metal kart in my neighborhood.  I initially experimented with a variety of store bought pastes until I decided to start making my own pastes from fresh ingredients I found at local farmers markets.

It was of course dubbed appropriately as Magic Curry Paste.  We are now on the shelves of Whole Foods Markets, Bi-Rite Markets, Adronicos, and Rainbow Grocery in the Bay Area.  We are also on the virtual shelves of Good Eggs and Amazon Fresh.

Our Plans to Expand: There is a growing demand for fresh and locally produced food products.  We have the opportunity to get on the shelves of more markets throughout California, but that would push beyond our current production capacity.  This means that we need to move our paste to a local co-packer in order to make larger quantities at lower costs. Then we can focus on reaching more stores.

There’re only 4 days left in the campaign so act fast! In return for pledging some cash to the cause, you get rewards such as cool t-shirts and jars of curry paste:

Check out the full Kickstarter campaign here.

3D City is a year long stereoscopic photography project by Doctor Popular

With funds for film and developing being a little tight at the moment, I’ve been carrying around my Lumix 3D1 more and more these days. It’s small, has a wide lens, and the most subtle stereoscopic lens distance of any other digital camera at the moment. It’s nice to have a pocket sized camera to carry around the neighborhood again. If you don’t mind having the menu in Japanese, you can also grab an Olympus 3D1 here for a hundred bucks less. Since the UI is mostly symbols, it’s not that difficult to navigate either way. Speaking of money saving tips: the $15 haircuts at Lee Hong on 16th (in the above photo) are a hell of a deal.

More shots after the bump.
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Ouch. Happy Mother’s Day!

(Thanks, Amy!)

"Get rich or get out," anti-gentrification sidewalk graffiti at Dolores Park in #sf. pic.twitter.com/8atsRltB4D

— Jeff Elder (@JeffElder) May 10, 2014

That’s pretty much the clearest statement I’ve seen so far.

LADIES NIGHT IS BACK!

ALL YOUR FAVE POST PUNK, 80S LADIES, FREESTYLE, BASS, EARLY 90S GIRL GROUPS, NEW WAVE, SYNTHIES, PUNKIES, DIVAS, RIOTS, JIVE BABIES! BRING YOUR FEET, LEAVE THE BROS AT HOME!

ALL LADY VOCALS!!!!!!!

$3 drinks for the ladies and moms get in free!  Check out all the details here.

No filters used and I didn’t turn up the saturation or anything!

So many bags! Lookin’ good!

[via Gaelan]

Looks like it’s arrived early this year!  Be sure to be extra cautious during your ride tomorrow since there’ll be a ton of rookie riders making their tentative first commute on our city streets, and try not to get mad when you get repeatedly cut off by clueless first-time cyclists.  After all, the ultimate goal is for everyone to eventually stop being wussies and start biking to work every day, so let’s all try to be as supportive as possible!

And if you play your cards right, you might just encounter a magical moment like this:

Today’s Burrito Justice Radio guest on BFF.fm, your award-winning Internet radio station? The Magic Curry Man himself. Tune in at noon!

We’ll be talking about his Magic Curry Paste Kickstarter, maps, the neighborhood, cooking classes, and more.

UPDATE: Thanks for listening everyone! The archive of this week’s show is now up.

It’s been a few years in the making, but what started as a web comic is now about to become an actual physical published work of art! Here’s what it’s about:

Just Another Sheep follows a timid teen learning to think for himself in the days of Flower Children, free love, and the Vietnam War. But this is not just a soul search! The teen is on a quest to find out how he has the amazing ability to make people experience anything his body has before– be that food poisoning, intoxication, pleasure, or pain.

That would be awesome.

Mat and the crew have actually already reached their Kickstarter goal (congrats, y’all!), but there’s 66 hours left to pledge an amount and earn some sweet bounty. (I meant to mention this last week, but the weather got nice and I went to the beach and didn’t come back until just now.) Rewards include comics, art, t-shirts, having yourself written into the story and more! Check it all out.