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Hot Airbnb Item: Live In A Van For $520/Month

As noted on Uptown Almanac, this harrowing Airbnb ad wants you to live in a van--a van--on Mission Street for only $520 a month (or $480 a week). Behold: [ more › ]

Cupid’s Span, That Big Sculpture on The Embarcadero, Has Become a Skateboard Park for Local Youth – Don Fisher’s Legacy

TweetAvert your gaze, “art” lovers. Via Uptown Almanac and Fecal Face: “Dropping in Diptych – San Francisco, CA – My buddy Trevor dropping in on Cupids arrow on the way to Atnt park.” Click to expand Is this what Gap founder Don Fisher would have wanted? “Cupid’s Span Rincon Park, San Francisco, California. Stainless steel, [...]

Spotted In The Mission!

Well, look what we have here. The sighting of a flesh-and-blood famous person. Uptown Almanac reports that "Two And A Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher...

Go Do This Thing Tonight: Standup Comedy & Beer At Roxie Theatre

Ease you pain away, troubled souls worrying about Instagram using your visage in the next Doritos Locos Taco ad, with some top-notch comedy and free PBR at the Roxie Theatre in the Mission. Uptown Almanac presents a "Locally-sourcedShow More Summary

Go Do This Thing Tonight: 'The Fifth Element': Live! at the Darkroom Theater

Well, this is fun. The kooky kids at the Darkroom Theater who brought you the staged reenactment of The Princess Bride over the summer are now doing a rendition of the 1997 classic The Fifth Element. Uptown Almanac assures us "It's great," and we trust them this time. [ more › ]

PM Linkage: Muni "Sometimes" On-Time; $12 Million Mansion in Hillsborough; RVs on Great Highway; More!

[That Waiting Glow via Curbed Flickr Pool/Ariel Dovast] · At 57.2%, Muni found to be 'sometimes' on-time [Uptown Almanac] · Berkeley Ace Hardware will not move to Andronico's old space [Berkeleyside] · $12 Million Tuscan new build in Hillsborough [Homes...

Man Stripped Naked and Killed at 26th and Treat

Uptown Almanac posted some disturbing news this morning: they've received a couple of reports that a man was "stripped naked" and "executed" at 26th and Treat. yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. in the Mission. [ more › ]

Your Asian Art Museum: Free “Phantoms” This Sunday! Korean Culture Day Sept 23! Origami Graffiti!

TweetOMG, your world-class Asian Art Museum is busy busy busy these days. First up is the origami paper-crane pop-up graffiti bombing of the McAllister wall. Get all the deets from the Uptown Almanac, the San Francisco Chronicle and KGO-ABC. Here’s how it’s holding up, last night… …and the day before: It’s persevering, huh? Next up is the [...]

AM Linkage: Dolores Park from Above; Frank Ogawa Plaza Gets Some Greenery; 1906 vs Current Times in Photos; More!

[Twist via Curbed Flickr Pool/djs94124] · Model airplane scores epic shots of Dolores Park [Uptown Almanac] · Barry McGee's urban art takes over at Berkeley Art Museum [Berkeleyside] · Frank Ogawa Plaza finally getting new, post-Occupy grass [SFist] · Broken...

Pink Mustaches? Attention Zimride “Lyft” Owners/Employees: You Are Operating an Illegal Taxi Service in San Francisco

TweetWTH: Is this an illegal taxi waiting to pick up random passengers arriving at the CalTrain station at 4th and King in SoMA? Looks that way. Per some sleuthing from Kevin Montgomery of Uptown Almanac, I’d say it’s safe to say:  THAT “LYFT” COMPANY IS OPERATING AN ILLEGAL TAXI SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW But these [...]

AM Linkage: Caltrain Wedding Proposal; Church Street Changes; Treasure Island Woes; More!

[Why via Curbed Flickr Pool/Jeremy Brooks] · Check out this rad Bay Bridge window curtain [Uptown Almanac] · 529 Stevenson shaping up [Bluoz] · Houses featured in sports movies [Zillow Blog] · Video: Caltrain surprise wedding proposal [Muni Diaries] ·...

Missed Connections Comix by James the Stanton

9 months agoOdd : Laughing Squid

Artist James the Stanton has been adapting Craigslist Missed Connections posts into a very funny comic series over at Uptown Almanac. via Uptown Almanac

AM Linkage: Fancy Bernal Heights Artist Gets Some Props from Uncle Sam; Hawks Love a Good Golden Eagle; IKEA Madness; More!

[Enter via Curbed Flickr Pool/Esther Reyes] · Create a great weekend in Hayes Valley: The mystery edition [hayeswire] · The sunset from the Academy of Sciences roof is pretty sweet [Uptown Almanac] · Globetrotting Bernal Heights artist receives award from...

PM Linkage: Muni Meltdown; Bike Messenger Reality Show; Lower Haight Second Sundays; More!

[Threshold via Curbed Flickr Pool/Sergio Ruiz] · Muni Is Not Moving Again [SFist] · Reality TV Show About Bike Messengers Being Filmed in the Mission [Uptown Almanac] · The Solo Dweller is the Newest Economy Booster? [Zillow] · Back This...

PM Linkage: Bayview Flophouse Fire; Van Ness BRT Approved; Lands End Lookout Vandalism; Medjool a Pot Club?; More!

[Threshold via Curbed Flickr Pool/Esther Reyes] · New Lands End Lookout is a target for vandals [Richmond BLog] · A Muni-Themed Photo Workshop by Lomography SF [Muni Diaries] · Medjool to Become Giant Pot Club [Uptown Almanac] · In San...

Note From A Capp Street Eviction Party

Uptown Almanac's Kevin Montgomery attended his first eviction party last week. Some of you might recall the bratty eviction parties from the days of yore (or as recently as 2010) where entitled twentysomethings or misguided anarchists would vandalize rented flats after being evicted for sales account executives at Kozmo. Show More Summary

PM Linkage: Business as Usual at Dolores Park; Tales of the City Author Leaving San Francisco; Old Muni Tokens Needed; More!

[moonbeam via Curbed Flickr Pool/Bhautik Joshi] · Help make this Tom Hanks statue a reality! [SFist] · There was a dancing robot at Dolores Park [Uptown Almanac] · Author Armistead Maupin to leave San Francisco for good [SFGate] · BART...

PM Linkage: Design Week is Here; When to Apartment Hunt; Central Subway Update; More!

[x via Curbed Flickr Pool/Bhautik Joshi] · Central Subway begins a big dig in SoMa today [LiveSOMA] · Neighborhood garage door owners still upset about graffiti [Uptown Almanac] · Nine to five: The magic window for San Francisco apartment hunting...

SFist Tonight, 6/12: Uptown Almanac's Comedy Night

Tonight, Uptown Almanac presents their third Locally-Sourced Comedy Night served with a PBR chaser, S.F. Design Week has lots of cool events happening throughout the city, and Center for the Art of Translation will be reading the darkest, scariest fairy tales you've ever heard. [ more › ]

Another reason corporate shuttles are a problem

Google this! (Photo from Uptown Almanac) They're huge, and they block Muni stops, and they crowd into narrow streets. And now there's another reason the city needs to get into the businesses of regulating private corporate shuttles: The...Show More Summary

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