The other festive, SF-specific Easter Sunday tradition besides the Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park is of course the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race down the actual crookedest street, Vermont Street.

It's not quite as old as the Hunky Jesus Contest, but the annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race just celebrated 26 years since its beginnings, on Easter Sunday. The race began with co-founder Jon Brumit taking a Big Wheel down the crooked part of Lombard Street in 2000. But as the event gained notoriety — and Lombard Street neighbors objected to their landscaping being damaged — it moved to the more crooked, less well known Vermont Street on Potrero Hill.

As the current organizers says on their barely updated website, "We actually try not to promote the event so that it stays a manageable size." And there aren't too many rules besides a strict ban on advertising or product endorsements at the race. And it's now divided into a kids race (12 and under) starting around 2 pm, and an "adult kids" race starting at 3 pm.

The race route is lined with hay bales, for crashing into.

Below, some images from this year's Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race. And check out the story on JJ Meeks' Instagram with another aerial drone compilation showing both the scenes at Dolores Park and on Vermont Street Sunday afternoon.

Previously: Video: Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race Once Again Draws Easter Crowds to SF's Vermont Street

It was a warm and sunny Easter Sunday in San Francisco, and once again the northern half of Dolores Park was elbow-to-elbow and blanket-to-blanket with spectators for the annual Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contests.

What was once a small and mostly LGBTQ gathering at the southern end of Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, featuring an Easter Bonnet contest and the gleefully sacreligious Hunky Jesus Contest, has grown into a massive annual affair, attended by thousands.

Sister Roma and Peaches Christ once again presided over the festivities from the stage, and this year's entrants included Cheezits Christ — complete with a large cross made from Cheez-Its boxes — Oil on Canvas Jesus, Elvis Jesus, Fitness Jesus, Trans Jesus, Aunt Gladys Jesus, Palestinian Balloon Jesus, and a Cow Jesus whose udders dispensed cocktails.

It is often the case that the hunkiest Jesus with the most revealing loin cloth gets the loudest cheers and takes the prize at the annual Hunky Jesus Contest on Easter Sunday. And this year was no exception. with Miguel Velez winning out with his Renewable Enegery Jesus, complete with a crown of solar panels and a windmill staff.

A few more photos and a video from Sunday in Dolores Park, below.

Barbie-mania had one more hurrah at Easter Sunday’s Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park, with a perfectly Mattel-produced Jesus Ken winning the title and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence honoring their 45th anniversary.

“Today is the most San Francisco day you could ever have,” co-emcee Honey Mahogany declared in front of 10,000 people assembled in Dolores Park on Easter Sunday for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s 45th anniversary party. But there was stiff competition in the Hunky Jesus Contest, with this year's honors going to Jesus Ken (seen below).

“I’m a choking hazard” Jesus Ken declared on stage, before being crowned.

More than two dozen other competitors battled for the Hunky Jesus 2024 title. This final round of the competition is seen above, with other finalists including Disco Ball Jesus, Golden Shower Jesus, and a contestant named Trailer Trash Jesus, who announced to the crowd while drinking, “It’s not wine, it’s a fuckin’ PBR!”

To which Sister Roma responded, ”Is it wrong that I’m attracted to Trailer Trash Jesus?”

Shortly after that, Sister Roma admonished the crowd by saying, “I can smell your poppers from here.”

Jesus Ken's “packaging” was also detailed with lyrics reminiscent of the hit single “I’m just Ken,” and presented in perfect Barbie font.

“My name is actually really Ken, and for years I’ve been a display director and a prop maker.” Ken explained to SFist. “I’ve done a lot of props and projects for Barbie professionally, so how could I not do this this year? It was Ken’s year.”

And an actual wedding proposal broke out during the Foxy Mary contest! This contestant group was called “Will you Mary me?”, and indeed, the Mary to whom the marriage proposal was directed did say yes, as the crowd of thousands applauded heartily.

This year's Hunky Jesus Contest audience nailed it with some pretty sweet arrangements on this Easter Sunday that also served as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence anniversary party.

