Mission Mission

Happy Bike to Work Day 2011 everyone!  Come and join the party at Valencia and 17th, where there’s free bags, bananas, music, and all sorts of festivities!  Not on your route?  Check out the handy map!

Keep up the great work SF Bike Coalition!

Previously:

Segway to Work Day

I guess they were running out of barge space at Fisherman’s Wharf.

[Photo by fredsharples]

This is not a sponsored post or anything. I’m just pumped that we’re all no longer stuck with plain ol’ black and orange! (And just in time for Bike to Work Day!)

Pushbike has all of these and more in stock right now, and you can buy the whole lock or just the skin. Read all about it and then head on over before closin’ time, which is at 6:00.

I like to stay home too, but I’m probably going to go to California’s scenic Central Valley on Saturday to see R. Stevie Moore headline Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom XI. It’s an all-day rock festival organized by a free-form college radio station, and it takes place in the sunny, grassy backyard of a real live Roadhouse-style roadhouse. The burgers are great, the veggie burgers are great, the beer is cheap, and the rest of the lineup looks fun too:

R. Stevie Moore (Tennessee)
Zach Hill (Sacramento)
Appetite (Sacramento)
NOBUNNY (Oakland)
Ellie Fortune (Sacramento)
Charles Albright (Sacramento)
The Rain in Endless Fall (Santa Cruz)
Moonpearl (Irvine)
Alak (Placerville)
Kites Sail High (SF)
Produce Produce (Davis)
UC Davis Samba School

The Bay Bridged has a few more details here. Who’s in?

[via Drew Beck]

People’s Gallery is a space on 20th and Folsom slated for one year of art events. The second opening is tonight and it’s work by Raymond Mariani. Looks like a cool show:

[Thanks, Joe! Photo from People's Gallery.]

And as usual the SF Bike Coalition is geared up to make it a good one.

Find an explanation of the above map of energizer stations and commuter convoy depots here. And learn more about the rest of the day’s festivities here.

Most importantly, bike to work tomorrow! (I’ve got a couple extras if somebody needs a loaner.)

You just can’t keep a good soup chef down!

Previously:

No soup for you

DocPop posted a piece on why he spends a shit-ton of money on clothes. Sure, looks are probably part of it, but there are also practical reasons: better fits, longevity, and breathability. For example:

Through working this intimately with denim I learned to ditch polysynthetics and embrace cotton, wool, and leather. Not only do these materials breath better, but leather and cotton have the bonus of getting better looking with age.

I know lots of folks have differing opinions on this, but we definitely have an artificial sense of the value of clothes. Have you ever tried to make them? I have a crafty friend who started to get into it and said, “I don’t know why all dresses don’t cost like $500, this shit is hard.”

Read on over at DocPop.

I love them! But are we still supposed to boycott Coors because they’re anti-gay or something? Coors rules!

[via Mission Mission on Tumblr]

Now let’s all listen for the “fingerless gloves” lyric: