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Every Saturday. Regular ol’ ping pong. Last week, we played games to 21. If it gets crowded, maybe we’ll switch to 11. Win by two, no suckers’ serve.

Bangin’ bloody marys by bartender David. Bangin’ wake-up shots by Oliver. Hot dogs for lunch.

P.S. Don’t forget, American Tripps brings the other style of ping pong to Rickshaw Stop tonight!

[via Pen Pop]

Every week, photographer Joshua Cobos shoots a roll of film just for us. He picks the best 13 photos and we post them here, and it’s called “Bad Blood with Joshua Cobos.” Here’s what Joshua has to say about this week’s installment:

I’d been saving a roll of Portra 800 in my fridge for too long. A friend let me know that she was on spring break and she’d never been to the SFMOMA before so I took her there on a quiet Tuesday afternoon. The Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra has a retrospective up now. She’s been a strong inspiration of mine since I first viewed her work last winter. A contemporary female artist that is constantly pushing psychological barriers, heavy and emotionally compelling photographs shot on film. This series also includes a walk through the Haight with DJ Jackie Sugarlumps, in my opinion the vinyl queen of San Francisco. Fellow photographer Amy Harrity also joined me on a jaunt through some of the Richmond’s storefront aquariums, sneaking around dark and damp hallways snapping photos and doing our best not to get kicked out.

Thanks, Joshua! Ten more shots after the jump:

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I got a great drunken email from my friend Natalie the other night. The subject line said “ALLAN”:

I KNOW YOU’RE NOT ASLEEP maybe you are.

2 THINGS
i forgot the first
THE SECOND THING
i am seriously disappointed that i’m missing the friday show at the roxie – desperate teenage lovedolls (and christiane F) but seriously desperate teenage lovedolls SO GOOD. you should post about it maybe cause it is SO GOOD. i haven’t seen it in 8 years. i quantify things.

i can’t remember the first
i’ll remember later
though probably not ha.

natalie

So, I guess we should all maybe see this movie tonight? Thanks, Natalie! Here’s the trailer:

Buy tickets and read more about the films here.

It’s an Off the Grid event, but this time there’s more to it:

[G]uests are invited to don San Francisco Giants gear and indulge in Giant-themed dishes from the line-up of food trucks. Complete with Giant-sized food specials, hourly food challenges and a Giants themed soundtrack, Off the Grid: Giant McCoppin is a great way to kick off another baseball season. Offerings such as Senor Sisig’s Giant Burrito; the Rib Whip’s Whole Pig Plate; and Sanguchon’s Super Salchipapas complete the celebration.

Additionally, the Giants Orange and Black Attack will be present at the event.The Orange and Black Attack is a fan interactive team serving as ambassadors for the Giants, bringing games and giveaways to the festivities at Off the Grid: Giants McCoppin.

Saturday from 5-9pm at Valencia and McCoppin. RSVP and invite your friends!

Mission Local delivers the news. First:

The 18-year-old victim was standing [in front of his home] near 26th and Harrison streets when a suspect approached him and choked him from behind. A second suspect took the victim’s phone before both suspects fled on foot.

And then:

The [25-year-old] victim was approached by a knife-wielding suspect near 17th and Shotwell streets. She cut the strap of her purse and took off with it in a 90s two-door gray Honda, according to a police report. [link]

Reader Jill S. reports:

Someone went up and down Albion Street and posted various chocolate chip cookie recipes to all of the trees and utility poles. A bit mysterious, but definitely made me smile on a Friday morning.

Mission Local came upon this scene just now but doesn’t yet know what happened. [link]

UPDATE: Our own resident vegan Caroline was on the scene!

I was on the scene! Heard an explanation from the guy who caught the person responsible.

In short:
The guy in the white pickup truck creamed the parked Toyota into the phone pole, clipping another nearby parked nearby on the way. He hopped out of the car and booked it on foot, but a 19th street resident watched the whole thing happen from his window and chased down the driver.

He caught the guy as he was getting on the #33 bus, held up the bus driver, and apprised the driver. There happened to be some undercover cops nearby who showed up and caught the driver.

I got there about a half-hour later when the 19th street resident was back on the scene taking a photo of the aftermath as a memento.

(I didn’t have my phone with me or I would have provided more photos of my own.)

Realized this sentence is confusing:
He caught the guy as he was getting on the #33 bus, held up the bus driver, and apprised the driver.

means:
19th st resident caught the hit-and-run driver as he was getting on the #33, and the resident asked the bus driver to stop the bus so the cops could catch the hit-and-run driver.