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Dear Twitter, Welcome to the Mid-Market – Video: F-Market Fistfight –...
TweetWow, this one has it all. Via Bluoz and from the perspective of those in line at the Nike Air Yeezy 2 campout at Sheikh shoes, it’s: “Air Yeezy 2 Campout Fight in SF” Just 23 views so far, but...
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The “Bay Area-Made” Coda Automotive Electric Car Finally Gets Its Big Review...
TweetWell, here it is, from the NYT’s Bradley Berman – it’s the big review of the little POS electric car that’s actually made in China but final-assembled in troubled Benicia, way out there in the...
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Apparently, Nobody Wants to Buy the All-Electric CODA Automotive Sedan for...
TweetI’ll tell you, the process of taking a very tired gasoline-engined Mitsubishi / Volvo economy car and plopping in a battery and an electric motor isn’t going so hot for CODA Automotive. Get the...
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An Amazing Sight: Actual, Real Nuns in the Castro, Waiting for a Bus
TweetOn Castro near 17th and Market, near where pedestrian Sutchi Hui landed after getting hit by a bike rider earlier this year: Click to expand Heretofore, I’d only seen, you know, the other kind of...
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CODA Automotive, the Company What Builds Crappy Electric Cars in the Bay...
TweetWhy on earth are we subsidizing the totally crummy CODA Automotive electric car company? It baffles me. What makes it a good company, what makes it worthy? Nothing. Anyway, here’s the latest, as...
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Experienced MUNI Rider Makes His Own Bus Stop at McAllister and Van Ness –...
TweetSitting around, waiting for a MUNI worthy of how much gets spent on it: Click to expand
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Socialist Realism: MUNI’s Bus Ads for 511 Service Look Like Nothing I’ve Ever...
TweetIs this how MUNI envisions its passengers, you know, just staring off into The Future? Click to expand You know, like this? Sometimes I just don’t know…
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OMG, It’s Yet Another Mid-Market Camp-Out in Front of Sheikh Shoes – Remember...
TweetI do. It was back in the the Summer of 2012 – see below. Anyway, this was the scene late last night: Click to expand Ah mem’ries: Wow, this one has it all. Via Bluoz and from the perspective of...
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Coda DeathWatch, Day 898: Coda Automotive is Coding – Crappy, Expensive...
TweetThis is the end of the Coda Automotive DeathWatch, which started on October 14th, 2010. But tell me if I’m wrong, tell me if the final assembly facility in Benicia starts chugging out product all...
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Ooh Nice One, Goldman Sachs! CODA Automotive in Bankruptcy Today – The Bay...
TweetRead the news and turn the pages. I remember seeing CODA Automotive’s first SFMTA bus stop ad back in 2010. I thought, “Man, what a turkey.” That’s the year I started the DeathWatch. This whole...
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Interpreting MUNI Hieroglyphics: 43 + 54 + 69 = You’re Going To Be Late,...
TweetLet’s see here: 43 Masonic; 54 minutes ’til the next bus; and 69* minutes ’til the bus after that Click to expand What’s that, MUNI, you want more money? But every other transit system in the...
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An Unusual Traffic Scheme at Masonic and O’Farrell: Left-Turning Cars >...
TweetFor some reason, the Golden Gods of the Planning Department / the SFMTA, the very same people who clamored for parking meters to operate on Sundays until they got it only to then say that they...
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Uh, Did Target Stores Pay the DPW $250,000 to Install Traffic Lights That...
TweetMmmm… Here’s my beef from yesterday about the newish traffic light scheme at Masonic and O’Farrell. But where did this scheme come from? Oh, here we go - DPW Contract No. 2108J: It’s all: “The...
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A Few Issues with the New Traffic Signals on Masonic Paid for (and Influenced...
TweetGet up to speed here and here. I passed by O’Farrell and Masonic a couple times the other day, so I’m noting what I noticed. This pedestrian appeared to become irate both at the unorthodox delay...
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Mother of All Double Parkers: The Super Pretzel Truck – Blocking Outbound...
TweetIf I were the Super Pretzel pushcart people on Market at the cable car turnaround, I’d push these carts somewhere else before the lengthy loading and unloading process: Just saying… But these...
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If You Live in SF, You and Your Fam Can Visit the Academy of Sciences for...
TweetOnce again, it’s time for NEIGHBORHOOD FREE WEEKENDS at our CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES courtesy of TARGET Stores. Of course there are other days you can visit this place for free, but the...
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How Sad Is It When You Queue Up for the Trader Joe’s Parking Lot Without Even...
TweetDid SFGov plan for this kind of thing to happen? This set-up on Masonic sometimes affects traffic on Bush. I’ve never seen it back up to Euclid for very long though – seems that’s the natural...
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The Lines for UJI TIME DESSERT in Japantown are Out Of Control – Matcha,...
TweetI’ll tell you, in my day back in the 80’s we went to Thrifty for ten-cent ice cream cones, and that was the way we liked it! But these days: “You ever see something on Instagram and think oh I...
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