Peep some of these egg-celent costumes, many of which absolutely lived up to the occasion.

The Sisters did a nice turn where they brought last year’s Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contest winners back onstage. The ensemble group and 2023 Hunky Jesus champions Haus of Jesus did a political “From the River to the Sea” dance protest (one of a few pro-Palestine messages that came up over the course of the day). Last year’s Foxy Mary winner, Free Choice Mary, announced her new pro-choice political project.

“I was really inspired to do this when the Sisters were under fire for what happened with the LA Dodgers,” Free Choice Mary told SFist. “My photo was actually being used on conservative websites as ‘trans man winning an abortion award.’ I want to spread the word that religion and abortion actually do intersect in a beautiful and compassionate way.”

Other Marys in the Foxy Mary contests included Make Love Not War Mary, Extra Virgin Mary, and a Miscarriage Mary (“I’m rewriting history so that Jesus never existed,” she told the crowd). The finals came down to the very sweet Maria de Confecciones Immaculada, and Puta Mary, who won thanks to a raucous cheering section from St. James Infirmary.

There was also the Easter Bonnet Contest, with one contestant declaring they’d built their bonnet out of “everything Dollar Tree had to offer.”

But your Easter Bonnet Contest winner was Miguel Gutierrez, seen above with his bear-y good Statue of Liberty bonnet. Gutierrez told us that part of his inspiration was that “Today is Transgender Day of Visibility.”

Indeed, Easter Sunday and the Hunky Jesus Contest did fall on March 31 this year, which is annually Transgender Day of Visibility. Those two occasions will not fall on the same date again for more than 10 more years.

But “doo-bie” aware that next year, Easter Sunday and the Hunky Jesus Contest will fall on the marijuana holiday of 4/20. That’s another year away, so in the meanwhile, enjoy some more pictures from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 45th Anniversary party and Easter Sunday in Dolores Park.

Related: In Biggest Hunky Jesus Contest Ever, Ensemble Group ‘Haus of Jesus’ Takes Crown, and We Have Videos [SFist]

Images: Joe Kukura, SFist

Everyone's favorite nanny state is back at it making international headlines, as there's a bill before the California legislature that would ban products containing Red No. 3, a.k.a erythrosine, which is used in making everything from marshmallow Peeps to cocktail cherries.

Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel [D-San Fernando Valley] is the author of the bill, and as the Associated Press reports, Gabriel's proposed bill suggests banning a group of cancer-causing chemicals that are already banned in Europe, and effectively forcing candy makers to adjust and use different ingredients. But pegged to Easter weekend, it sounds like a story about banning Peeps, and that is turning heads.

In addition to Red Dye No. 3 — which federal regulators banned from use in makeup, but not food, over 30 years ago — the bill would also ban titanium dioxide, which is used to make Skittles and Hot Tamales, and two other additives used in packaged baked goods, potassium bromate and propylparaben, and brominated vegetable oil, which is used in some sodas.

Gabriel says he doesn't want to ban the companies or the products themselves, just these specific, potentially dangerous chemicals.

"They still produce Skittles in other parts of the world. What they do is they take out these toxic ingredients, and they replace them with something else," Gabriel said to the AP. "What we really want is for these companies to make the same minor modifications to their recipes that they made in Europe and elsewhere."

The candy lobby is of course pushing back and saying it's all more complicated than that and it could be cost-prohibitive for small, regional candymakers, etc.

But this is just another example of where California can, and probably should, push the private sector and the federal government to action by threatening them with the loss of an enormous market, which is our state.

The playbook has already been used to force carmakers into lowering emissions across the spectrum of vehicles, and to push more of the country toward adopting electrical vehicles sooner.

As the AP notes, "Consumer safety groups have tried for years to get the [FDA] to ban [Red No. 3] in food to no avail," and "Researchers have since linked the chemical to other health problems besides cancer, including hyperactivity and other neurobiological behaviors in some children."

