Gone Bananas

Amie spotted this sad banana at Rainbow Grocery this weekend. I blame the raw foodists.

Here’s a closer look:

This Girl Hella Loves Oakland

I mean, Oakland is okay, but that’s one humdinger of a crew-neck sweatshirt. Wow. Kudos to Corntard, the finest new Tumblr on the scene, for snapping this gem.

It definitely tops the hand-painted bicycle art sweatshirt we saw, and is almost up there with the best sweatshirt ever.

UPDATE: This is indeed not the most amazing vintage find ever, but a brand-new Steuart Pittman original. Still rad.

Previously:

Guide To How To Have Fun This Summer If You Live In SF And Your Best Friends Live in Oakland

Battling To The Death

It all goes down tomorrow night. The forces of local celebrity ping pong enthusiasts converge, on Capp Street of all places, to take on a ping pong grandmaster. Authors Roger Bennett and Eli Horowitz will present a slideshow for their new book Everything You Know is Pong.

From the far side of the table author Dave Eggers, musician Jerry Harrison and restaurant innovator Anthony Myint will stare down a champion who will attempt to embarrass the pretty boys by defeating them not just with a paddle, but maybe also a dead fish, a copy of the book or a piece of ice. You too can step up if you’re in the mood for some wicked humiliation, or death.

Tuesday, 12/14 at 7:30 pm – 190 Capp Street, at 17th – $10-$20 suggested donation, all proceeds go to 826 National.

Game Over

When a group of buddies blessed with only pedestrian athleticism decides to spend an afternoon playing basketball together, it’s really a prudent idea to bring along more than one ball.  You know, in case this sort of thing happens.  Thanks for nothing, Ernesto!

[Photo via Zarin]

Valencia Kung Fu

A local martial artist demonstrates the deadly infinity kick.

[via chriskalani, a guy visiting from Portland]

Saturday Sunsets

Perhaps it had something to do with that weird one-day mid-December heatwave we had yesterday, but for a few hours between 4 and 5pm, the sunset was definitely something to behold.  And it wasn’t just restricted to our wonderful Mission neighborhood, as our (GWAR-demystifying) pal Trevor demonstrates:

Woah, his camera phone is waaaaaay better than mine!

Previously:

Sunset from the Sunset

Sunset from the Five

Sunset from Dragon Calvalry

Sunset Lagoon

On a Boat with the Mission Dolores Yacht Club

Can anyone join? Unclear. But CycleZine has more info, sort of:

I see influence of East Coast Ivy League and West Coast Hipsters..Yachting…. Love it….

Read on.

[via SCD]

Carsick Bags

Look at these incredibly good-looking, handmade-one-at-a-time-by-one-guy bags. The company is called Carsick Designs, and their wares will be for sale at the Bizarre Bazaar in Fort Mason all weekend. Get thee there!

DJ Shadow Is About to Play the Elbo Room?

Apparently, yes. Get thee to the Elbo Room, people.

[Thanks, DH!]

Mystery Lumpy Irregular Sphere

What is happening here? What is this curious body and how was somebody able to tag it?

[Photo by SF Gov]