The boarded-up former Bombay Creamery space is now hosting a chalkboard where passers-by can scribble a proclamation of love, a poem, or maybe some expletives.
No word on whether the chalkboard was an official installation, or if it was the work of an underground street artist. Either way, leave a note on there soon because the construction behind the plywood looks to be progressing quickly.
No stopping this toilet, folks. If you take a number two here and can’t flush, you’d better plunge it yourself — or you can expect a steep fine from SFMTA. And don’t even ask how they’ll tow you.
(Spotted on Caledonia and 15th St.)
Tonight’s episode of Kitchen Nightmares takes place in the Bay Area! Gordon Ramsay visits Fremont’s Spin A Yarn, a strangely named restaurant where apparently all the food comes from cans.
The food looks pretty sad. In fact, this is the only episode I’ve seen where someone other than Ramsay throws up. That said the focus here is on the dramatic tension between the husband and “I’m not a trophy” wife. The rift between them seems to have started when the husband let his wife renovate Spin A Yarn without putting any limit on cost; you can imagine how that turns out. At one point during the episode the wife goes so far as to duck behind a curtain to avoid her husband.
I don’t want to say too much, but San Jose Sharks fans won’t want to miss this one.
The episode airs at 8pm on KTVU.
Looks like there’s some kind of Latin Juggalo festival in town, if this poster is any indication. The idea of Latin Juggalos is a little odd considering Insane Clown Posse fans are notorious for being, well… gringos. It’s good to see that they’re branching out.
(Spotted all over the Mission.)
Yes, there was a time when this drawing was correct: Great America was owned by Marriott, and there was a theme park called Marine World in Redwood City.
Hotel company Marriott built Great America and its sister park (also called Great America) but eventually sold off both parks. Neither of them have “Marriott” in the name anymore.
Marine World merged with another park and became Marine World/Africa USA. The park moved to Vallejo in the mid 80’s and eventually became Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. The former location in Redwood Shores is now home to Oracle and a few other tech companies.
My, how times have changed!
(Drawing spotted in Balompie Cafe.)
Spotted this one in a store near 16th and Mission, which somehow seems appropriate. It’s two things the area has a lot of — Asian food and crack — all in one convenient package.
The February 2012 issue of 7×7 Magazine includes an ad for DIFFA which prominently features those disgusting “butt chairs” that seem awfully reminiscent of toilets. You may have encountered these chairs if you’ve been to Osha Thai on Valencia recently, as reported by MissionMission.
Alas, the question of who actually wants to be reminded of butts while eating is still unanswered.
Update: Laughing Squid has the dirt on the toilet-y butt chairs.
Local street/concert artist has put up a new piece with a height measuring stick at the old Bombay Creamery space on Valencia. “How high are you?” asks the mural, as though that were a question that could be answered quantitatively.
Be sure to stand in front of this and measure yourself before someone paints over this and you’re forced to go back to robbing 7-Eleven and getting your height measurement from the wanted poster.
Flyers proclaiming their love for you have started appearing around the Mission. Is this some kind of viral marketing for a new romcom staring Adam Sandler? Someone’s unusual art project? The CIA’s new mind control experiment?
Who knows. The posters direct you to visit LoveYou2.org, a mostly empty page which directs you to a rather sappy blog.
Visit those links at your own peril: don’t say I didn’t warn you about the sappiness.
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