November 2011
1 post
Potential Hookup Ends in Stolen iPod →
A story of young love gone awry in the neighborhood: The Examiner reports one 21-year-old man attempted to bring home a new ladyfriend after chatting her up near Divis and McAllister on…
January 2011
2 posts
The Exasperated Sigh Heard ‘Round the Neighborhood →
I mean, already? Really?
Previously:
Adorable New Mural Going Up at the Harding Theater [AggPan]
Laser Cat Mural Vandalized! Outrage! [SFist]
And Here We Are: Divisadero Street…
November 2010
6 posts
Park Better, Neighbors →
Neighborhood reader Jeremy submitted some street poetry he spotted at Central and Fulton:
“UNIMPRESSED
W/ THIS PARKING
JOB
Share the Street Douchebag!”
It’s kind of lovely,…
Salsa Watch: Papalote Salsa Arrives in Stores... →
Yesterday, despite being a simple jar of spicy tomato sauce, Papalote Salsa managed to tweet an update to the salsa news that captivated a city of Foodies back in late August:
For…
Your New Lazer* Kitten Desktop Background →
Yesterday’s Lazer* Kitten Murals were a huge internet hit, apparently. In fact I’ve had a few requests for large resolution versions of the photo suitable for use as a desktop background. This site,…
Art in Progress: Adorable New Mural Going Up at... →
Behold: A kitten shoots at the San Francisco skyline with lazer eyes or possibly spotlights while another kitten pounces on a multi-colored dragonfly and a third kitten peeks out from…
Meet Your Alamo Square Neighbors at Madrone... →
From the amazing wire service known as “the Facebook” comes this invite to meet your Alamo Square-area neighbors at a Drinks Around Alamo Square Event on Tuesday, November 9th. The event…
October 2010
1 post
Neighborhood Reaction to the Giants in the World... →
Jon here says, “I want to be blogged.” Luckily, he’s a 5 year resident of the neighborhood so, here you go: the neighborhood’s reaction to a Giants win and a trip to the World…
September 2010
12 posts
Aggressive Photo of the Day: Push Button For… →
It’s been awhile since we’ve done one of these not-so-daily photo features, but this gem from Page & Divis by the always delightful Tenderloin Geographic Society is too good to let…
Multiple First Looks at Ragazza →
Obviously the most exciting thing about finding out a new restaurant opened in your neighborhood is being the first person to check in there on Foursquare. After that, the second most exciting thing…
Minutes from a Neighborhood Association Meeting →
Last night, Aggressive Panhandler inadvertently attended a North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association meeting when the group swarmed in to Oasis Cafe where I happened to be taking advantage of…
“Sustainable Brewpub” Coming to 1785 Fulton;... →
Some useful information actually came out of last night’s NOPNA meeting, namely a couple of updates on some of the vacant restaurant spaces around the neighborhood:
First, was the…
Dispatches from PARK(ing) Day Parklet on Fell... →
As we mentioned yesterday today is PARK(ing) Day, where a bunch of people around the city will be occupying parking spaces in the name of reclaiming public green space, etc, etc. We could sit…
Nopa Sends Their Servers to the Farm with... →
Add this one to the long list of things that makes San Francisco SUPER COOL and AWESOMELY PRETENTIOUS at the same time. Paolo over on Inside Scoop points us to an article on the front…
Actual Parklet (Temporarily) Coming to Fell Street... →
Remember that time some people tried to create a park at the Arco station at Fell and Divisadero? The fact that I still had to dodge motorists in the bike lane on Fell yesterday tells me…
Who Eats at El Rancho Grande? →
El Rancho Grande moved in to 855 Divis a couple months back to (finally) fill the void left by B’s BBQ almost a year ago, but we’ve been too busy getting high on Papalote Salsa to wander in to…
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The New York Times Thinks You Dress Like a... →
From yesterday’s Fashion Diary article on The Tribes of San Francisco (emphasis ours):
“It’s not like New York, where people are ripping style and look so-put-together or so even great…
Senn Penn Hiding Out in NYC, Dressed as Robert... →
Vulture Reports that the elusive Sean Penn is in New York and our first reaction was: he must be evading that Ike Turner he’s got on the board at Madrone. Why else would he be dressed…
BREAKING SALSA NEWS: Papalote’s Salsa to Hit... →
What you’re looking at right there is 60 gallons of Papalote’s famous salsa. The recipe that launched a thousand Yelp reviews, if you will. The very same recipe that sent Bobby Flay and his
Don’t Forget: Divisadero Art Walk on Thursday (Now... →
Hey look, it’s back! In case you hadn’t noticed all the signs in literally every shop window on Divis, our tri-monthly Art Walk returns to Divisadero this Thursday night, so round up all…
August 2010
14 posts
Funk Out With Your Junk Out: Madrone’s Motown on... →
Can you belt out Motown like Aretha? Can you get down with James Brown? I can’t! But if you can, you should definitely hit this week’s edition of Motown on Mondays (M.O.M. if brevity is your…
NIGHT VISION: Ninja Metal Band Brings the Encore... →
Last Thursday some intense black metal shit went down at The Independent. (Presumably, this is necessary every couple of months to exorcise all the hippie ghosts that build up in the…
BREAKING: “Mixologist” is a Made-up Word [File... →
