Just one?

Because I prefer multiple.

Knocked a pigeon out of the sky with a Frisbee

The Fog Bender was on the scene:

the other day i was at the park enjoying the sun and a beer and i heard a “thunk” sound followed by about 15 people all go  “OHHHHH!!”  i look and see a crowd gathering around a guy holding the pigeon which he accidentally knocked out of the sky with a frizbee so naturally i took a couple pictures and shook my head with pity for the poor winged rat.

Wow. That must be a 180-gram tournament-quality Frisbee. I just hope the victim wasn’t our majestic friend from last week.

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Why shouldn’t you eat at Picaro or Esperpento?

A compelling argument I suppose, but Looking is Not Seeing, the site that first published the above picture, has a different reason:

I’d say don’t eat at Esperpento or Picaro because the food is pretty lousy.

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Barometric pressure yesterday made faraway landmarks look real close by?

Scope St. Mary’s Cathedral, all the way up at Geary, looking like it’s looming over the Mission. Here’s a closer look:

P.S. We made this observation before we got to the park and started eating truffles, so don’t try pulling that card.

List of everything our store doesn’t sell

Clothes Contact on Valencia sells clothes. And none of this other stuff. All Of Them Witches explains:

Sarah recently sent me this list of items that customers/crack heads have come into the store and asked for. She has one of the coolest jobs in the Mission & gets to play her own records all day long, what a babe!

Seriously though, where can I get a ring toss thing around here?

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Denim as high art

Apex is one of the more notable figures in the street art world. Kiya Babzani is possibly the most notable figure in the world of epic denim. Together, they are bringing epic denim to the gallery wall, in sort of a street art fashion I imagine. But I really have no idea what to expect.

The party starts at 7pm at White Walls.

Malts shop

Here’s one of the raddest songs by a local band I’ve heard all year:

And lucky for us, Terry Malts are playing a free show tonight at 8pm sharp at Afterlife. There will also be beer, according to the subliminal messages in this flyer:

Furthermore, as you can see, it’s a benefit for Yes Yes Yes, some kind of rad new magazine. Liz of Yes Yes Yes explains:

The show’s a fundraiser for our magazine’s second issue, and we’re gonna be selling beer and maybe wine and/or some alcoholic punch of some sort (a good one, don’t worry) and will have a computer set up so people can donate to our kickstarter or just an old fashioned giant jug for additional donations.

The aforementioned Kickstarter is here if you’d like to get a head start on donating.

For more on why Terry Malts are great, check out a lovely Bay Bridged feature from a few weeks back right here.

Map of impending Dolores Park closures

Dolores Park Works just published this map along with official details on the closures, which are mere weeks away. And some activity even starts this coming Monday:

Construction workers will be on-site between May 23rd and June 1st installing a new temporary access driveway into the park just south of the intersection of Dolores and 19th Street for use by service vehicles while the main driveway is closed for the playground construction project.  This construction activity will result in the installation of a temporary safety barricade immediately around the area of work. Bauman Landscape Construction is expected to begin staging and performing pre-construction activities during the first week of June.

Read on.

Graffiti isn’t green

An interesting point. Taggers, take note.

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"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