So, sensational headline aside, we should probably not be eating so many Peeps until this bill passes.

Top image: Cupcakes topped off with Just Born Quality Confections' Peeps in a supermarket in New York on April 3, 2007. 93 year old family owned Just Born Quality Confections has just launched its first digital marketing campaign targeting millennial mothers. The company is hoping for a 10% boost in sales over their usual low single digit growth. (Photo by Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty Images)

For the second year in a row, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence hosted their annual Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contests online, and crowned winners on Twitch. But the group’s second iteration of its streaming Easter Sunday tradition was arguably much grander than the 2020 event.

The pandemic’s proven that queens are endlessly adaptable and can shapeshift on the toss of a dime, trading green screens for dance floors. And this year’s contestants truly echoed that sentiment, which was perfectly captured by philanthropist and RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Honey Mahogany: “If drag queens learned anything while being inside from COVID-19, it’s video editing.”

Hosted by Sister Roma and other participating Sisters,  the event featured three MCs — among them Mahogany, who was joined alongside activist and organizer Alexi U. Inn and drag legend Juanita MORE! — during the two-hour Easter Sunday celebration on Twitch. Before the contest began in the second hour, the event’s first 60 minutes saw an array of digital delights.

DJ spinnings from the likes of MORE! and others riled up the digital crowds; a slew of drag queen and king performances (which included the incomparable Nicki Jizz twirling and living her best life in the middle of an empty Market Street) dazzled attendees. The sisters auctioned off small-scale prints of the towering "Sister Honey Bear" mural at Powerhouse, ideated and painted by the somewhat controversial street artist fnnch; those prints sold out in less than two minutes, raising raised $24,375 for the charitable causes that the Sisters supported for 2021, according to Broke-Ass Stuart.

A year-in-review reel about the work the SF Queer Nightlife Fund — the local nonprofit that sponsored the happening — was also played, spotlighting the fact that the organization has raised over $316K in funds since the pandemic began; all the gathered monies have gone to help financially buoy affected nightlife workers. (You can still make a tax-deductible donation to that fund, here.)

At last, then the blasphemous revelry began — starting with the competition’s Foxy Mary Contest 2021 contestants, who made up the women-identifying category. The winner among the six contestants? The cathartically named Mary Blessed Fucker of COVID; their corona of candles and “FUCK COVID” body paint perfectly matched the day’s mood.

Then came time to see a gaggle of lusty Jesus look-alikes rise again (and perform their hearts out.) And while Hunky Jesus on a PogoStick and Yes Lord, Jesus made us weak in the knees, O Sweet Jesus — with his pro-vaccination soapboxing, squeezes of honey on his bare chest, and excessively sequined jockstrap — ultimately won the crowning vote.

The day’s online festivities also included a mask contest (because... COVID-19), with the winner of that competition being DirtyMasks, whose faunal-queer, bucktooth-mask getup proved unstoppable.

Related: SF Street Artist Fnnch Paints 'Sister Honey Bear' Mural on SoMa's Powerhouse

This Year's Online Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary Contests Helped Our Spirits Rise Again [2020]

Photos: Hunky Jesus Contest Returns to Dolores Park for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s 40th Anniversary

A new honey bear mural, this one with a nun's habit and white face paint, went up this week on the side of SoMa queer bar Powerhouse at the corner of Dore and Folsom, and it's a tribute to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — as well as part of the Sisters' fundraising efforts during this weekend's virtual Easter celebrations.

"To me, [honey bears are] a universal symbol of happiness,” artist fnnch said in an interview last spring after he began using his popular street meme to raise money for local nonprofits. "[The honey bear is] positive. It’s nostalgic. It’s inclusive," he said.

The honey bears began appearing, with N95 masks on, last March on April on the plywood panels that boarded over many businesses around town. "A boarded-up store is depressing," fnnch said at the time. "I want to brighten people's days — these are tough times."

