Lots to do at El Rio today

Bands all day:

Ping pong all night:

(Note: Ping Pong Nite starts early tonight, like as soon as Big Time Freedom ends.)

Stilly

I just love this app Stilly. That is all.

Fantasy BART

Prompted by the very popular map of SF for New Yorkers we posted just a little while ago, @mrsketchee shared this fantasy of a New York-style subway system in SF.

Can you imagine???

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A couple of eggplants

[via Quonky]

Photojournalism

[via Marmotilla]

Giant Value’s final moments

Gnarly.

I guess nobody’s getting their hands on that iconic signage after all.

[Photo by Michael McNally]

BMW vs. Muni bus – AGAIN!

Jk, it’s the same one as last time, from a new angle. More here.

Tamale Lady, the restaurant, coming soon

The silver lining behind Virginia no longer being able to sell her tamales at Zeitgeist is that she’s gonna open her very own shop! An Indiegogo campaign called “Viva la Tamale Lady” explains:

Recently some of the bars Virginia works out of have been told they cannot allow her to sell tamales because she isn’t permitted. Virginia, who just turned 60 this year, has stopped selling tamales to the community she loves.

After meeting with Supervisor Campos and other City departments and with pro bono help from Barbary Coast Consulting, Virginia has decided that it’s time to take her business to the next level!

The Tamale Lady is proud to announce that she will be opening up a brick and mortar “Tamale Lady” restaurant in The Mission.

And she needs our help!

Can do! Read on!

[via Shotwell's on Twitter]

Cool gecko shirt

Cruising down the sidewalk on your Segway, puppy in your arms

Allan Hough

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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