Category: Local

  • Masculinity through retro hairstyles

    This weekend the SF Chronicle looked into the trend in retro men’s barber shops. The goal of this trend is to allow men to pay […]

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  • You look like cardboard

    Took one look in this large mirror and man, I look awful today. I look like cardboard. (Spotted at Valencia and 16th.)

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  • Stanza Coffee on 16th

    Apparently while I was away, the “garage” half of Pork Store on 16th was closed and renovated into a coffee shop. Just like Pork Store, […]

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  • I am a Cybear now…

    The above teddy bear recently appeared on Clarion Alley. Red and blue like a 3D comic, his speech bubble reads “I am a cybear now…” […]

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  • Truck nuts

    To me, truck nuts always seemed both unnecessarily vulgar and not vulgar enough — it’s a vile gesture to give your vehicle balls, and yet […]

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  • False alarms: how the city should have responded

    On Sunday, the entire city heard the warning system (“air raid” siren”) that’s normally tested on Tuesdays at noon. Apparently this was due to human […]

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  • Sad note

    I noticed this sad handwritten letter stuck to the side of a building on Clarion Alley the other day. It reads: My friend died last […]

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  • Alley Barrel’s new rules

    Last week, I posted a photo of Alley Barrel’s rules, which notably contains a tongue-in-cheek provision banning hipster conversations. After some local coverage, several major […]

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  • Alley Barrel rules and regulations

    Four Barrel’s back alley — aka Alley Barrel — hosts a weekend-only coffee service with occasional street food vendors. Recently they posted a rule sheet, […]

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  • Lisbon vs. San Francisco

    I spent the last week in a small seaside city that seemed eerily reminiscent of home. Everywhere I looked, there were these little moments of […]

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