And then the image took off as a collectible. Over the course of the past year, fnnch has helped raise over $300,000 through sales of limited edition honey bear prints — last month we noted his "Movie Bear" prints which were being sold to benefit The Roxie Theater in the Mission. And this latest effort is to help out the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who would typically have been raising funds themselves at various events all year long.

As Sister Celine Dionysus explains to SF Weekly, she got the idea to reach out to fnnch after being elevated this past year from novice status within the Sisters' organization — the first sister ever to be elevated over Zoom — and taking on the role of arts patroness.

"I’m not naturally gifted as an artist, but it gave me an understanding of what my role is within that group dynamic: I can elevate the people who do know how to do this,” she tells SF Weekly. "I’d been noticing fnnch through the news was raising money on behalf of nonprofits, and as somebody who is now collecting art, I tried to purchase his prints — but his gallery sales are so quick, if you don’t pull the trigger right away, you’re done. He has very strict rules about edition sizes."

But now, as the Sisters get ready to host their second socially distant, streaming Easter celebration and Hunky Jesus/Foxy Mary contest on Sunday, fnnch is going to be selling a run of 50 paintings 11"x 19" paintings — spray paint on maple plywood — and 130 18"x 24" prints of "Sister Honey Bear" in an online sale on Sunday, with half the proceeds going to the Sisters. Also, the Sisters will be doing a blessing of the Powerhouse mural and the artwork on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the corner of Folsom and Dore.

Funds raised from the art sale will go to the Sisters' Grants cycle, in which they distribute funds to LGBTQ organizations across the city.

They will also be auctioning off a signed bear —signed by the Sisters and Saints of the SF SPI House — on eBay after the regular sale ends.

"When you think of what makes the culture of San Francisco so cool, the Sisters come to mind," fnnch tells SF Weekly. "They are emblematic of the spirit of the city. I love living somewhere where you can see a drag nun walking down the street. It was an honor to work with them."

You can tune in to the Sisters' Twitch broadcast on Sunday, April 4, starting at 1 p.m. — on the SF Queer Nightlife Fund channel. The Easter program will feature performances by Juanita MORE!, BeBe Sweetbriar, Madd Dogg 20/20, Miss Shugana, Mutha Chucka, and more. And the event will be hosted by Honey Mahogany, along with longtime Easter hostesses Sister Roma and Sister Dana.

Related: Honey Bear Artist fnnch Releases ‘Movie Bear’ Prints to Benefit Roxie Theater

Photo: Darwin Bell

It's nearly Easter, and once again the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be putting up a blasphemous display of thirst traps dressed up as Our Holy Savior for people to vote on.

Yes, the Hunky Jesus/Foxy Mary contests are happening on April 4, but they won't be live events in any park this year, as large gatherings are still verboten in San Francisco. Like last year, contestants will need to get their looks together early and send their photos for entry via email to eastercontest@thesisters.org. And instead of an Easter bonnet contest this year, there is an Easter mask contest — with Easter-themed face masks will be in order, the gaudier the better.

The deadline for entry to either contest is this Friday, March 26, and the requirements are listed here.

The two-hour event will be live on Twitch, and it's a collaboration with the SF Queer Nightlife Fund and Folsom Street Events.

"This year's theme 'Rise Up With Sisters' hopes to inspire viewers as we emerge from the turmoil and darkness of the past four years," the Sisters write on their web announcement.

The day's program will feature entertainment from drag star Juanita MORE!, BeBe Sweetbriar, Madd Dogg 20/20, Miss Shugana, Mutha Chucka, Nick Marshall, Kylie Minono, KaiKai Bee Michaels, and more. And the event will be hosted by trans activist, local politico, and onetime Rupaul's Drag Race contestant Honey Mahogany, along with longtime hosts Sister Roma and Sister Dana.

While this will be the second SF Easter in several decades to be celebration-less in Dolores or Golden Gate Park, the Sisters hope that in-person events do return sometime this year, as we emerge slowly from pandemic hell. With that in mind, they've put out a save-the-date announcement for the first ever Bearrison Street Fair, a new bear-centric LGBTQ event in collaboration with Bears of San Francisco (BOSF), scheduled for October 30 on Harrison Street in SoMa.

