Mission Mission

We Built This City spotted a specimen (or two) in Glen Canyon today. For those that don’t know, Glen Canyon is 2.4 miles southwestish of the Skechers store. Hold on to your babies!

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Coyote Faces $5.99 Each

Kati over at Ohio to San Francisco (from whence this picture came) says:

I’m not sure about eating basil from a planter box on Harrison.

Me neither. But, I looove me some pesto, so I won’t ask and please don’t tell.

Spotted on 24th at Bartlett

This is awful. A man was beaten, robbed, and stabbed last night in Dolores Park by a group of teens, according to SF Appeal:

Police responded at around 1:30 a.m. to an area of the park around 19th and Church streets and found that the victim had been beaten, robbed and stabbed multiple times in the torso, officer Samson Chan said.

Three arrests have been made. Be careful out there, folks.

[via SF Appeal]

Photographer Charlie Russo got in touch to share his collection of photos of San Franciscans watching the World Cup last month at various locales around town. The guy up top is at the Napper Tandy; the guy below him is at Bissap Baobab. And then there are a ton of pictures of people at Civic Center, like this one, from when the USA scored that one epic goal late in that one game:

See the whole series here.

Thanks, Charlie!

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USA FTW at the Phoenix

This is not an official endorsement for Mission Workshop, since I have neither worn nor showered with their bags, but the promo videos for their products are beautifully shot cycling videos filmed in you-know-where, so check ‘em out.

Grocery Run:

A Day In The Life

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Ariel shows us his Hough

Here’s a clip of Judgement Day destroying the Bicycle Music Festival today in Golden Gate Park. I’ve never had my face melted by a violin and cello before!

The cyclists in front are powering all of the equipment. You’ve just got to check out the rig. The wheels spin the rotor of a generator that feeds into a small battery with just enough juice to keep things going for a few seconds. A meter shows the power level. If it drops below green, lights out. This actually happened shortly after I stopped filming and everyone was treated to an unexpected drum solo. While I was pedaling, I found a direct correlation with the power level and the bass instruments. Kick drums and bass lines really draw a lot of power!

You can still catch the rest of the fest when it rides down to Potrero Hill (16th and Irwin) around 6pm.

Menacing the construction workers of Valencia, ravenously bearing down on poor Walter Dukes.  The large version is truly mesmerizing, especially when enjoyed in conjunction with the RZA, below.

Just got an email from Toshio Hirano:

Hello Everyone

I am having a set at Rite Spot cafe tonite at 9:00 with the same old
Jimmie Rodgers songs and some classic country tunes.
Hope see you there.

Toshio Hirano

“Same old” never sounded so good as it sounds when Toshio does it.

Photo is a still from a PRI video profile which you can look at here.

Dang. Don’t tell me the kids in LA are having more fun than us kids in SF. This series of photos published by Jumping Ghost says this just might be the case.

Let’s get on it.

[via Emma Cooper]

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Los Angeles