This morning EaterSF posted a link to this interview with Absinthe bartender Carlos Yturria in which the purveyor of wormwood dreams and $7 garlic pretzels (pictured left) points out that
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Gavin’s Hair Goes Back to School →
Apropos of nothing other than AggPan’s selfish desire to be the #1 Google result for “Gavin’s Hair” – here is said Hair at James Denman Middle School:
I hope that’s a Venti Green Tea,…
Get Your Blue Bottle Fix at Cafe Divis [Formerly... →
Well, it looks like On the Corner’s replacement is finally growing into it’s own at Oak and Divis. Although they still haven’t posted their name anywhere other than a handwritten sign…
Dearest Divisadero →
It’s so hot outside, no one even wants to sit out on the sidewalk seating along Divis, but judging from this recently scrawled note in the Bean Bag Cafe bathroom, some brave soul…
Fixing Fell Street Kind of Broke Fell Street... →
Yesterday morning the neighborhood’s cheapest gas station, the dastardly Arco at Fell and Divis was closed for some portion of the morning. Unfortunately for the cyclists, the Fix…
New Haircut Store at 537 Divis [UPDATE: It's... →
Now that the miserable June/July/August deathgloom seems to have subsided, we’ve been spotting some changes in the business along Divisadero. The most drastic change is probably the…
Whoops, You Probably Missed a Sweet Deal at Little... →
Friend and sometimes panhandler, Broke-Ass Stuart launched his new deals site: Broke Bucks today and his inaugural deal is (was) half-off at Little Star on Divis (suck it, Valencia Little…
Indie Mart and Alamo Square Flea Market Take Over... →
Hey, look at that, friend and neighbor Kelly Malone from Workshop/Indie Mart is teaming up with the 27-year-old Alamo Square Flea Market to bring a whole truckload of Estate and…
Mojo Wants You To Drink on Divisadero, Bay to... →
The June/July gloom has been keeping us down a little bit here at Aggressive Panhandler HQ (a tent in the panhandle, you’ll recall), but August has so far turned out pretty sunny, so…
July 2010
1 post
Emergency Public Service Announcement! Sidewalk... →
The Internet sure moves fast! So fast that I almost forgot we had promised to fulfill on our neighbor Roseanne’s heartwarming request to publicize her Sidewalk Sale over on Steiner and…
June 2010
8 posts
Another Piece of Paper Confirms Nopa Serves Good... →
Not content to let alt-weeklies have all the fun, Yuppie Glossy San Francisco (the magazine) has published their Reader’s Poll of the Best of the Bay Area 2010 and hey, guess what? Nopa (the…
Golden Gate Park Getting a Waffle Truck →
EaterSF reports that Waffle Mania Waffle Truck-turned-Kiosk has been approved to set up another location in Golden Gate Park. Caroburger over at Eater is a little thin on the details, but…
Fell & Divis Arco Owner Kind-of Assaulted BP... →
So it turns out the Arco/BP Shutdown party wasn’t just a one time thing and the Facebook Revolutionaries behind the protest are doing this weekly now (who knew?). More importantly though,…
New Sidewalk Cafe at Fell & Divis →
I’ve noticed this dirt-cheap hot dog offer in the past (which may or may not be related to the hot dog cart guy that hangs out in front of the Independent), but now they’ve got a table and…
Protest a Bunch of Stuff and Make a Park at the... →
At this point we all really hate British Petroleum, right? And in the neighborhood, I think most of us agree that we already hated the Arco at Fell and Divis because that fucking place was…
BREAKING NEWS: Mild Buzz After Second Beer →
Imaginary.
BREAKING – In a NOPA District coffee/art/sandwiches/earth-tones establishment, a young man finished his second beer and felt the desire for a cigarette despite having…
People Of San Francisco, I Have Arrived. →
Bloodied, dirtied, and covered in what appears to be aloe vera, I have arrived in San Francisco.
For the third and perhaps final time in 9 months I packed up everything I own into my car and…
Breaking News: Old Dude Has Knife; Single Handedly... →
This dude infront of the Bean Bag Cafe had a knife and threatened to kill a number of crust-punk kids sitting outside. I don’t know why. I don’t even care. I just think that the guy has…
May 2010
19 posts
Neighborhood Comings and Goings: Nooworks Out, El... →
First up, Nooworks – that adorable little shop of screenprinted tees and totes and such attached at the hip to Workshop announced in a blog post that they’re packing up and heading down to…
Bay to Breakdown: B2B by the Numbers →
After hearing the announcement on Wednesday that ING would be dropping their Bay to Breakers sponsorship, the fine Citizens for the Preservation of Bay2Breakers (Why do we always put a…
Well, I Hope You’re Happy, Neighbors (Also, Frat... →
This morning, the Chronicle, SFAppeal, SFist and your friend who doesn’t even live in San Francisco all reported that ING has pulled out of their Bay to Breakers sponsorship. The…
Gavin’s Hair Meets President Obama →
Just needed an excuse to use that “Gavin’s Hair” tag again. Move along…
(Photo via: kkjordan’s twitpic, with respect to BrittneyG at EyeonBlogs)
A Slim Look at 7×7’s Anemic Best of 2010 →
It’s officially award season! That magical time of the year when everyone briefly cares about printed versions of the websites they sometimes go to. Last week we had SF Weekly’s Best of…