"We look forward to working with the city in producing a large outdoor event that is safe and follows whatever public health guidelines are in place come October,” says Bearrison Co-Chair Sister Desi Juana DeWitt in a statement. "We hope that by October the pandemic will be under control and this can be an opportunity for folks to rekindle community as well as bring some business back to the city—especially to the historic Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District."

For those who have attended an Easter service at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco and were feeling sad they couldn't go this year, and for those who have always been curious but never really wanted to sit in a real church, you can take in this Sunday's service from the comfort of your home.

ABC 7 is going to be broadcasting the virtual service live from Glide on Sunday, and you'll be able to find it on the station's YouTube channel, as well as at ABC7news.com, starting at 11 a.m.

Additionally, you can find a live stream on Glide's Facebook page, where Minister Marvin K. White will be doing a sunrise service on Sunday at 7 a.m., and there will also be a second service at 9 a.m.

The "radically inclusive" Tenderloin church has been caring for and ministering to those in need in San Francisco for over 60 years. After being founded in 1929 by progressive Christian philanthropist Lizzie Glide, the church's modern legacy derives from a revival of its congregation in the 1960s under Rev. Cecil Williams, who welcomed, as the church's website says, "hippies, prostitutes, chronic drug users, transgender youth, and other poor and the marginalized people of the Tenderloin" into his services. Glide is also well known for its daily free-meal program, and it has its own COVID-19 emergency relief fund that you can donate to.

And during the shelter-in-place period, many of the church's congregational life groups are meeting online, and you can find information about group meetings, dates and times by going here.

Top image via Facebook/GlideSF

The bodies of Christs were buffed up and stripped down for the annual Hunky Jesus Contest, and here are the sexy saviors, Foxy Marys, and Bonnet vivants from Easter’s egg-stravaganza.

In a weekend of way too many events to choose from, only one could wear the crown as the historic 40-year anniversary party of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the queer and trans nun order known for their garish makeup, charitable acts, and silly sacrilege. As is the Sisters’ annual Easter anniversary custom, the queens anointed a new king of all kings in the beloved blasphemy cosplay competition known as the Hunky Jesus Contest, but SFist also chatted with some of the basket cases from the Easter Bonnet competition and the Foxy Mary contest.

WARNING: Things get slightly NSFW below.

Hollywood Squares funnyman Bruce Vilanch joined as a judge for the annual Easter feast of man-meat known as the Hunky Jesus Contest.

“I want to check to see if he is risen,” Vilanch said, copping feels of the competitors’ qualifications.

“I like long walks on the water,” said Looking Jesus, egg-sposing himself here before the contest.

But the contest came down to Forrest Gump Jesus (left) and Historically Accurate Jesus (right, he was of Middle Eastern descent), after four heats of hot preliminary rounds.

Forrest Gump Jesus did the best with what god gave him, twerking his way to the 2019 Hunky Jesus title. “On his way to Bubba Gump Shrimp,” Vilanch quipped.

Mild weather (and visible Jesus junk) drew thousands for a pleasant but windy afternoon. “I’m afraid my eyelashes are so big I’m going to fly away in the wind,” said co-host Motha Chucka.

The Foxy Mary contest pitted the olive-topped Bloody Mary against a gigantic-breasted Motorboat Mary. “It always comes down to this. Is it booze or tits,” emcee Sister Roma told the crowd.

But Motorboat Mary, whom you may know as Bawdy Storytelling host Dixie De La Tour, cruised to the win. “I talked to all the Foxy Marys backstage and I said, ‘Is everybody down for the fact that if you win, I’m going to be a sore loser and I’m going to throw you down on the stage and motorboat you?,” Motorboat Mary, a.k.a. De La Tour, told SFist. “And they went, ‘Yeah you can do that.’ But I won, so I didn’t have to motorboat anybody, except Sister Dana [Van Inquity].”

