bring it back!

miniature golf course near 6th and mission streets, 1930s.

most of the men appear to be miniature golfing in suits!  classy times.

upper noe hellhole

at the san francisco history center last week, i was looking through a book about films shot in san francisco.  it mentioned that when sister act was filmed at st. paul's church near 30th and church streets in the early 90's, the filmmakers spread garbage around the streets and spraypainted the buildings to make it look like the upscale neighborhood was considerably rougher. for me, that was enough reason to watch the movie again.  so i got some screenshots.  if you're familiar with this neighborhood, it's kind of funny.  also, did you know harvey keitel was in that movie? 

getting caught up

oh shit.  everything is terrible has done it again!

hi-fi citizens with huge feet

a couple great bits from the book i'm reading . . . .

The city of Modesto, "sick and tired of hearing about" juvenile delinquency, sponsored a high school contest to nickname "non-delinquents."  "Hi-fi citizens" received the top award, with "juvenile honorees, topteens, teamagers and goal getters" named as honorable mentions.

 also . . .

"In California," a 1959 issue of Cosmopolitan explained, "the boys and girls grow bigger and more beautiful.  They are longer of leg, deeper of chest, better muscled than other American youngsters.  Even their feet are bigger.

JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT

>:- (

missionmission commenters are the new sfgate commenters!

(previously)

oh, america

i feel like there's the makings of a sitcom here.

(via wonkette)

eww

back in 1907, there was a "lick old ladies home" in the portola district! san francisco used to be freaky!




it's still there, but they changed the name at some point.

ikes vending machines?

read about it here!

"if the music is square it's because i like it square!"

i've never heard about this before!




thrift store lp favorites the ray conniff singers are featured at a nixon white house event honoring the (!!!!) readers digest. nixon praises the coniff singers as being as square and white and vanilla as the readers digest. then, one of the ray conniff singers gets on the mic and pretty much calls nixon a murderer, and then it's awkward, and then . . . they sing ("ma, he's making eyes at me!")!

(from wfmu, who also has the interesting reaction from nixon!)

republican bizarro

the guy that made that sheep ad also made this similar masterpiece for a georgia gubernatorial race, and this one for a race in illinois. he's also responsible for the ad that compared barack obama to paris hilton.

unbelievable

from the chronicle:

Let's pretend you're the mayor and you have to get from City Hall to Davies Symphony Hall (which is located diagonally across the intersection at Van Ness Avenue and Grove Street) to discuss energy efficiency programs. How do you get there?


If you're Mayor Newsom, you hop in your hybrid SUV and have your driver motor across the intersection. Seriously. His spokesman noted that the mayor walked back, but the SUV still had to be driven back to its perch in front of City Hall.

also, did you see this asshole on the o'reilly factor?

tom campbell has glowing red eyes!

oh man, carly fiorina has released one of the bestworst political ads ever.

bah not again