Posts Tagged ‘signs’
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Now, I don’t recommend registering for the annual Bay to Breakers Fun Run and Street Party, cause what you’re pretty much doing is putting money into the pockets of a Colorado billionaire, who, in turn, puts money into the pockets of the anti-gay Yes on Prop 8 campaign.
But that’s how you roll, that’s fine.
But hey, look what they have for you this year – the Zazzle people sponsoring the 100th anniversary are going to monitor you during the race to see how much of your urine gets into a port-a-potty. And if you do well enough, then you’re going to get a garish, lime-green wristband. Hurray!
See?
And, if you’re a straight, millionaire, white, wizened homeowner who moved into the Western Addition thinking it was something else (like Hayes Valley or “NoPA”), well urine luck. Look at this, free neon-pink lawn signs, you know, for your front lawn, the one you mow every Saturday morning along with all your neighbors.*
See how garish and San Mateo County there are? Hurray!
Here’s the email for the signs, but I’ll tell you, the nail that stands up gets hammered down and the duck that quacks gets shot, or something. Anyway, freepottysign@zazzle.com.
All right, enjoy your street party on Sunday!
*Uh, the Western Addition is loaded with bossy old white people these days, sure, but front lawns? Not so much. Perhaps you should visit sometime, Zazzle, when you take a break from making things that nobody needs…
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Now it’s been a half a year since Gavin Newsom needed these signs around, so why are they still around?
As seen on Market Street USA, in April, 2011:
Maybe Twitter’s going to move in with some of their 6000(?!) employees and call it Twitter North?
Could be…
Tags: 2011, bay area, california, corporate, Corporate Welfare Zone, gavin newsom, GAVIN NEWSOM for LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, homeless, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, mid market, payroll, San Francisco, signs, tax, twitter, twitterloin, Twitterloin Corporate Welfare Zone, Welfare
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Believe this is the Gap’s Old Navy Flagship Store on Market and Fourth, ably captured by starry-eyed ingénue An Invincible Summer.
Keep up the good work, AIS!
An Invincible Summer Click to expand
Tags: an, flickr, images, invincible summer, market, neon, old navy, photographs, photos, signs, street, TIME TO SHOP, tumblr
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
Had no idea that was have a CVS now in the FiDi. But these days you can’t miss it what with all the protest signs that say “CVS.”
Went in and scored some prenatal vitamins, the kind the don’t sell at the Costco, the special magic ones that are specifically recommended, on a unexpected buy-one-get-one free basis, so that saved me $20-something or something.
Score.
Shouldn’t CVS have been allowed a real sign so that people passing by every day would notice its there?
Are these the same people you see in front of the Walgreen’s on Sacramento?
Do they have some specific cause? I asked one of them one time and he said everything I needed to know was on a sheet of paper but the other guy, the one on Front had the papers so I should go ask him about it.
Oh well.
CVS today, Target tomorrow, and who knows, maybe someday we’ll finally get something really exotic like a Lexus dealership (nope, not in SF) and a Wendys (they used to be here) or two.
Just like a real town…
Tags: 2011, bay area, boycott, california, CVS, market, pharmacy, placards, protest, San Francisco, signs, street, walgreens, yellow
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Now doesn’t this street promotion / protest on Market look a little phony to you?
Yes it does, and that’s why it’s the worst street promotion in San Francisco history.
What do you think, Cragislist Gigs Bay Area is how these kids got together? Natch! $75 well spent…
Click to expand, to see the fakeness.
Do they actually think that this stunt will garner attention for Fairly Legal? As if.
BTW, 10 PM Thursdays on the USA.
Don’t forget!
Tags: 2011, ad, advertising, black, california, don't litigate, fairly legal, get kate, hats, kate, market, marketing, mediate, network, promotion, San Francisco, scarves, signs, street, TV, usa, white
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
Did a Rec and Park cart get stuck in the middle of the Panhandle again? Sure looks that way from this photo, ’cause as we learned from My Cousin Vinny, tire tracks don’t lie.
Instead of working on aesthetics all the time, why doesn’t the PRD work on tasks they’re supposed to work on, like drainage ‘n stuff?
Just asking, bro.
Tags: 2010, area. closed, ashbury, bay area, california, car, cart, crown victoria, fell, football, Frisbee, golden gate park, haight, mud, oak, panhandle, panhandle golden gate park, park, police, rain, rec and park, recreation and park, rpd. rec and park, San Francisco, SFPD, signs, street, stuck, tire, town, TRACKS, truck, wet
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
So, when you see all them “AREA CLOSED” signs, just consider them to mean, “AREA RESERVED FOR PICKUP GAMES OF FRISBEE FOOTBALL ONLY.”
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But don’t park your rear-wheel-drive vehicle anywhere near the middle of the Panhandle, else the bog will eat it up. For instance, SFPD prowlers (aka radio cars, aka cruisers) patrolling the GGP get bogged down in La Brea North all the time. See?
I don’t think our Panhandle wants to be a dry, grassy meadow…
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
You can easily ride your rented bicycle from dolphin-rich Ocean Beach all the way to the Eastern Terminus of the Panhandle Bike Path at Fell and Baker without getting lost – you don’t even need a map. But then what? How do you connect to the vaunted Wiggle Bike Route to get to the back of the Church Street Safeway and then Market ?
It’s hard to know which way to go when you’re mired in the EaPA, you know, south of NoPA and north of SoPA*
Now, you’re supposed to just jink over to Oak and then hang a rightie at Scott and then follow the Wiggle but that’s not obvious, not at all.
Blond + Blonde = More Blondies, or hh + hh = hh. It’s genetic law:
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Of course there’s plenty of room for bikes on the left side of busy Oak Street, so why don’t we restripe Oak for a few blocks from Baker to Scott to allow for a superwide lane on the right side? Then we could throw up some signs directing people to the relatively flat way home and be confident that we’ve done things right?
Just sayin’…
*Also known as Lower Haight and also known as S’OAK (South of OAK, I’m seriously).
Tags: 2010, baker, bicycle, bike, bikes, california, fell, golden gate park, haight, jfk, Jr, lower, NOPA, north, oak, panhandle, path, restripe, San Francisco, scott, signs, sopa, south, street, stripe, tourists, upper, visitors, west, wiggle
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
See the crosswalk across JFK Jr. Drive on Golden Gate Park? See the stop line for cars heading west towards the ocean? That tells car drivers where to stop and look for peds in the crosswalk before continuing along.
Note that this stop line doesn’t continue all the way through the “bike lane.”
Does this suggest that cyclists don’t need to stop at the stop lines?
Click to expand.
Mmmm…
Tags: 2010, bay area, bicycles, bikes, cars, cyclists, golden gate park, lines, paint, San Francisco, SFPD, signs, stop
Posted in bikes, cars | 4 Comments »
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Turns out that Famous Frank Chu is aware of people who trade his old signs and he’s cool with it.
(Any allegations of profiteering against Frank’s wishes are cheerfully withdrawn.)
My first photo of Frank Chu straight-on posted on the Web:
Click to expand. (I might have ‘shopped the sign a bit.)
Wonder what one of Frank’s old Impeach Clinton / Zegnatronic Rocket Society signs would be worth these days…
Tags: 12 galaxies, brompton, frank chu, impeach clinton, market, profit, rocket, sign, signs, Society, street, zegnatronic
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