The competition was also incredibly fierce in the Bonnet category. Here we see Henny Penny, with her accompanying bonnet creator Ira. “She’s just happy that the sky is not falling down today,” Ira told us.

And peep this intricate bonnet of gold eggs and lovingly handcrafted peep crownery.

But even an out-of-this-world specimen like the one seen above could not win a bonnet battle as competitive as this.

That distinction went to Faberge Terror, an unfolding animatronic headdress with little papal figurines inside.

Sunday’s sunny proceedings were a homecoming to Dolores Park, after the party’s five-year stint at Golden Gate Park’s Hellman Hollow. The return to Dolores did see an increase in attendance for this year’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence anniversary, and for the Gay Beach set, the return of the kings came nun too soon.

Related: Hunky Jesus 2017 Title Goes to 'Wet T-Shirt Jesus' Amid Scattered Showers [SFist]

The heavens opened up over Sunday’s annual Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Easter parade of whimsical sacrilege that culminates in the Hunky Jesus Contest. Rainstorms of biblical proportions crucified the turnout yesterday in Golden Gate Park, with just over 1,000 people attending after last year’s police estimates went as high as 10,000. But two dozen hot mess Messiahs still stripped down and competed for the Hunky Jesus title while Foxy Mary and Easter Bonnet Contests competitors totally nailed it, and SFist was on hand to get pictures and video of the dressed-up dogs, babies, and crafty Easter cosplayers with their egg-and-peep-bedazzled rainy-day picnic hacks.

We begin of course with the day’s climax, the final posedown of the Hunky Jesus Contest seen in the video above. Wet T-Shirt Jesus and his partner John the Baptist won the 2017 title and the $100 that comes with it. Also making the final round was a Flog You Jesus who flogged Donald Trump, Sweet Jesus who wore a crown of Pixy Sticks, and Stripper Jesus with his remarkable “twirling cross” pasties.

Full-frontal nudity was deployed by several Hunky Jesus competitors, as is the custom to compete in this applause-judged contest.

Other Hunky Jesus contestants included Techno Jesus, who proclaimed he could “turn Ruby into Rails.”

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

Full frontal nudity did win the Foxy Mary Contest, as Mary Queen of Thebes took the win for her boob-and-bush flaunting interpretation in which she only wore a pet labradoodle and a smile. Sister Roma awarded her the $100 and said, “I don’t know where you’re going to put this.”

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

This Foxy Mary runner-up might still win a visit from Child Protective Services. Here we see Aussie Mary, an Australian native in kangaroo cosplay with her Infant Hunky Jesus at left. “He’s too young to compete,” she said. “He needs to grow to be hunkier.”

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

Now in it’s 38th year, the Sisters’ annual fete has encountered rainy Easter Sundays before. “The last time we were in Dolores Park, it rained so much,” said event co-organizer Sister Agnes Dei’ Afta Tamara, recalling the 2012 event. “We called the event because of rain, we had problems with our electrical system. Five minutes after we called it, the sun came out.”

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

The hardest rains hit early in the day for the Easter Egg Hunt, but the egg-hunting youngsters were hardly deterred. “It started raining but the little kids acted like it wasn’t anything, they just ran right out there,” Sister Agnes said. “Kids sprinted to the eggs. They were taking no chances.”

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

Look at this baby, who is already exhibiting advanced cosplay skills. Look at her bonnet’s rainbow balloon detailing, the chicks and eggs that line the brim of her hat, the handmade sash accessory. This infant puts the community on notice that these Easter costume competitions will remain competitive for decades to come.

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

One of the day’s finest rain hack ideas comes from Sister Selma Soul, who has used color-shaded clear vinyl to create a rain-proof nun’s habit. “Only $7.99 a yard!” she told SFist.

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

The Bonnet Contest is traditionally dominated by Mrs. Vera and Mr. Tina of the Verasphere team. Their full outfits are made entirely of recycled materials and discarded items, including picnic plates, plastic cups, hair curlers, Lego pieces, placemats, straws, spoons, and more.

