It’s been a heck of a week, what with Fourth of July festivities, World Cup matches, a protest in the Inner Funset, trial verdicts and so on. If ever there was a need for a Fun Friday, this is it.
So, without further ado, here’s all sorts of random fun in no particular order.
-Jay, who runs the family owned Sunset Barber on 9th Avenue was off most of the week – because he and his wife just had their first baby boy, Issa (named after Jay’s dad)! Congratualtions to Jay and his family! If you’re going by the Sunset Barber, be sure to congratulate him when you get your next haircut.
-A bit belated but still good news: The Inner Fog Wine Bar (pictured, via iPhone) on Irving and 7th (same building as One Shot Tattoo) opened on June 2nd. My friend Elaine and I crashed the party after spying Sup. Ross Mirkarimi as we left Pacific Catch last week. It’s definitely a fun spot – it’s hard to believe Crossroads (which moved down the block) used to have its dressing rooms there.
Now it’s a warm, inviting place to hang out with friends over a fine wine. Elaine wrote about our adventures there last week.
-A new Muni App was annoucned today in the Apple Store: Muniverse. This was co-authored by our own Loyal Reader Jamison, and from what I’ve seen so far, it’s yet another unique use of the freely available NextMuni data. This is critical – with open data, many people are able to come up with new and unusual ways to provide said data giving you, the Muni owner, many options. I will be reviewing this app as well as Transporter (which I’ve been using, along with Routesy).
Special note to Android users: I would love to review any Next Muni Android apps, but I do not have an Android phone, so if you find on and would like to show it to me and help me write a review, feel free to email me.
Finally, Streetsblog posted links to this video of a rather unique take on mobile street food, beer, and bikes. I swear, if you had a bunch of these available to ride during Critical Mass, they’d make a lot of friends REALLY fast.
Have a great weekend!
I use an app called MuniAlerts on my android, but i’m busy moving for the next week. I’ll help after i’m done if you don’t find anyone else.
@phuong: sure thing. Just email me when you have some time. it wouldn’t take long I would just want to try it out a little and get your thoughts on how you like it.
Maybe I’m an idiot, but the “Lines” and “Stations” tabs are blank. Is this app only supposed to be good for telling when the J-Church is arriving at Church and 24th?