misc Landmark Tomato for Sale Perfect for your next Burning Man art car or, well, your next Burning Man art car, the big red tomato that used to siren in customers at the now-closed Vino e Cucina is
misc Fort Mason at Dawn It's not very often we see anything at dawn. It almost makes us want to live in the Marina.
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misc Recycling Your Mattress A good question was posed the other day about how to get rid of your old mattress. SF Recycling considers mattresses bulky items, which they will pick up for free once a year
misc "My Darling?" Tales Of Mere Existence "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz R.O.T. http://www.talesofmereexistence.com
misc New Public Plaza Going in at 17th & Castro SF Appeal pointed us to this: local architects-for-the-people Public Architecture designed a pedestrian-friendly public plaza for the cable car turnaround at the intersection of Market, Castro and 17th Streets, which is set to
misc What's Going On Here, Scene of the Accident? Scene from some sort of accident last night. Exciting stuff, folks. Any idea what happened?
misc Bumblebee Strikes SF Bumblebee, a Los Angeles-based artist, has been turning abandoned telephone booths into works of art. After a recent trip to San Francisco, he struck one booth on Minna, above. Here's how Bumblebee explains
misc Where to Properly Dispose of Electronics Instead of kicking your passé electronics to the curb, be kind and recycle them properly. (We can think of several such items we're currently hoarding in our closets.) SFenvironment.org's front page has
misc Photo du Jour 382 Finding peace in the Middle East, one Potrero Hill Whole Foods men's room diaper changing station at a time.
misc A Video Post In Which Our Old Friend Zennie Goes to the Giants' Opening Day You may recall avid YouTube enthusiast Zennie from this post regarding the "outsize" buildings in the futuristic San Francisco skyline shown in the upcoming Star Trek film. Well, as it happens, the East
misc Jack Wrangler, Early Gay Porn Superstar, Dead at 62 The rugged everyman who arguably became the first big star of the once underground gay porn industry is dead due to complications from lung disease. After starring in films like Night at the
misc Oakland's Shopseen.com Simplifies Shopping Locally Shopseen is a new beta site that enables users to post and rate photos of their favorite fashion and household items for sale in the Bay Area. (We wonder if any users ever
misc Commenter Blog Spotlight: Generic Generic's blog features lots of interesting local anecdotes. For instance, this man looks perfectly presentable, yet he's talking to himself. He's also wearing an AC Transit pin -- even better! Sadly, a local
misc Photo du Jour 381 Shot of Sutter Street, arguable the best street in San Francisco, by Generik11.
misc American Football Spectacular: Welcome Back, Jeff Gilroy's second-favorite export is returning to the Bay Area. Chronically-underestimated warrior QB Jeff Garcia has signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders. He'll be slotted for the mentor/back-up role unless something
misc Spring Cleaning, Where to Donate 'Tis the season for cleaning and purging. We just got rid of half our wardrobe yesterday and did a little research on charities that will accept clothing and household items. Please let us
misc A Transit 'Tree' and an Optimistic 30-Minute Trip Map The SF Streets Blog has given us this cool Transit Tree, based on the Bay Area's transit "circulatory system," as well as a map of how far a person can get -- presumably
misc Images: Ingleside Terraces Sundial Do you remember the Ingleside Racetrack? Since it was in operation for a paltry ten years from 1895 to 1905, probably not. According to the Ingleside Terraces Homes Association's website the track was
misc Week Around the Ists LAist found out what mimes, midgets, gyrations, pyrotechnics, broken teeth, dancing, and hip-hop have in common thanks to Lil Wayne, T-Pain and Gym Class Heroes. Chicagoist awaited the arrival of the International Olympic
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