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Commuters were greeted with the sight and smell of a steaming hot pile of homeless shit this morning at Powell as they arrived.

Today in Day Around the Bay: helping the animals of Oklahoma, working out with Walgreens, a new SOMA skatepark, Freak City, and more. [ more › ]

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Pal's owner Jeff Mason serving up sandwiches during Sunday Streets. [Photo: sanfranannie/Flickr] THE MISSION—Pal's Takeaway fans, be advised; the popular Mission sandwich shop is going dark on Friday, May 31 at its original location. It'll return in mid-June, when, as previously announced, it co-opens a space at 24th and Folsom with wine bar La Movida. [Tablehopper] COLE VALLEY—Padrecito is now open on Sunday nights, and is looking to launch Monday nights and weekend brunch shortly. [Tablehopper] THE MISSION—It's one hell of a day for local Kickstarters: in addition to the already-discussed Chefs Feed guidebook and Sandbox Bakery parklet, Anthony Myint and Andrew Barnett have put their previously-announced Linea Caffe project up on the site in hopes of raising funds for an entrance on San Carlos Street and sidewalk seating. The prizes range from $10 for a coffee and waffle when the cafe opens, to $35-45 logo cups made by Heath Ceramics. And for coffee addicts, $800 buys a lot: a year of a free coffee and waffle every week, a coffee subscription, a signed Mission Street Food cookbook and T-shirt, and more. Check it out here. [EaterWire] OAKLAND—This Sunday is World Sherry Day, and all this week, Duende is celebrating in style with tons of deals. First off, they're offering free tastes of a daily sherry to anyone over 21; just ask at the counter and they'll offer up a sample. Special sherry cocktails will also be available all week. Then, on Sunday, they'll offer a $10 tasting of 10 different sherries from 2:30-5:30 pm, followed by discounted tapas and sherry pairings and 50% off sherry bottles from 6 pm onwards. Teatro Flamenco will perform at 8 pm, and all ticketholders will also be given some free sherry to enjoy. All the info is here. [EaterWire] BERNAL HEIGHTS—Pop-up wine bar Mugsy is returning to El Rio on Friday, May 31, in a celebration of Bayview-based Gratta Wines, which recently took home double gold medals at the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (one of only two competing Cabernet Sauvignons to do so). In addition to the winning 2010 Cab, poured by winemaker Barbara Gratta, they'll also have bubbly from Rock Wall Wines and French sparkling rosé, as well as salumi. The event runs from 5:30-8:30 pm; more info here. [EaterWire]

Cross your robot fingers if you hope to get a vinyl copy of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories, which was released today: Many local stores are sold out, and the ones that aren't had on...

On Sunday, while most of you were either recovering from or still reveling in Bay to Breakers, a gang of drag queens and others were performing the inaugural event in an ongoing series dubbed The San Francisco Album Project. It's part of Peaches Christ Productions, and you can think of it like Trannyshack, except instead of "Cher Night" they'll be doing nights devoted entirely to great albums of the past. Sunday's event at The Chapel (777 Valencia) was all songs from seminal 1982 New Wave record, Upstairs at Eric's by Yaz. [ more › ]

You may recall back in March how we learned of Supervisor David Campos's push to loosen Planning guidelines and the 17-year-old moratorium on certain types of liquor licenses in the Mission. One reason that so few new restaurants have been able to open with full bars in the Mission in the last few years is because of this same moratorium, but the thrust behind the changes is in the interest of letting small neighborhood markets sell beer and wine, which they were not able to do before. [ more › ]

Notable San Franciscans dish on their favorite destinations in a seven-part series. Cities make great muses—just ask Woody Allen. For Rena Thiagarajan, founder of online boutique Bly, it was in Mumbai that she dreamt up the idea for her business—an online marketplace and travelogue of curated souvenirs from around the world. While Thiagarajan can’t tell you how to haggle at the bazaar like a local, here are her favorite treasure-hunting shops and street food vendors. The spot that really captures Mumbai's energy is . . . Chor Bazaar. It’s the place to find treasures like vintage brass and Bollywood posters. It's Mumbai's most popular, but not its only bazaar. There's also magic and history to be found at Crawford Market, Bhuleshwar, Mangledas, and Zaveri. In my bag, I always pack . . . A notebook and camera. Among locals, it’s a faux pas to . . . Correct a local who calls Mumbai "Bombay." It will always be Bombay to many a Mumbaikar. A hidden gem in Mumbai is . . . Banganga Tank, an ancient water tank built as part of a temple in the 12th century. It's in the upmarket residential South Mumbai neighborhood, Malabar Hills, and a great place to go at the end of a dusty day of wandering. I want to buy everything whenever I go to . . . Ishaque Gadiwala’s stall on Mutton Street in Chor Bazaar. He's got an impressive collection of vintage brass. I always leave full and happy at . . . Sardar Pav Bhaji in Tardeo, in South Mumbai. Pav Bhaji is classic Mumbai street food and consists of a hot buttered roll ("pav") and a potato-based curry with vegetables, cilantro, onions, lime, and chili (the "bhaji"). The perfect way to end the night is . . . At Aer, the Four Seasons’ rooftop bar. It has a spectacular view, and is a good place to people watch—you might just get a glimpse of a Bollywood star!

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