Indie Mart and Alamo Square Flea Market Take Over Scott St. This Saturday

by Andrew Dalton on August 18, 2010

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 Antique finds, as well as the usual indie designers, rebuilt vintage, DIY projects to the neighborhood this Saturday, August 21st from 9am-3pm.
The last time we [...]


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Neighborhood Comings and Goings: Nooworks Out, El Rancho Grande In

by Andrew Dalton on May 30, 2010

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 the Mission. While it’s always sad to see someone leave the neighborhood for the delusional glamor of Valencia Street, we have [...]


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A Slim Look at 7×7’s Anemic Best of 2010

by Andrew Dalton on May 25, 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 2010, which we discussed, and now this week 7×7 Magazine has birthed their own little bundle of joy. Because you’re a busy person [...]


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A Myopic View of SFWeekly’s 2010 Best of San Francisco

by Andrew Dalton on May 23, 2010

Oh hey great, SFWeekly published their yearly Best of San Francisco lists last Wednesday, but I guess we were too busy getting excited that one Katherine Dunbar was probably going to end up scrubbing half the neighborhood with a toothbrush to notice. Anyhow, it’s Sunday now, which means white people all over the country are [...]


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Screen Printing Party Tomorrow Night at Workshop [$20]

by Andrew Dalton on February 23, 2010

You guys know the drill about Workshop, so you probably don’t need me to ramble on about it anymore, but tomorrow night The Bold Italic – that San Francisco online glossy mag/social network/what the hell is this thing anyway? Is throwing a screenprinting party at the space on McAllister at Broderick tomorrow night. $20 bucks [...]


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Hot Chicks at Workshop

by Andrew Dalton on January 27, 2010

Spotted this snazzy photo of Kelly Malone from a link on @WorkshopSF the other day. 7×7 Magazine did a writeup on Our Lady of Perpetual Up-Cycling from the Cathedral of DIY at McAllister and Baker. You can read that here, or better yet: zip over to the Workshop Site (because 7×7 won’t bother giving you [...]


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Scenes from a Vintage IndieMart

by Andrew Dalton on October 26, 2009

In case you didn’t make it over to Workshop for the last minute (but by no means hurried) IndieMart vintage event yesterday, here’s some shots of what you missed.
There wasn’t a whole lot for three dudes having a lazy Sunday to browse on the racks, but I did leave with a new (old) shirt and [...]


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For Immediate Release: Free IndieMart Vintage Party Today at Workshop

by Andrew Dalton on October 25, 2009

We’ve been meaning to do a post on Workshop – the DIY space from the fine Kelly Malone who brought us IndieMart – my favorite place to drink beer, listen to music, and purchase handmade belt buckles.
Today from Noon to 6pm at the space on McAllister & Baker, Kelly is throwing a party to celebrate [...]


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Divisadero Rehab and You!

by Andrew Dalton on September 11, 2009

No, we’re not staging an intervention here, for that kind of rehab you’ll still have to head over to the Haight. We’re talking about the changes coming to our neighborhood’s work-from-home mecca and Soju-cocktail-barhop destination.
As some of our neighbors have pointed out, work on the “Divisadero Streetscape Improvements” (the official DPW name) begins on Monday. [...]


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