The ALL IN ONE ONE IN ALL House in The Outer Sunset.

14 08 2009

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More evidence that The Outer Sunset has got to be one of the weirdest suburbs in America.

You can throw down your freak flag right there on the front lawn, run it up the flagpole, and just let it fly.

The beaches of San Francisco gave birth to Burning Man and the quirky beach side suburbs of San Francisco have given birth to pockets of these Temporary Autonomous Zones that have since mutated into Permanent Autonomous Zones.

Must be something in the water …

Thank you to Sunset Style for the head’s up and Goggle Maps for the legwork

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Hey, have any of you guys seen my fishtank?

13 08 2009

Have any of you seen my fish tank

This sign really isn’t that big of a deal from a San Francisco perspective, or from any major big-city perspective for that matter.

But think of it for a second in the context of the all-American suburb.

I’m a Navy Brat. I grew up in several different Navy housing units and suburbs and there isn’t a single suburb I know that would tolerate someone posting a large, laminated sign outside their house without a permit.

Much less a large, laminated sign dropping the S-bomb in front of them and their children. That’s an act of war in the suburbs. People would get all desperate housewives on you. Cops would be called. Chances are, you’d be tazed before the night was through, Bro.

But yet, here in The Outer Sunset, in what has to be one of the oldest suburbs on the west coast, you can get away with it.

This really must be one of the weirdest suburbs in America.


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Don’t Fuck With Me. I’m Kung-Fu.

12 08 2009

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Some of the local housewives practicing their skills in front of the Ortega Street library on a Sunday Morning.


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Sunday Streets in The Outer Sunset. August 9th, 2009. FREE.

10 08 2009

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What’s funny is that the sun woke me up this morning and that 31st Ave was still sunny and clear when I left for the day. But just a few blocks down the street and you could see that there was a pocket of fog just sitting down there by the beach. Just like the Twilight Zone. It’s like it’s own completely different ecosystem down there. You can go from San Diego to Bermuda Triangle tropical rainforest conditions in just a few blocks.

And then it all burned off 20 minutes before the block party was over. Yo! Sunday Streets. Can we change our hours from the 10AM – 2PM shift to…let’s say noon – sunset? Can we make that happen? Because, seriously. Most of this town can’t even get out of the house before 4PM. Trust me on this one.

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Who’s a good dog!
Who’s a good dog with the most bad-ass tricked out bike!
That’s right, you are!
Good dog! You’re a good dog!

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You were always on my mind.
You were always on my mind.

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I saw this set up a few months ago at that free bike party in Golden Gate Park that I never got around to writing about. They tried to go renegade that day but had to retreat back into the neighboring Burning Man Golden Gate Park parties jurisdiction to avoid prosecution. That was an interesting day.

All the electricity for this party isn’t provided by a generator. It comes from all the people peddling on those bikes. Really ingenious idea.

And this is what a human bike-powered renegade party on Ocean Beach looks like.

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The next Sunday Streets will be back in The Outer Sunset the day after The Man burns.

Seriously? Who scheduled that?

Are the promoters for the Outside Lands Festival on your board of directors?

Seriously. We need to talk people.

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Kailash Kher’s Kailasa in Stern Grove in The Outer Sunset. August 2nd, 2009. FREE.

6 08 2009

Kailash Kher’s Kailasa in Stern Grove in The Outer Sunset. August 2nd, 2009. FREE

Simply awesome.

Update # 1

Rad live video from teijaahl

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The Keith Haring Art Cars

26 06 2009

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I really like the idea behind this converted police parking ticket cruiser.

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This would be perfect for tooling around the city. You could actually find parking in the Mission or Dolores Park and its far more energy efficient than driving around by yourself in an empty car.

Combine that with the art car aesthetic and I think San Francisco would really dig these. If I was a venture capitalist type of guy I would buy several of these at auction blocks and then commission local graffiti, Kid Robot, Giant Robot, and Burning Man artists to convert them into unique limited edition art cars, signed and numbered.


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The Choose Your Own Adventure Bus

24 06 2009

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I’ve got a problem with this.

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Is this really how you’re going to go about repairing a hole in The Choose Your Own Adventure Bus, by just shoving some cloth through it?

Couldn’t you put up a homemade “EAT THE RICH”, “DESTROY THE CAPATILIST STATE”, or “NAMASTE” sign? That would be more practical and would have worked with The Choose Your Own Adventure Bus theme.

Sorry, I don’t want to get all Tim Gunn on you, but this kind of judgment call worries me.

You’ve got a very distinct and unique theme going on here and to go from that to the Moltiv Cocktail School of Auto Detail is just lazy work, my friend.

Get it together people. Make it work.

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Jugtown Pirates Rusty the Rodeo Whale

Again I maintain that this is one of the neatest SF perks about living in The Outer Sunset.

Free. Curbside. Parking.

I can see my car from my living room most nights. People can visit and spend the night or crash for the weekend without having to worry about their car being towed the next day.

And there’s MILES of curb without driveways if you know where to look.

I noticed the other day that the Choose Your Own Adventure Bus just got a new paintjob. Her new legal name is Rusty the Rodeo Whale by the Jugtown Pirates. They have a myspace with beats and everything.

Welcome to the neighborhood.


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The Spectre Mobile

23 06 2009

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The Spectre is a somewhat obscure reference, especially if you’re not familiar with DC comics, so this piece scores a few fanboy points for that fact alone.

If I was thinking of doing a “GO GREEN” theme from an aesthetic standpoint I probably would have gone with the Green Lantern Corps.

If I was thinking of doing a “GO GREEN” piece from an environmental perspective I definitely would have gone with Swamp Thing.

But putting a vengeance god in your piece changes the whole tone of “GO GREEN”

That’s not so much a suggestion anymore as it is a threat. When the Spirit of Vengeance, the deity that works as The Supreme Being’s hitman, the guy that guards the gates to Hell, has battles with archangels in Heaven, and just murdered Shazam is saying “GO GREEN” then you probably want to obey that command.


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You play with words, you play with love. You can twist it around baby that aint enough cause girl I’m gonna know, If you’re letting me in or letting me go don’t lie, when you’re hurting inside, cause you can’t escape my…

22 06 2009

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There are few really neat graffiti vans and art cars that are indigenous to the Outer Sunset. We have all of these great curbs along Golden Gate Park or Sunset Boulevard that don’t have driveways so it’s the perfect habitat for larger vehicles.

Here’s one that I’ve come to known as the Hall and Oats mobile.

It’s always standing guard and keeping a watchful eye on Noriega Street.

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The Bashful Bull Burger Special

13 05 2009

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The Bashful Bull has got one of the better burger deals in the city. Chris Isaak has been said to be a regular here and I can see why. Bashful Bull is definitely my favorite dinner in The Outer Sunset.

The homemade hamburger is a dieing art form. It’s amazing how many trendy/expensive burger joints have popped up all over town that serve frozen patties. I’m not a purist, but there is something really cool and unique about a hamburger patty that a human being in the kitchen just made specifically for you.

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That and the place carries Sriracha! Fuck yeah!


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