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

They did not, however, win this year’s Bonnet Contest. That distinction went to Pam, who somehow won over the crowd with a sob story about showing up late last year, missing the bonnet competition, and holding on to the bonnet all year long. “I didn’t think I was going to win,” Pam admitted. “Everybody goes for the most opulent and outrageous things.”

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do opulent and outrageous things all year long, with the local order giving out $20,000 annually in charitable grants.

Image: Joe Kukura, SFist

Related: Photos From Hunky Jesus 2016, The Sinfully Funny Jesus Look-Alike Pageant

Sunday is Easter, and though most of you probably won't be observing the day with a visit to church, it is very commonly a traditional day to brunch. Whether you're headed to Golden Gate Park for the Hunky Jesus Contest, or figuring on a more indoor day because it's supposed to rain, here are a couple of suggestions for spots you may not have thought of where brunch can be enjoyed without an hour-long wait (probably), or worse. Also, you can refer to the list we did last year of the city's most underrated brunch places.

Bar Agricole
You know what's great about Bar Agricole for brunch? Beignets with chocolate rum sauce. You know what else is great about Bar Agricole for brunch? They take reservations. You know what else? They make some superior cocktails. And they have oysters. So this is a no-brainer.
355 11th Street between Folsom and Harrison

Boulette's at night. Photo: Facebook

Boulette's Larder
Following the insanity of Goatchella on Saturday, things should be manageable at the Ferry Building on Sunday, and over in the corner where Boulette's Larder sits, it'll probably be pretty quiet — but if you want to be cautious, they do take reservations. The food is awesome, from their market-inspired Sunday Salad, to their delicious seasonal scrambles, though it's not the cheapest brunch you'll find in town.
1 Ferry Building

Photo: Yelp

Heirloom Cafe
This charming deep-Mission bistro will be open for brunch on Sunday, with no reservations, and they're promising stovetop chilaquiles as well as well as pecan sticky buns.
2500 Folsom Street at 21st

Shrimp and chive dumplings

Mama Ji's
This unsung Chinese spot at the edge of the Castro/Eureka Valley does some mean dim sum, and it's served until 3 p.m. just in case you planned on sleeping in.
4416 18th Street

The veal schnitzel breakfast sandwich at Schmidt's. Photo: Kevin M./Yelp

Schmidt's
Fans of traditional German and Eastern European-style hostel breakfasts, featuring cured fish or meats and assorted breads, should get excited about brunch here, which is never too crowded. And if you're super starved, go for the sausage plate or the veal schnitzel sandwich (pictured).
2400 Folsom Street at 20th

Sea Breeze Cafe's Chipotle Benedict. Photo: Sin Yee C/Yelp

Sea Breeze Cafe
You know where there's probably going to be a three-hour wait on Sunday? Outerlands. But you know what's right nearby and super delicious, just a hop and a skip from the beach? The Sea Breeze Cafe. They make the obviously awesome chipotle Benedict shown above, as well as some fantastic home fries, and the tofu scramble is good too.
3940 Judah Street at 45th Avenue

Related: The 50 Best Brunch Spots For Every Occasion In SF And Oakland

Jesus may have died for our sins, but that didn't stop the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, our local order of queer activist anti-nuns founded on Easter in 1979, from keeping up their sinful ways.

At their 37th annual Hunky Jesus, Foxy Mary, and crazy ass Bonnet contest, an Easter extravaganza now in its second year at Golden Gate Park's Hellman Hollow — after a move from Dolores Park during constructions there — many bearded, man-bunned men sought the title, but only one earned the crown of thorns.

Before He could Rise, the Sisters welcomed a few Foxy Mary contestants — the winner, Reality TV Mary, swilling champagne despite her pregnancy — and renewed their vows, as they do each year. Those are to "spread universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt by providing grants to nonprofits that promote wellness, identity, tolerance and diversity in our communities."

