While we were at a pawn shop on Mission Street, Steve spotted this. (What’s with the two jumping fishes?)
MUNI should totally bring back Phyllis Diller for the Fast Pass! At 93, she’s got 5 years on Betty White. I even did their graphic design work for them:
…for me to poop on!
(Spotted@ 16th/Mission BART.)
I’m still a big sucker for this effect, when it’s well-done. These shots of Union Square were created to promote an iPhone app.
Saw this on the way to work this morning. It did occur to me to stop recording and hold the ladder for the guy doing the heavy work in this maneuver, but you know, I didn’t want to get in the way or anything.
Charitable restaurateur Anthony Myint and company have gone a couple grand beyond their Kickstarter goal, and are well into renovations, having closed up shop at Mission Street Food.
What I want to know is, are they gonna take down the awesome El Herradero sign? And if so, can I have it?
Photo by Burrito Justice
Mmmm…
I’ve seen a lot of art cars in my time, but someone please explain this to me.
Photo by MrEricSir
This is some pretty funny shit:
They were initially interested in me, but when I failed to produce food they got into some civil unrest over who got to sit on which paper plate.
(More pics @)
These fellas are pretty dignified, no?
Ever walked Market Street downtown on a Sunday? It sort of feels exactly like this in every way.
Extra credit if you can guess what’s going on here as well. To the comments!
(Thanks, Charin!)
UPDATE: Guessed by commenter, Ariel.
Take your guess in the comments.
UPDATE: Guess this one was a little too easy. theCara, from the comments, got it and got it fast.
This stuff fell from the sky just a few minutes ago and I’m calling it snow.
You think I’m wrong, but try walking up the stairs from 16th/Mission BART while water is cascading back down, stepping carefully over a whitened sidewalk, and checking the wonder on kids’ faces – and then pay heed to this “distinction”:
Hail and snow are formed by different processes and thus look quite
different, although both are composed of ice.Snowflakes are composed of single or conglomerated ice
crystals, whereas hail is a ball of ice.Snowflakes form when an ice crystal grows in very cold air
at the expense of surrounding water vapor.
By the way, there are many other shapes of ice crystals
(platelets, columns, etc.) that can form in a similar way,
but under different atmospheric conditions.Hail usually starts as a frozen drop of water on a soil or
pollutant particle. The frozen drop is repeatedly carried aloft
and dropped by strong updrafts and down-drafts in a thunderstorm.
As the hailstone rises and falls, super-cooled water droplets
freeze to its surface, enlarging it.Both snowflakes and hail drop from the clouds where they formed
when they become too heavy for the upward atmospheric motions
in the clouds to support them.
Did I mentioned it snowed on Mission Street just now?
I appreciate the attempt to prepare us for The Big One when the cell towers go down and the only thing left will be Morse Code. But I failed out of Cub Scouts and I can promise you I will never learn this.
(Spotted @ Mission/18th St.)
Probably not. A man can dream, can’t he?
A bit of a special moment on The Rock that I happened to see while on a tour with my visiting parents. I dig the precision and respect the officers give to the process.
(Be sure to lower your computer’s volume because the wind really batters the microphone, especially in the beginning; the sound of the ratchet later is pretty cool, though.)
Make your guess in the comments.
UPDATE: And, BAM, commenter Lemon nailed it, the side of Alioto’s, Folsom and 14th.
From a pure entertainment perspective, at least.
Captured here in high summer, the sprites of San Carlos alley begin to emerge in late spring, just off 19th Street. These photonic flowers only bloom in the afternoon when the sun reflects mysteriously off some top-floor windows.
So keep an eye out for these special visitors when winter ends.