Author: cappstreetcrap
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May 1, 2015
Someone sure has a way with words.
Filmmakers document history, stories of iconic bar
April 30, 2015
As the city’s only lesbian and queer bar prepares to go dark tonight after 18 years, a pair of San Francisco filmmakers is helping ensure that memories of the Lexington Club live on. Friends Susie Smith and Lauren Tabak have spent the past four months collecting dozens of photographs, old flyers and other bar mementos, […]
WASTEries
April 30, 2015
Panaderia Throw-down II: The Rise and Fall of the Conchas.
Ice cream shop regains its footing after big Mission fire
April 29, 2015
When Luis Abundis heard from his brother Jose that the building that housed his ice cream shop was on fire, he thought it was a joke. “I didn’t believe him,” said Abundis, who soon confirmed there was nothing to laugh about when his daughter, with him at their store in Oakland, checked the news on […]
Mission startup wants to disrupt your sex toys
April 28, 2015
Noting that “sex is becoming more and more mainstream,” a Mission-based hardware startup has plans to revolutionize the sex toy industry – or so it seems from this unusual Craigslist ad. For a mere $25,000, the ad says, you can invest in a “human sexuality” product that not only “challenges the existing toy market,” but could soon […]
Weird crime: Thief threatens woman, takes off with oxygen tank
April 27, 2015
A man was arrested Sunday night after he threatened a woman with a lighter and stole her portable oxygen tank, police said. According to authorities, the 49-year-old suspect knocked on the woman’s door, on the 500 block of South Van Ness Ave. near 16th Street, around 10 p.m. When the woman opened the door, he pulled her […]
Car snark
April 26, 2015
Best vanity plate ever.
Uh … On second thought, let’s keep the water on
April 23, 2015
I guess some things won’t be affected by the new water restrictions.
Not what they mean by ‘street greening’
April 20, 2015
Happy 4/20 from Capp Street.