Jesus contestants, who this year included "Jizzus," "Refugeesus," and "Bukakke Jesus," did manage to offend the pious, which is of course the point. "Please repent of your sins!" one disturbed person wrote to Facebook of the event, "Jesus rose from the dead on Easter, that's why we celebrate it! Not so people can make fun of Jesus! This is a very serious matter! Yes, Jesus loves you, but He's also a righteous judge and will be coming back really soon to judge sin! Please repent!!!"

But this year's winner, Cheerleader Jesus, did not seem too concerned. As went his crowd-pleasing cheer routine: "Jesus died for your sins / And now I'm back to win win win!"

Previously: Photos: Hunky Jesus 2015, The 36th Annual Second Coming

This guy, who does not introduce himself, recently stuffed 200 marshmallow Peeps in his mouth in 14 minutes and 12 seconds, which he believes is a world record.

Via a quick internet search, we learn that, according to RecordSetter.com, this other guy named Jamie M. took on this same challenge just before Easter 2013 and he consumed 200 Peeps in 8 minutes and 49.5 seconds, so perhaps he remains the record-holder in this speed-eating competition that I did not know was a thing.

Previously, in 2012, famed competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi set a record for the most Peeps eaten in 30 seconds, and that was 25 — so, not quite one Peep per second, but close!

Happy Easter, everybody.

Add another transgression to San Francisco’s litany of irreverent Easter observances. In addition to our cherished Hunky Jesus Contest, 2014’s Zombie Christ Haunted House, and Friday’s Sing-Along Jesus Christ Superstar that benefits the Trans March, numerous San Francisco retailers are now selling “Love Like Rabbits” lollipops, an Easter-themed organic aphrodisiac confection featuring five “carefully chosen herbs known to support the romantic, sexual and reproductive response for both women and men.”

These Easter Bunny Love Lollipops can be found in the Easter candy section (!) at Rainbow Grocery as well as at Dark Garden on Linden Street, Scarlet Sage Herb Co. on Valencia Street, EO Exchange in Mill Valley, and in the aphrodisiac lollipop section of local confectioner Pandora’s Pops’ website.

“There are five aphrodisiac herbs,” Pandora’s Pops CEO and founder Jena Chambers told SFist, describing the organic cocktail of sexy stimulants in her hard candy offerings. “They’re also flavored with essential oils that are warming, or opening, or both.” The candymaker offers other sexytime lollipops with names like Fifty Shades of Earl Gray, Hot Yoga, and a “stiff and refreshing” Gin & Tonic. “We also have a number of other pops that are not aphrodisiac,” she said. “They include Calming Pops, Happy Genius Pops and Smoke-Stop Pops that help people quit smoking tobacco.”

But of course I was most intrigued by the aphrodisiac Easter Bunny Love Lollipops, a confection sure to get the local archdiocese’s vestments in a bunch. So I declared a date night, asked out my current reigning crush, and we each sucked off an aphrodisiac lollipop. Sure enough, I started getting inappropriately frisky.

So I lean in and start and start kissing her on the head. But my mouth is all sticky from just having a lollipop, and suddenly I’ve got a bunch of her hairs in mouth. Normally having a sticky mouth and hairs between my teeth is the sign of a successful date! But this was in a completely different context.

I ask my date if she was feeling the aphrodisiac. “Not really,” she said. “I think the two drinks did more.”

Image: Jena Chambers, Pandora's Pops

In addition to the above-mentioned lollipops, Pandora’s Pops is putting the finishing touches on a soon-to-be-released aphrodisiac pop seen above, based on the Hitachi Magic Wand. “Recently I sampled the Magic Wand pop,” said Dixie De La Tour of Bawdy Storytelling, happening tonight at the JCCSF. “But this one is shaped like a Magic Wand and tastes like strawberry. It’s all natural, organic and yummy. It’s the sexiest pop that Pandora’s Pops has ever made.” I'll plug that in and give it a try once it becomes available.