This little piece of art on the ground

[via Abby]

Is tech culture? Are condos community?

[via Emma]

When you’re scrolling past art student after art student on a fashion blog and then something different catches your eye

Ben, 24, explains his look:

My closet is composed of cheap eBay purchases that are made up of hunting camo whatever, Carhartt, sports jerseys, and death metal tees.

(Of course, he may very well be an art student too, who knows.)

[via SF Looks]

Guerilla street art viral marketing campaign for new Apple-Nike-McDonald’s collaboration

Hopefully they get slapped with some fines or something for de-beautifying our community like this.

[via Matt]

San Francisco’s graffiti hierarchy and the Case of the Honey Bear

In a lengthy piece about why graffiti artists often don’t tag murals, KQED considers the Case of the Honey Bear:

In January, street artist fnnch began creating stencils of honey bears within a four-block radius around the Mission District.

“We all take this image for granted as being totally acceptable,” says fnnch. “But really it’s a surreal idea that you would put honey into a container that’s shaped like a bear.”

On the first night he painted five honey bears, some of them directly on top of tags that graffiti writers had left on mailboxes. Within a week, someone had taken a blue spray-paint can and made a mark right through the center of the bears — the ultimate sign of disrespect.

“When I posted [photos of my work] on Instagram, people started to comment and say that I shouldn’t paint on top of tags for my own safety,” says fnnch.

He had upset the graffiti hierarchy.

Read on for lots more insights into the world of graffiti and murals and why “street artists” are sometimes not respected.

Almost like a scene from Mad Max outside Tartine Bakery

I bet you thought this was gonna be a joke about how long and unruly the Tartine line was, right?

Gotcha!

$2.3 million parking lot

[via Ariel Dovas on Instagram]

This new wallpaper in the bathroom at Beretta is trippy, man

Music for the Mission: This week at Pop’s (including Carnaval Party)

Get ready to celebrate, Mission neighbors, Carnaval is this Sunday! Carnaval San Francisco is the largest multi-cultural celebration of music and culture from Latin American and Caribbean traditions on the West Coast. Pops is ready to join the party with DJ Slopoke & dj Sweater Funk throwing down party jams, samba, brazilian dance and funk from 3-9pm.

See what else is in store this week at POPS:

 

5/18/15 MONDAY

Motown on Mondays

It’s only Monday if you treat it like one.

M.O.M

9PM START, 1:30AM end

Hey!

Check out my

M.O.M.

Mondays at Pops

DJ GORDO CABEZA, TIMOTEO GIGANTE, THE CAPTAIN AND WEEKLY GUESTS

PLAY ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVE REMIXES

AND CLOSE RELATIVES OF YOUR FAVORITE

MOTOWN SONGS…

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No more dinner hours at St. Francis Fountain means where should I get a burger around here?

KronnerBurger or somebody should do an after-hours popup at Dynamo Donuts, right?

But more importantly, having a casual dinner at St. Francis was always so fun and chill, and I’m sorry I took it for granted, and I hope it comes back again some day, and if not it will live on forever in my heart.)

(And I obviously still prefer it to Boogaloos.)

(Thanks for the photo, Jess.)