Happy 4th of July; San Francisco is beautiful

[via Stokemonster]

Bingo!

Maybe you’re looking for a chill way to party tonight, so as not to get too worn out before the weekend? Here you go:

[via Tanya]

Badass calligraphy comic

Our pal Carlos Bergfeld was taking a calligraphy class and turned in a comic as his final project. Here’s the first panel:

Badass! Read on.

Win some Treasure Island Music Festival tickets at the upcoming SF Berlin-Style Ping Pong League summer season

Outkast and Massive Attack and YOU! Here’s the deal:

New season of the SFBSPPL starts July 14th at Folsom Street Foundry and runs every Monday for 6 weeks. It’s basically a weekly party with cool people, great music, killer beer selection, excellent panini, fun prizes and LOTS of ping pong.

HUGE NEWS: Treasure Island Music Festival tickets WILL be one of the prizes!!

Register quick: http://sfberlinstyle.com/

[via American Tripps on Facebook]

Trippy new video for trippy new Windham Flat song

Also, they’re playing this Saturday night, *not* with Ronnie Spector:

Check out this barbecued turkey leg from 4505 Burgers and BBQ

Hoo-boy.

[via 4505 Meats on Instagram]

Photos of Northbound 280 all deserted

Spooky!

At 18th Street, crews were replacing some signage:

And there were news trucks too, which proves this is newsworthy:

And, for reference, here’s what 101 looked like around the same time:

Zine fair at the Billiard Palacade waaay out on Mission Street this Sunday!

It’s 8-Ball Zine Fair! Who will be there you ask?

COLPA PRESS
COOLTRY
DEAD BEAT CLUB
HAMBURGER EYES
LATER DUDES
NEEDLES & PENS
KEEPEYES
TBW BOOKS
WSSF
WORMHOLES

Boom. And you get to enter the Billiard Palacade!

[via factory 1 design]

Drone poem

Bernalwood today did a great post about drone politics, and there’s a pretty great discussion going on in the comments section too, but commenter “queenie” stole the show with this epic piece of poetry:

The leash-less dawgs are all a-bark,
HARK! — there’s a spy in the sky above the park!
Out from the cafes, out from the homes,
the Bernalites look up and see DRONES.
They’re buzzing up a storm of infernal noise,
military-esque these ain’t no toys.
Camo-clad controllers, moms and dads with strollers,
in the same damn Bernal bubble,
you know there’s gonna be trouble.
Some say it’s fine,
some say it’s good,
taco-copters to deliver my take-out food!
but you know you’re gonna pay
when your taco lands
in some un-picked poop
in the playground sands.
So welcome to the future
and expect to see more
How do you like dog crap
with your Al Pastor?

Welcome to the future, indeed! Good work, Bernalpals!

Read on for lots more discussion.

[Photo by Mat]

Punk prank

Allan Hough

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Email: allanhough@gmail

Website: http://allanhough.bandcamp.com

Biographical Info:

"I joked that living in the Mission would be the end of me. And there were nights where it felt like the case.

One night I went out with my friend Allan to the bar that no one goes to on 16th Street, where I lost half my drink and money on the dance floor. Later we skated down 16th to Evelyn Lee, where I fell off my board and landed on my head as the 22 bus sped past behind me. A sobering moment. At the bar, I sulked and nursed my wounds until Allan put on Amy Winehouse’s 'Valerie.' We danced, he dipped me, and I felt better."

— My pal Valerie, writing about life in the Mission