Mission Mission

These happy people and more are in the bathroom at Oddball. Just one of many reasons to hang out at Oddball.

See / Saw last night published an examination of urine-related signage here in the city. “Please Use A Cup,” says this example, “Went you Got to Piss!” Read on.

P.S. I wonder why the author of this blog is using the Muni elevator anyway. Oh, right.

I defy you to think of a more catastrophic location!  Before  you assume that I’m being a total wussy, why don’t you try to type with this messy business?  Don’t be surprised by a dearth of Y’s, N’s, and H’s in my posts for the next week or so.

*For all you astronomers out there, the planets in question are Venus and Uranus, obviously.

Or wait, maybe they love a girl named Marina.

Or maybe this is some kind of very subtle anti-Marina reverse psychology or something?

Ugh, so complex!

Photo by Carl Says.

Yeah, Bottom of the Hill definitely seems to host a fair amount of acts with terrible names. And they all seem to want to advertise how terrible their names are by putting their stickers on the bathroom wall for everyone to see. Curious.

What band names make you cringe?

Looks like We Be Sushi (on Valencia between 21st and 22nd) is busily expanding their menu to get in on the noodle madness that has recently gripped our City.  If the fancy to sample their new “We Be Chicken” or “We Be Noodle” happens to strike you, might I recommend that you also be sure to check out their extraordinarily curious bathroom art.  Maybe you can figure out what the hell is going on in there.

That what exactly?

I tried Google to no avail:

Mission Local reports:

They open today, and will be available everyday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to Rec and Parks spokesman Elton Pon.

Excellent news! Now there will be no lines, and fewer people will fall victim to the Dolores Park Peeper.

[via Curbed SF]

Sick of hearing about Dolores Park yet?

Last night, Parks and Rec approved a 2-year lease allowing Blue Bottle Coffee to post up in Dolores Park, meaning we’re going to start seeing some long lines for something other than the bathrooms. The cart will operate from 8am-4pm.

Local businesses, such as (shocker!) Dolores Park Cafe, aren’t too crazy about this development and are hoping to prevent the kiosk from being located in “the heart of” the park. Hey, don’t worry guys: I’m sure a steady amount of sales come from folks wanting to use your customers-only restroom. Or maybe it’s time to protest the park bathroom renovations too?

In other related news: do you think the park “jumped the proverbial shark,” as Brock puts it?

[via the Examiner, photo by Lauren Hoernlein]

One of a few weirdos watching you do your business and laughing all the time.

I’m assuming this is done with the bar owner’s blessing, if not cash. If you don’t want your bathroom ending up a crazy mess like every other men’s room in the area it might be a good idea to hire a street artist to create a trippy space for people to check out during their alone time. As you see above, there are still tags, but nothing like there could be.

Are there other examples of street art/graffiti done with the owner’s permission that improved a space or acted as a deterrent to more graffiti?

One failed effort that comes to mind is the piece that was allowed to cover the outside of The Rite Spot, but with immediate complaints from the old school patrons (and apparent dislike by the staff) they painted the whole thing over sky blue. Now it’s just hated by confused birds.